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3-D GROWTH PATTERNS OF TREES: EFFECTS OF CARBON ECONOMY, MERISTEM ACTIVITY, AND SELECTION

scientific article published on 27 July 2007

A Conceptual Tree Model Explaining Legacy Effects on Stem Growth

scientific article published on 28 November 2018

A lifetime perspective of biomass allocation in Quercus pubescens trees in a dry, alpine valley

A synthesis of radial growth patterns preceding tree mortality

scientific article

A trade‐off between growth and hydraulic resilience against freezing leads to divergent adaptations among temperate tree species

scientific article published in 2022

ARCHITECTURE OF 53 RAIN FOREST TREE SPECIES DIFFERING IN ADULT STATURE AND SHADE TOLERANCE

article by Lourens Poorter et al published March 2003 in Ecology

Abiotic and biotic drivers of liana community change in an Asian tropical rainforest

scientific article published in 2023

Allometric Trajectories and "Stress": A Quantitative Approach.

scientific article published on 9 November 2016

Allometric equations for integrating remote sensing imagery into forest monitoring programmes.

scientific article

Arbuscular mycorrhiza and water and nutrient supply differently impact seedling performance of dry woodland species with different acquisition strategies

scientific article published in 2015

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi enhance photosynthesis, water use efficiency, and growth of frankincense seedlings under pulsed water availability conditions

scientific article

Are leaf, stem and hydraulic traits good predictors of individual tree growth?

scientific article published on 20 August 2021

BAAD: a Biomass And Allometry Database for woody plants

article

Beyond the regeneration phase: differentiation of height-light trajectories among tropical tree species

article

Biomass partitioning and root morphology of savanna trees across a water gradient

scientific article published in 2012

Climate change induced elevational range shifts of Himalayan tree species

scientific article published in 2022

Combining dendrochronology and matrix modelling in demographic studies: An evaluation for Juniperus procera in Ethiopia

scientific article

Conifer and broadleaved trees differ in branch allometry but maintain similar functional balances

scientific article published on 24 January 2020

Conservation of the Ethiopian church forests: Threats, opportunities and implications for their management

scientific article

Considering inner and outer bark as distinctive tissues helps to disentangle the effects of bark traits on decomposition

scientific article published in 2022

Controls on coarse wood decay in temperate tree species: birth of the LOGLIFE experiment

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

Convergent Evolution towards High Net Carbon Gain Efficiency Contributes to the Shade Tolerance of Palms (Arecaceae).

scientific article published on 13 October 2015

Convergent xylem widening among organs across diverse woody seedlings

scientific article published on 12 March 2019

Crown development in tropical rain forest trees: patterns with tree height and light availability

scientific article published on 12 March 2003

Dead wood diversity promotes fungal diversity

scientific article

Deciduous and evergreen trees differ in juvenile biomass allometries because of differences in allocation to root storage

scientific article published in August 2013

Defence against vertebrate herbivores trades off into architectural and low nutrient strategies amongst savanna Fabaceae species

article

Determinants of legacy effects in pine trees - implications from an irrigation-stop experiment

scientific article published on 07 April 2020

Diel and seasonal stem growth responses to climatic variation are consistent across species in a subtropical tree community

scientific article published in 2023

Diel growth dynamics in tree stems: linking anatomy and ecophysiology

scientific article published on 21 April 2015

Differential determinants of growth rates in subtropical evergreen and deciduous juvenile trees: Carbon gain, hydraulics and nutrient use efficiencies

scientific article published on 20 October 2020

Divergent hydraulic strategies to cope with freezing in co-occurring temperate tree species with special reference to root and stem pressure generation

scientific article published on 23 April 2018

Diversity and production of Ethiopian dry woodlands explained by climate- and soil-stress gradients

scientific article published in 2011

Does phloem osmolality affect diurnal diameter changes of twigs but not of stems in Scots pine?

