Abstract
Comparisons among European, Japanese and North-American temperate deciduous woody floras revealed that there is no difference in shade-tolerance or in successional position between the compound- and simple-leaved species. Given that the compound-leaved species usually have greater biomass investments in non-productive throwaway supporting structures, it remained unclear how they could be as shade-tolerant as the simple-leaved analogues. To find out the role of the variability in leaf structure and composition in shade-tolerance of these species, foliar morphology and chemistry were analysed in 15 Estonian temperate compound-leaved deciduous woody taxa.
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