New insights into carbon allocation by trees from the hypothesis that annual wood production is maximized

Competition between roots and microorganisms for nitrogen: mechanisms and ecological relevance

(2013) Yakov Kuzyakov et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Modeling forest stand dynamics from optimal balances of carbon and nitrogen

(2012) Harry T. Valentine et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Why does leaf nitrogen decline within tree canopies less rapidly than light? An explanation from optimization subject to a lower bound on leaf mass per area

(2012) R. C. Dewar et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Co-optimal distribution of leaf nitrogen and hydraulic conductance in plant canopies

(2012) M. S. Peltoniemi et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Optimization of foliage photosynthetic capacity in tree canopies: towards identifying missing constraints

(2012) U. Niinemets   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Modeling carbon allocation in trees: a search for principles

(2012) O. Franklin et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Plant root distributions and nitrogen uptake predicted by a hypothesis of optimal root foraging

(2012) Ross E. McMurtrie et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Evolutionarily Stable Strategy Carbon Allocation to Foliage, Wood, and Fine Roots in Trees Competing for Light and Nitrogen: An Analytically Tractable, Individual-Based Model and Quantitative Comparisons to Data

(2011) Ray Dybzinski et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Ecological Lessons from Free-Air CO2 Enrichment (FACE) Experiments

(2011) Richard J. Norby et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Lifetime return on investment increases with leaf lifespan among 10 Australian woodland species

(2011) Daniel S. Falster et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Is analysing the nitrogen use at the plant canopy level a matter of choosing the right optimization criterion?

(2011) Niels P. R. Anten et al.   OECOLOGIA

Leaf-trait variation explained by the hypothesis that plants maximize their canopy carbon export over the lifespan of leaves

(2011) R. E. McMurtrie et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Net mineralization of N at deeper soil depths as a potential mechanism for sustained forest production under elevated [CO2]

(2010) C. M. IVERSEN et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Maximum entropy production and plant optimization theories

(2010) R. C. Dewar   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

CO2 enhancement of forest productivity constrained by limited nitrogen availability

(2010) R. J. Norby et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A physiological model of softwood cambial growth

(2010) T. Holtta et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Optimal Function Explains Forest Responses to Global Change

(2009) Roderick C. Dewar et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Influence of Environmental Variability on Root Dynamics in Northern Forests

(2009) Brian W. Brassard et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN PLANT SCIENCES

Increased belowground biomass and soil CO2fluxes after a decade of carbon dioxide enrichment in a warm-temperate forest

(2009) Robert B. Jackson et al.   ECOLOGY

Digging deeper: fine-root responses to rising atmospheric CO2 concentration in forested ecosystems

(2009) Colleen M. Iversen   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Fine root dynamics in a loblolly pine forest are influenced by free-air-CO2-enrichment: a six-year-minirhizotron study

(2008) SETH G. PRITCHARD et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Forest fine-root production and nitrogen use under elevated CO2: contrasting responses in evergreen and deciduous trees explained by a common principle

(2008) OSKAR FRANKLIN et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Optimal co-allocation of carbon and nitrogen in a forest stand at steady state

(2008) Annikki Mäkelä et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST