Physiological and ecological constraints play key roles in the evolution of plant growth
patterns, especially in relation to defenses against herbivores. Phenotypic and life history …

The allocation of biomass to different plant organs depends on species, ontogeny and on
the environment experienced by the plant. In this paper we first discuss some …

Physiological ecology of forest production was originally planned as a second edition to the
well-known book by the same name, published 25 years ago ( Landsberg 1986). The …

We examined biomass allocation patterns throughout the entire vegetative growth phase for
three species of annual plants along three separate gradients of resource availability to …

Many ecological models of plant growth assume balanced growth: that biomass is allocated
preferentially to leaves or roots to increase capture of the limiting external resource. An …

Descriptive and explanatory modelling of biomass production and yield of horticultural crops
is reviewed with special reference to the simulation of leaf area, light interception, dry matter …

1. We tested whether plants increase root: shoot ratios to compensate for limitations of below-
ground resources in a manner consistent with optimal partitioning theory or whether the …

The photosynthesis–nitrogen relationship is significantly different among species.
Photosynthetic capacity per unit leaf nitrogen, termed as photosynthetic nitrogen-use …

Plants grown under elevated atmospheric [CO2] typically have decreased tissue
concentrations of N compared with plants grown under current ambient [CO2]. The …

E nvironmentally-induced phenotypic variation (phenotypic plasticity) in plants is often
considered to be a functional response that maximizes fitness in variable environments. The …