Warmer and drier climate conditions are negatively impacting conifers, which show different
mechanisms to withstand drought stress including growth resilience. However, it is unclear …

When trees within forests increase their dimension, the limitation of space (and thus
resources) can cause competition-based mortality. Thus, growth and mortality interact, and …

Monitoring changes to growth-survival strategies is beneficial during plant growth and
development to understand the dynamics of community succession. We measured key leaf …

Drought stress is imposing multiple feedback responses in plants. These responses span
from stomata closure and enzymatic downregulation of photosynthetic activity to structural …

Insect herbivory has attracted enormous attention from researchers due to its effects on plant
fitness. However, there remain questions such as what are the most important leaf traits that …

Simple Summary Plants usually adopt different strategies to adapt to their surrounding
environments. Accurately quantifying plant strategies is of great interest in trait-based …

Annona purpurea is a species of the Annonaceae family that more than 50 alkaloids. Some
alkaloids carry out defense functions and can be grouped from an ecological perspective as …

Human activities have caused biodiversity simplification at local and global scales and
raised concerns about potential effects on ecosystem functions and biodiversity …