Tree mortality rates appear to be increasing in moist tropical forests (MTF s) with significant
carbon cycle consequences. Here, we review the state of knowledge regarding MTF tree …

Fitting a line to a bivariate dataset can be a deceptively complex problem, and there has
been much debate on this issue in the literature. In this review, we describe for the …

Carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) are the primary elements involved in the growth and
development of plants. The C: N ratio is an indicator of nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) and an …

The Standardised Major Axis Tests and Routines (SMATR) software provides tools for
estimation and inference about allometric lines, currently widely used in ecology and …

Lack of information on ecological characteristics of species across different continents
hinders development of general world‐scale quantitative vegetation dynamic models. We …

Global‐scale quantification of relationships between plant traits gives insight into the
evolution of the world's vegetation, and is crucial for parameterizing vegetation–climate …

Summary 1 Relationships were examined among photosynthetic capacity (Amass and
Aarea), foliar dark respiration rate (Rd‐mass and Rd‐area), stomatal conductance to water …

Across eukaryotes phenotypic correlations with genome size are thought to scale from
genome size effects on cell size. However, for plants the genome/cell size link has only been …

Plant biomass and nutrient allocation explicitly links the evolved strategies of plant species
to the material and energy cycles of ecosystems. Allocation of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus …

Summary 1 Most plants withdraw nutrients from leaves as they age, and redeploy them
elsewhere in the plant. The proportion of nutrients resorbed and the residual nutrient …