Specifically, they tested whether conservative functional trait values (i.e., dense wood, heavy seeds, slow leaf economics) are associated with trees that are shorter in stature and have larger crowns ...

Forests constitute important ecosystems in the global carbon cycle. However, how trees and environmental conditions interact to determine the amount of organic carbon stored in forest soils is a hotly ...

While studies have demonstrated that higher tree species richness can increase forest productivity, the relationships between tree species richness, tree growth and herbivore damage remain ...

Anatomical and hydraulic traits can indirectly and directly measure the transport capacity of a root, respectively. Exploring variation in root traits along topological orders within species is key to ...