The role of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) storage by trees will be discussed in terms of
uncoupling their growth from resource acquisition. There are profound differences between …

All of the perennial organs of a woody plant may serve a storage function, but the highest
concentrations of carbohydrate reserves are usually found in root tissues. These root …

Plants store compounds that supplement external resources to maintain primary functions.
We reviewed the role of stored non-structural carbohydrates (NSC) and nitrogen (N) in …

Nonstructural carbohydrates (NSCs) are commonly used to assess the balance of carbon
sources and sinks in plants. A notable application of this approach has been tests of …

Non-structural carbohydrates (NSCs) are critical to maintain plant metabolism under
stressful environmental conditions, but we do not fully understand how NSC allocation and …

The leaf economics spectrum (LES) has revolutionized the way many ecologists think about
quantifying plant ecological trade‐offs. In particular, the LES has connected a clear …

Woody perennials' reliance on nonstructural carbohydrates (NSC) reserves for the
resumption of spring growth necessitates an accumulation of NSC prior to dormancy. It is …

Tree internal carbon (C) fluxes between compound and compartment pools are difficult to
measure directly. Here we used a C mass balance approach to decipher these fluxes and …

While trees store substantial amounts of nonstructural carbon (NSC) for later use, storage
regulation and mobilization of stored NSC in long‐lived organisms like trees are still not well …

Phloem is like an enigmatic central banker: we know how important phloem is to plant
function, but very little about how phloem functions as part of a whole-plant economy …