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

Drought resilience of conifer species is driven by leaf lifespan but not by hydraulic traits

scientific article published in 2022

Drought- and heat-induced mortality of conifer trees is explained by leaf and growth legacies

scientific article published on 12 April 2024

Effective height development of four co-occurring species in the gap-phase regeneration of Douglas fir monocultures under nature-oriented conversion

article

Effects of bud-flushing strategies on tree growth

scientific article published on 01 September 2018

Effects of bud-flushing strategies on tree growth.

scientific article published on 9 March 2018

Explaining biomass growth of tropical canopy trees: the importance of sapwood

scientific article published on 30 January 2015

Faunal community consequence of interspecific bark trait dissimilarity in early-stage decomposing logs

scientific article published in 2016

Fine-root trait plasticity of beech (Fagus sylvatica) and spruce (Picea abies) forests on two contrasting soils

article by Monique Weemstra et al published 24 December 2016 in Plant and Soil

Frankincense tapping reduced photosynthetic carbon gain in Boswellia papyrifera (Burseraceae) trees

scientific article published on 29 May 2012

Frankincense tapping reduces the carbohydrate storage of Boswellia trees

scientific article

Fully exposed canopy tree and liana branches in a tropical forest differ in mechanical traits but are similar in hydraulic traits

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

Functional ratios among leaf, xylem and phloem areas in branches change with shade tolerance, but not with local light conditions, across temperate tree species.

scientific article published on 3 November 2015

Functional traits determine trade-offs and niches in a tropical forest community

scientific article

Functional traits shape tree species distribution in the Himalayas

scientific article published on 05 August 2021

Growth of 19 conifer species is highly sensitive to winter warming, spring frost and summer drought

scientific article published on 01 September 2021

Growth resilience of conifer species decreases with early, long‐lasting and intense droughts but cannot be explained by hydraulic traits

scientific article published on 27 May 2022

Height-diameter allometric relationships for seedlings and trees across China

scientific article published on 24 August 2020

Herbivory in Two Rain Forest Canopies in French Guyana

scientific article published in 1992

How do Light and Water Acquisition Strategies Affect Species Selection during Secondary Succession in Moist Tropical Forests?

scientific article published on 10 June 2015

How do lianas and trees change their vascular strategy in seasonal versus rain forest?

scientific article published on 25 July 2019

How light competition between plants affects their response to climate change

scientific article

Hydraulic prediction of drought‐induced plant dieback and top‐kill depends on leaf habit and growth form

scientific article published on 19 August 2021

Incorporating belowground traits: avenues towards a whole‐tree perspective on performance

scientific article published in 2022

Inter-specific competition in mixed forests of Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) and common beech (Fagus sylvatica) under climate change — a model-based analysis

article

Is there a tree economics spectrum of decomposability?

Leaf adaptations of evergreen and deciduous trees of semi-arid and humid savannas on three continents

article published in 2013

Leaf gas exchange in the frankincense tree (Boswellia papyrifera) of African dry woodlands ⬇️

scientific article published on July 1, 2011

Lianas explore the forest canopy more effectively than trees under drier conditions

scientific article published on 12 November 2020

Lianas have more acquisitive traits than trees in a dry but not in a wet forest

scientific article published on 13 March 2021

Light fluctuations, crown traits, and response delays for tree saplings in a Costa Rican lowland rain forest

article

Linking size-dependent growth and mortality with architectural traits across 145 co-occurring tropical tree species

scientific article published on February 2014

Long-term growth patterns of juvenile trees from a Bolivian tropical moist forest: shifting investments in diameter growth and height growth

scientific article published on 14 August 2015

Low growth resilience to drought is related to future mortality risk in trees

scientific article published on 28 January 2020

Magnetic resonance imaging suggests functional role of previous year vessels and fibres in ring-porous sap flow resumption

scientific article published on 01 June 2019

Mechanical branch constraints contribute to life-history variation across tree species in a Bolivian forest

scientific article published in 2006

Modelling functional trait acclimation for trees of different height in a forest light gradient: emergent patterns driven by carbon gain maximization ⬇️

scientific article published on September 5, 2011

Non-structural carbohydrates in woody plants compared among laboratories

scientific article

Number of growth days and not length of the growth period determines radial stem growth of temperate trees

scientific article published on 09 December 2021

Optimizing stand density for climate-smart forestry: A way forward towards resilient forests with enhanced carbon storage under extreme climate events

scientific article published on 25 August 2021

Osmolality and Non-Structural Carbohydrate Composition in the Secondary Phloem of Trees across a Latitudinal Gradient in Europe

scientific article

Persisting soil drought reduces leaf specific conductivity in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) and pubescent oak (Quercus pubescens).

