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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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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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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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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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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...