We quantified the biomass allocation patterns to leaves, stems and roots in vegetative
plants, and how this is influenced by the growth environment, plant size, evolutionary history …

Physiological and ecological constraints play key roles in the evolution of plant growth
patterns, especially in relation to defenses against herbivores. Phenotypic and life history …

Interactions between aboveground and belowground biota have the potential to modify
ecosystem responses to climate change, yet little is known about how drought influences …

Box 9E. 1 Continued FIGURE 2. The C–S–R triangle model (Grime 1979). The strategies at
the three corners are C, competiti-winning species; S, stress-tolerating s-cies; R …

Publisher Summary In this chapter, the advances that have been made in understanding the
ecology of the mineral nutrition of wild plants from terrestrial ecosystems have been …

At a whole plant level the effects of drought is usually perceived as a decrease in growth and
photosynthetic carbon assimilation. That is why this review is focused mainly on recent …

A leaf-height-seed (LHS) plant ecology strategy scheme is proposed. The axes would be
specific leaf area SLA (light-capturing area deployed per dry mass allocated), height of the …

Despite striking differences in climate, soils, and evolutionary history among diverse biomes
ranging from tropical and temperate forests to alpine tundra and desert, we found similar …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the physiological causes and ecological
consequences of inherent variation in growth rate among higher plants. When grown under …

Variation in leaf life—span has long been considered of ecological significance. Despite
this, quantitative evaluation of the relationships between leaf life—span and other plant and …