Functional trait ecology demonstrates the significance of the leaf economics spectrum in
understanding plants' trade-off between acquisitive and conservative resource utilization …

Question Bivariate relationships among functional traits reflect how plants adjust to
environments through the allocation of limiting resources. Bivariate relationships are well …

The ecology of functional features highlights the importance of the leaf economic spectrum
(LES) in understanding plant trade-offs between conservative and commercial resource use …

The plant economics spectrum that integrates the combination of leaf and wood syndromes
provides a useful framework for the examination of species strategies at the whole-plant …

Leaf economics, hydraulic, and shade-tolerance traits involve different resource-use
strategies, and are critical for interactive plants, yet it remains unclear whether co-occurring …

Ecology Letters (2010) 13: 1338–1347 Abstract Cross‐species analyses of plant functional
traits have shed light on factors contributing to differences in performance and distribution …

The whole‐plant economics spectrum (PES) refers to the trade‐offs among the many plant
functional traits that are commonly used as indicators of major adaptive strategies, thereby …

Leaf economics and hydraulic traits are critical to leaf photosynthesis, yet it is debated
whether these two sets of traits vary in a fully coordinated manner or there is room for …

Tropical rainforests harbor exceptionally high biodiversity and store large amounts of carbon
in vegetation biomass. However, regional variation in plant species richness and vegetation …

Trade-offs among plant functional traits indicate diversity in plant strategies of growth and
survival. The leaf economics spectrum (LES) reflects a trade-off between short-term carbon …