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Differential springtime branch warming controls intra-crown nitrogen allocation and leaf photosynthetic traits in understory saplings of a temperate deciduous species
Between-branch nitrogen competition is expected to be important during spring in temperate deciduous trees as nitrogen allocation would be higher in branches from earlier budburst than in those from later budb...
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Intraspecific variation in spring leaf phenology and duration of leaf expansion in relation to leaf habit and leaf size of temperate tree species
Spring leaf phenology has been intensively studied in temperate deciduous broad-leaved tree species, but the phenology of evergreen broad-leaved tree species has seldom been focused on. Evaluation of the diffe...
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Correction to: contrasting effects of urbanization on arboreal and ground-dwelling land snails: role of trophic interactions and habitat fragmentation
The original version of the article unfortunately contained mistakes in the legends of Fig. 3. The legends (1) Blue square: Euhadra brandtii sapporo, ground is changed to Blue square: Euhadra brandtii sapporo, ca...
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Contrasting effects of urbanization on arboreal and ground-dwelling land snails: role of trophic interactions and habitat fragmentation
Urbanization generally reduces wildlife populations. Individual species responses, however, are often highly variable, and such variability can be explained by differences in species ecological traits. To exam...
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Genetic differentiation in the timing of budburst in Fagus crenata in relation to temperature and photoperiod
Climate change is expected to influence plant productivity particularly through changes in the timing of budburst. Nonetheless, knowledge about the intraspecific variation of the timing of budburst and its rel...
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How is light interception efficiency related to shoot structure in tall canopy species?
Coexistence of multiple species is a fundamental aspect of plant and forest ecology. Although spatial arrangement of leaves within crowns is an important determinant of light interception and productivity, sho...
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Open AccessEffective use of high CO2 efflux at the soil surface in a tropical understory plant
Many terrestrial plants are C3 plants that evolved in the Mesozoic Era when atmospheric CO2 concentrations ([CO2]) were high. Given current conditions, C3 plants can no longer benefit from high ambient [CO2]. Kae...
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Leaf nitrogen distribution in relation to crown architecture in the tall canopy species, Fagus crenata
The theory of optimal leaf N distribution predicts that the C gain of plants is maximized when the N content per unit area (N area) scales with light availability, but most previous studies have d...
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Differences between height- and light-dependent changes in shoot traits in five deciduous tree species
The effects of tree height on shoot traits may in some cases differ in magnitude and direction from the effects of light. Nevertheless, general patterns of change in shoot traits in relation to variations in h...
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Branching, nitrogen distribution, and carbon gain in solitary plants of an annual herb, Xanthium canadense
The theory of optimal nitrogen (N) distribution predicts that the carbon gain of plants will be maximised when leaves of higher irradiance have higher N content per area (N area). Most previous s...
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Crown exposure to light and tree allometry of 11 tree species in a snowy cool-temperate forest in Japan
Crown exposure to light (CE) and tree allometry were investigated for 11 species in a snowy cool-temperate secondary forest dominated by Fagus crenata and Betula ermanii in Japan. The 11 species differentiated ho...
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Effects of atmospheric CO2 concentration, irradiance, and soil nitrogen availability on leaf photosynthetic traits of Polygonum sachalinense around natural CO2 springs in northern Japan
Long-term exposure to elevated CO2 concentration will affect the traits of wild plants in association with other environmental factors. We investigated multiple effects of atmospheric CO2 concentration, irradianc...
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Inorganic nitrogen source utilization byFagus crenata on different soil types
The nitrogen source utilization by Fagus crenata distributed on soils with different forms of inorganic nitrogen in a cool-temperate deciduous forest in central Japan was determined by measuring foliar δ15N. Two ...
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Influence of between-year variation in the density of Rhus trichocarpa fruits on the removal of fruit by birds
The fruiting phenology and fruit removal patterns of Rhus trichocarpa Miq. (Anacardiaceae) were investigated in a warm-temperate secondary forest in Japan. Mature fruits of this species are dispersed by birds. Ef...
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The worldwide leaf economics spectrum
Bringing together leaf trait data spanning 2,548 species and 175 sites we describe, for the first time at global scale, a universal spectrum of leaf economics consisting of key chemical, structural and physiol...
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Community-level flowering phenology and fruit set: Comparative study of 25 woody species in a secondary forest in Japan
We investigated the flowering phenology, pollinator visitation, and fruit set of 25 animal-pollinated woody species in a warm temperate secondary forest in Japan. Various species flowered sequentially from Feb...
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Functional correlates of leaf demographic response to gap release in saplings of a shade-tolerant tree, Elateriospermum tapos
For a shade-tolerant SE Asian tropical tree, Elateriospermum tapos (Euphorbiaceae), we studied field-established saplings in gaps and the shaded understory to test the hypothesis that differences in leaf demograp...
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Leaf Phenology of Trees in the Pasoh Forest Reserve
We studied the phenology of leaf emergence in 94 trees and the leaf dynamics of 17 selected trees in the Pasoh Forest Reserve (Pasoh FR), Malaysia. We tested the following hypotheses: (i) the phenology of leaf...
