By means of meta‐analyses we determined how 70 traits related to plant anatomy,
morphology, chemistry, physiology, growth and reproduction are affected by daily light …

Aim While drought and shade are critical factors that determine seedling survival and
growth, whether the responses of woody seedlings to drought are facilitated, aggravated or …

Understanding the physiological response mechanisms of plant leaf traits to forest plantation
types in semi-arid regions is of vital importance to better understanding the interplay …

Understanding light-induced plasticity of growth and its relationship with photosynthetic trait
plasticity is central to the identification of the mechanisms associated with tropical tree …

Light and water availability are likely to vary over the lifespan of closed-canopy forest trees,
with understory trees experiencing greater limitations to growth by light and canopy trees …

Hawaiian endemic tree Acacia koa is a model for heteroblasty with bipinnately compound
leaves and phyllodes. Previous studies suggested three hypotheses for their functional …

Plant populations can undergo very localized adaptation, allowing widely distributed
populations to adapt to divergent habitats in spite of recurrent gene flow. Neotropical trees …

Plant functioning in response to the environment is an important issue for vegetation
reassembly of degraded lands because of both low and excessive sunlight influence the …

In order to reveal the mechanism of succession in subtropical forest along a light gradient,
we investigated photosynthetic physiological responses to three light environments in five …

Tropical canopies are complex, with multiple canopy layers and pronounced gap dynamics
contributing to their high species diversity and productivity. An important reason for this …