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 …

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 …

O ne of the most dramatic changes that has occurred in forests of eastern North America
during the twentieth century is the increase in the dominance of red maple (Acer rubrum L.; …

The decade since the publication of the third edition of this volume has been an era of great
progress in biology in general and the plant sciences in particular. This is especially true …

Light is widely considered to be the most important factor limiting the performance of plants
on the floors of forests and woodlands, but the roles of nutrient availability and water supply …

This paper reviews aspects of the functional ecology of naturally established tree seedlings
in the boreal forests of North America with an emphasis on the relationship between light …

Plants respond to nitrogen availability by changing their root: shoot ratios. One hypothesis
used to explain this allocation is that plants optimize their behaviour by maximizing their …

Over millions of years, terrestrial plants have competed for limited resources, defended
themselves against herbivores, and resisted a myriad of environmental stresses. These …

Here, we investigated the physiological and structural leaf responses of seedlings of two
evergreen and two deciduous Quercus species, grown in a glasshouse and subjected to …

We examined interspecific and intraspecific variation in tree seedling survival as a function
of allocation to carbohydrate reserves and structural root biomass. We predicted that …