Plants can adjust to their environment at various integration levels: they may change the
relative investment of biomass to leaves, stems and roots, they can alter the morphology and …

Both within and between species, leaves of plants display wide ranges in structural features.
These features include: gross investments of carbon and nitrogen substrates (eg leaf mass …

Plants respond to resource stress by changing multiple aspects of their biomass allocation,
morphology, physiology and architecture. To date, we lack an integrated view of the relative …

Plants adapt phenotypically to different conditions of light and nutrient supply, supposedly in
order to achieve colimitation of these resources. Their key variable of adjustment is the ratio …

Globally, root production accounts for 33–67% of terrestrial net primary productivity and
influences decomposition via root production and turnover, carbon (C) allocation to …

Growth is a widely used term in plant science and ecology, but it can have different
meanings depending on the context and the spatiotemporal scale of analysis. At the …

External mechanical forces resulting from the pressure exerted by wind or water movement
are a major stress factor for plants and may cause regular disturbances in many ecosystems …

When roots encounter a nutrient‐rich zone or patch they often proliferate within it. Roots
experiencing nutrient‐rich patches can also enhance their physiological ion‐uptake …

Variation in xylem structure and function in stems and roots of trees to 20 m depth. New
Phytologist 163: 507-517. Nobel PS. 1999. Physicochemical and environmentalplant …

Ecological theories concerning the relationship of suites of traits with resource supply and
plant potential growth rate have concentrated primarily on leaf structure and physiology …