the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30070637);Beijing Municipal Science & Technology Commission Project "Drought re-sistant and water-saving species selection and application for Beijing urbangreenism" (D0605001040191);the Key Laboratory for Silvicuture andConservation, Ministry of Education Project "Water economic ecology re-search for Beijing urban greenbelt" (JD100220535).
Leaf morphological and anatomical structure and carbon isotope ratio (δ^13C) change with increasing tree height. To determine how tree height affects leaf characteristics, we measured the leaf area, specific leaf m...