Nonstructural carbon (NSC) provides the carbon and energy for plant growth and survival. In
woody plants, fundamental questions about NSC remain unresolved: Is NSC storage an …

Leafing‐out of woody plants begins the growing season in temperate forests and is one of
the most important drivers of ecosystem processes. There is substantial variation in the …

Despite the importance of nonstructural carbohydrates (NSC) for growth and survival in
woody plants, we know little about whole‐tree NSC storage. The conventional theory …

Woody plant species store nonstructural carbohydrates (NSCs) for many functions. While
known to buffer against fluctuations in photosynthetic supply, such as at night, NSC stores …

Nonstructural carbohydrate reserves support tree metabolism and growth when current
photosynthates are insufficient, offering resilience in times of stress. We monitored …

Monitoring cambial phenology and intra-annual growth dynamics is a useful approach for
characterizing the tree growth response to climate change. However, there have been few …

Key message We demonstrate that, beyond leaf phenology, the phenological cycles of wood
and fine roots present clear responses to environmental drivers in temperate and boreal …

There is a missing link between tree physiological and wood-anatomical knowledge which
makes it impossible mechanistically to explain and predict the radial growth of individual …

Pulse-labelling of trees with stable or radioactive carbon (C) isotopes offers the unique
opportunity to trace the fate of labelled CO2 into the tree and its release to the soil and the …

Moso bamboo can rapidly complete its growth in both height and diameter within only 35–40
days after shoot emergence. However, the underlying mechanism for this “explosive growth” …