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

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

Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by wood ash application to a Picea abies (L.) Karst. forest on a drained organic soil

(2010) L. Klemedtsson et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE

Carbon–climate feedbacks: a review of model and observation based estimates

(2010) P Friedlingstein et al.   Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Optimal Function Explains Forest Responses to Global Change

(2009) Roderick C. Dewar et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Causes and consequences of variation in leaf mass per area (LMA): a meta-analysis

(2009) Hendrik Poorter et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Why is plant-growth response to elevated CO2amplified when water is limiting, but reduced when nitrogen is limiting? A growth-optimisation hypothesis

(2008) Ross E. McMurtrie et al.   FUNCTIONAL PLANT 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