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List of works by Kaoru Kitajima

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TRY - a global database of plant traits

scientific article (publication date: 21 June 2011)

Functional traits and the growth-mortality trade-off in tropical trees

scientific article published on December 2010

Relative importance of photosynthetic traits and allocation patterns as correlates of seedling shade tolerance of 13 tropical trees

scientific article published on August 1994

TRY plant trait database - enhanced coverage and open access

scientific article published on 31 December 2019

Global patterns of leaf mechanical properties

scientific article

Cloud cover limits net CO2 uptake and growth of a rainforest tree during tropical rainy seasons

scholarly article

PLASTIC PHENOTYPIC RESPONSE TO LIGHT OF 16 CONGENERIC SHRUBS FROM A PANAMANIAN RAINFOREST

article

Tissue‐level leaf toughness, but not lamina thickness, predicts sapling leaf lifespan and shade tolerance of tropical tree species

scientific article published on March 10, 2010

Carbohydrate storage enhances seedling shade and stress tolerance in a neotropical forest

article published in 2007

Life history trade-offs in tropical trees and lianas.

scientific article published on May 2006

Carbohydrate storage and light requirements of tropical moist and dry forest tree species

scientific article

Coordinated changes in photosynthesis, water relations and leaf nutritional traits of canopy trees along a precipitation gradient in lowland tropical forest

scientific article

Decline of photosynthetic capacity with leaf age and position in two tropical pioneer tree species

scientific article published on December 2002

Cultivar selection prior to introduction may increase invasiveness: evidence from Ardisia crenata

article

Variation in crown light utilization characteristics among tropical canopy trees.

scientific article published on 7 December 2004

What makes a leaf tough? Patterns of correlated evolution between leaf toughness traits and demographic rates among 197 shade-tolerant woody species in a neotropical forest.

scientific article published on June 2011

Physiological and structural tradeoffs underlying the leaf economics spectrum

scientific article

Increases of chlorophyll a/b ratios during acclimation of tropical woody seedlings to nitrogen limitation and high light

scientific article published on June 2003

General patterns of acclimation of leaf respiration to elevated temperatures across biomes and plant types

scientific article published on December 7, 2014

Thermal acclimation of leaf respiration of tropical trees and lianas: response to experimental canopy warming, and consequences for tropical forest carbon balance

scientific article

Globally, functional traits are weak predictors of juvenile tree growth, and we do not know why

scientific article published in 2015

Seasonal leaf phenotypes in the canopy of a tropical dry forest: photosynthetic characteristics and associated traits.

scientific article published on February 1997

Global convergence in leaf respiration from estimates of thermal acclimation across time and space

scientific article

Optimal photosynthetic use of light by tropical tree crowns achieved by adjustment of individual leaf angles and nitrogen content

scientific article

Experimental Studies of Seedling Recruitment from Contrasting Seed Distributions

scientific article published in 1992

Decline of photosynthetic capacity with leaf age in relation to leaf longevities for five tropical canopy tree species

scientific article published on May 1997

How cellulose-based leaf toughness and lamina density contribute to long leaf lifespans of shade-tolerant species

scientific article published on 18 June 2012

Shifting baselines on a tropical forest frontier: extirpations drive declines in local ecological knowledge

scientific article published on 21 January 2014

Resprouting as a persistence strategy of tropical forest trees: relations with carbohydrate storage and shade tolerance

scientific article

Foliar respiration and its temperature sensitivity in trees and lianas: in situ measurements in the upper canopy of a tropical forest

scientific article published on April 16, 2013

Leaf life span spectrum of tropical woody seedlings: effects of light and ontogeny and consequences for survival

scientific article published on 26 March 2013

Seed and Seedling Ecology of a Monocarpic Tropical Tree, Tachigalia Versicolor

scientific article published in 1989

Divergent drivers of leaf trait variation within species, among species, and among functional groups

scientific article

Evolutionary and ecological correlates of early seedling morphology in East African trees and shrubs

scientific article published on June 2005

MULTIPLE TRAIT ASSOCIATIONS IN RELATION TO HABITAT DIFFERENTIATION AMONG 17 FLORIDIAN OAK SPECIES

scientific article published in 2004

Plant physiological ecology of tropical forest canopies

scientific article published on October 1, 1996

Seed reserve composition in 19 tree species of a tropical deciduous forest in Mexico and its relationship to seed germination and seedling growth

scientific article

Leaf cellulose density as the key determinant of inter- and intra-specific variation in leaf fracture toughness in a species-rich tropical forest.

scientific article published on June 2016

Functional correlates of leaf demographic response to gap release in saplings of a shade-tolerant tree, Elateriospermum tapos

scientific article

Variations of leaf longevity in tropical moist forests predicted by a trait-driven carbon optimality model

scientific article published on 4 July 2017

Seed Banks and Seedling Establishment on an Experimental Productivity Gradient

scientific article published in 1996

Influence of arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization on whole-plant respiration and thermal acclimation of tropical tree seedlings

scientific article published on 18 January 2016

Do shade-tolerant tropical tree seedlings depend longer on seed reserves? Functional growth analysis of three Bignoniaceae species

scientific article published in 2002

Pre- and post-dispersal seed predation in Tachigali versicolor (Caesalpiniaceae): effects of timing of fruiting and variation among trees

scientific article published in 1999

Temporal dynamics of microbial communities on decomposing leaf litter of 10 plant species in relation to decomposition rate

article

The Ecophysiology of Leaf Lifespan in Tropical Forests: Adaptive and Plastic Responses to Environmental Heterogeneity

article

Trait-based scaling of temperature-dependent foliar respiration in a species-rich tropical forest canopy

article

MYCORRHIZAE DIFFERENTIALLY ALTER GROWTH, PHYSIOLOGY, AND COMPETITIVE ABILITY OF AN INVASIVE SHRUB

scientific article published in 2003

Testing performance rank reversals among coexisting species: crossover point irradiance analysis

scientific article published in 2003

Host-specific effects of soil microbial filtrates prevail over those of arbuscular mycorrhizae in a fragmented landscape

scientific article published on 28 May 2017