Background and AimsLeaf life span is widely recognized as a key life history trait associated with herbivory resistance, but rigorous comparative data are rare for seedlings. The goal of this study was to examine how light environment affects leaf life span, and how ontogenetic development during the first year may influence leaf fracture toughness, lamina density and stem density that are relevant for herbivory resistance, leaf life span and seedling survival.MethodsData from three experiments encompassing 104 neotropical woody species were combined. Leaf life span, lamina and vein fracture toughness, leaf and stem tissue density and seedling survival were quantified for the first-year seedlings at standardized ontogenetic stages in shade ...
A life-history trade-off between low mortality in the dark and rapid growth in the light is one of t...
Abstract: Shade tolerance (the capacity to survive and grow over long periods under shade) is a key ...
A trade-off between growth and mortality rates characterizes tree species in closed canopy forests. ...
Background and Aims: The phenotypic plasticity of leaf life span in response to low resource conditi...
Background and Aims The phenotypic plasticity of leaf life span in response to low resource conditio...
Interspecific variation in leaf life span has wide-ranging implications for plant species sorting on...
Leaf toughness is thought to enhance physical defense and leaf lifespan. Here, we evaluated the rela...
A trade-off between growth and mortality rates characterizes tree species in closed canopy forests. ...
Slow-growing juveniles of shade-tolerant plant species are predicted to have tough leaves because of...
Although comparative studies have revealed much about the environmental correlates of leaf lifespan ...
Seedling dynamics and survival limitations are important as it is the initial stage of forest regene...
It has been hypothesized that tropical trees partition forest light environments through a life hist...
The 'functional traits' of species have been heralded as promising predictors for species' demograph...
We related above-ground biomass allocation to light interception by trees and lianas growing in thre...
1. Restoration of tropical montane cloud forest landscapes is urgently required. Assist...
A life-history trade-off between low mortality in the dark and rapid growth in the light is one of t...
Abstract: Shade tolerance (the capacity to survive and grow over long periods under shade) is a key ...
A trade-off between growth and mortality rates characterizes tree species in closed canopy forests. ...
Background and Aims: The phenotypic plasticity of leaf life span in response to low resource conditi...
Background and Aims The phenotypic plasticity of leaf life span in response to low resource conditio...
Interspecific variation in leaf life span has wide-ranging implications for plant species sorting on...
Leaf toughness is thought to enhance physical defense and leaf lifespan. Here, we evaluated the rela...
A trade-off between growth and mortality rates characterizes tree species in closed canopy forests. ...
Slow-growing juveniles of shade-tolerant plant species are predicted to have tough leaves because of...
Although comparative studies have revealed much about the environmental correlates of leaf lifespan ...
Seedling dynamics and survival limitations are important as it is the initial stage of forest regene...
It has been hypothesized that tropical trees partition forest light environments through a life hist...
The 'functional traits' of species have been heralded as promising predictors for species' demograph...
We related above-ground biomass allocation to light interception by trees and lianas growing in thre...
1. Restoration of tropical montane cloud forest landscapes is urgently required. Assist...
A life-history trade-off between low mortality in the dark and rapid growth in the light is one of t...
Abstract: Shade tolerance (the capacity to survive and grow over long periods under shade) is a key ...
A trade-off between growth and mortality rates characterizes tree species in closed canopy forests. ...