scientific article

Pine and mistletoes: how to live with a leak in the water flow and storage system?

scientific article published on 20 January 2012

Pit and tracheid anatomy explain hydraulic safety but not hydraulic efficiency of 28 conifer species

scientific article

Plasticity influencing the light compensation point offsets the specialization for light niches across shrub species in a tropical forest understorey

article

Postdispersal seed predation and seed viability in forest soils: implications for the regeneration of tree species in Ethiopian church forests

scientific article published in 2009

Resin secretory structures of Boswellia papyrifera and implications for frankincense yield.

scientific article

Sapwood allocation in tropical trees: a test of hypotheses

scientific article published on 01 June 2015

Scots pine trees react to drought by increasing xylem and phloem conductivities

scientific article published on 18 March 2020

Seedling growth of savanna tree species from three continents under grass competition and nutrient limitation in a greenhouse experiment

article

Self-thinning in four pine species: an evaluation of potential climate impacts

Soil and light effects on the sapling performance of the shade-tolerant species Brosimum alicastrum (Moraceae) in a Mexican tropical rain forest

scientific article published in 2008

Soil nutrients, canopy gaps and topography affect liana distribution in a tropical seasonal rain forest in southwestern China

scientific article published on 28 September 2020

Species Mixing Effects on Forest Productivity: A Case Study at Stand-, Species- and Tree-Level in the Netherlands

article

Species distribution models predict temporal but not spatial variation in forest growth

scientific article

Stem Trait Spectra Underpin Multiple Functions of Temperate Tree Species

scientific article published on 03 March 2022

Stem traits, compartments and tree species affect fungal communities on decaying wood

scientific article

Stomatal regulation by microclimate and tree water relations: interpreting ecophysiological field data with a hydraulic plant model

scientific article

Stress-Driven Changes in the Strength of Facilitation on Tree Seedling Establishment in West African Woodlands

Summer droughts limit tree growth across 10 temperate species on a productive forest site

article

TRY plant trait database - enhanced coverage and open access

scientific article published on 31 December 2019

Tallo–a global tree allometry and crown architecture database

scientific article published on 15 June 2022

Temperature and soils predict the distribution of plant species along the Himalayan elevational gradient

scientific article

Terrestrial vs aquatic plants: how general is the drag tolerance-avoidance trade-off?

scientific article

The frankincense tree Boswellia neglecta reveals high potential for restoration of woodlands in the Horn of Africa

scientific article published on 21 November 2016

The importance of wood traits and hydraulic conductance for the performance and life history strategies of 42 rainforest tree species

scientific article

The role of fine‐root mass, specific root length and life span in tree performance: A whole‐tree exploration

scientific article published on 06 January 2020

Towards a multidimensional root trait framework: a tree root review

scientific article published on 12 May 2016

Towards effectively restoring agricultural landscapes in East African drylands: Linking plant functional traits with soil hydrology

scientific article published in 2022

Tradeoff between Stem Hydraulic Efficiency and Mechanical Strength Affects Leaf-Stem Allometry in 28 Ficus Tree Species

scientific article published on 20 September 2017

Trait Acclimation Mitigates Mortality Risks of Tropical Canopy Trees under Global Warming

scientific article

Traits, strategies, and niches of liana species in a tropical seasonal rainforest

scientific article published on 23 May 2021

Tree architecture and life-history strategies across 200 co-occurring tropical tree species

scientific article published in 2011

Tree differences in primary and secondary growth drive convergent scaling in leaf area to sapwood area across Europe.

scientific article published on 14 April 2018

Tree growth variation in the tropical forest: understanding effects of temperature, rainfall and CO2.

scientific article published on 28 January 2015

Trees maintain a similar conductance per leaf area through integrated responses in growth, allocation, architecture and anatomy.

scientific article published on 15 October 2016

Tropical forests and global change: filling knowledge gaps.

scientific article

Understanding trait interactions and their impacts on growth in Scots pine branches across Europe

article by Frank J. Sterck et al published 29 February 2012 in Functional Ecology

Water-use strategies of six co-existing Mediterranean woody species during a summer drought

scientific article

Wood density explains architectural differentiation across 145 co-occurring tropical tree species

article by Yoshiko Iida et al published 13 October 2011 in Functional Ecology

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