Contents Summary 669 I. Model clades for the study and integration of ecology and
evolution 670 II. Oaks: an important model clade 671 III. Insights from the history of the …

The genus Quercus is among the most widespread and species‐rich tree genera in the
northern hemisphere. The extraordinary species diversity in America and Asia together with …

Resource‐use strategies are hypothesized to evolve along climatic gradients. However, our
understanding of the environmental factors driving divergent evolution of resource‐use …

Distinct survival strategies can result from trade‐offs in plant function under contrasting
environments. Investment in drought resistance mechanisms can enhance survivorship but …

• Fine roots mediate below-ground resource acquisition, yet understanding of how fine-root
functional traits vary along environmental gradients, within branching orders and across …

Premise of the Study Evolutionary and biogeographic history, including past environmental
change and diversification processes, are likely to have influenced the expansion, migration …

The provisioning of critical ecosystem services to cities of the eastern USA depends on the
health and physiological function of trees in urban areas. Although we know that the urban …

Introduction As precipitation patterns are predicted to become increasingly erratic, the
functional maintenance of warm-temperate forests constitutes a key challenge for forest …

During the past years, growth and productivity of different oak species have been
constrained by water shortage in seasonally dry regions such as the Mediterranean Basin …

Ecophysiologists have reported a range of relationships, including intrinsic trade‐offs across
and within species between plant relative growth rate in high resource conditions (RGR) vs …