Trade‐offs among carbon sinks constrain how trees physiologically, ecologically, and
evolutionarily respond to their environments. These trade‐offs typically fall along a …

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 …

Carbohydrates provide the building blocks for plant structures as well as versatile resources
for metabolic processes. The nonstructural carbohydrates (NSC), mainly sugars and starch …

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

Wood performs several functions to ensure tree survival and carbon allocation to a finite
stem volume leads to trade‐offs among cell types. It is not known to what extent these trade …

Life history theory posits that slower‐growing species should invest proportionally more
resources to storage, structural (eg stems) or defence traits than fast‐growing species …

We still have a poor understanding of what limits tree growth under many conditions. In
general, tree growth can be limited by the availability of carbon within the plant (carbon …

Trees' total amount of non‐structural carbohydrate (NSC) stores and the proportion of these
stores residing as insoluble starch are vital traits for individuals living in variable …

Summary● In trees, the use of nonstructural carbon (NSC) under limiting conditions impacts
the age structure of the NSC pools. We compared model predictions of NSC ages and transit …

Growth rate varies widely among species and the trade-off between growth rate and storage
or maintenance traits is a principal axis of variation between species. Many plant species …