A conceptual understanding on how the vegetation's carbon (C) balance is determined by
source activity and sink demand is important to predict its C uptake and sequestration …

Forest structure and dynamics vary across the Amazon Basin in an east-west gradient
coincident with variations in soil fertility and geology. This has resulted in the hypothesis that …

1. The sun-shade acclimation and plasticity of 16 functional leaf traits of 38 tropical tree
species were studied in relation to their light demand, maximum adult stature and …

Our knowledge of the ecology of tropical rain-forest trees is limited, with detailed information
available for perhaps only a few hundred of the many thousand of species that occur. Yet a …

The ecophysiological linkage of leaf phosphorus (P) to photosynthetic capacity (A max) and
to the A max–nitrogen relation remains poorly understood. To address this issue we …

1 We measured above-ground net primary productivity (ANPP) and ecosystem structure and
processes in eight rain forest stands at four elevations (700, 1700, 2700 and 3100 m) and on …

Photosynthetic leaf traits were determined for savanna and forest ecosystems in West Africa,
spanning a large range in precipitation. Standardized major axis fits revealed important …

Shade tolerance is the central paradigm for understanding forest succession and dynamics,
but there is considerable debate as to what the salient features of shade tolerance are …

Light‐saturated rate of photosynthesis (Amax), nitrogen (N), chlorophyll (Chl) content and
leaf mass per unit area (LMA) were measured in leaves of trees of different heights along a …

We evaluated leaf characteristics and herbivory intensities for saplings of fifteen tropical tree
species differing in their successional position. Eight leaf traits were selected, related to the …