Crown and leaf traits as predictors of subtropical tree sapling growth rates

Species-specific effects of genetic diversity and species diversity of experimental communities on early tree performance

(2017) Xueqin Zeng et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

Impact of tree diversity and environmental conditions on the survival of shrub species in a forest biodiversity experiment in subtropical China

(2017) Bo Yang et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

Heritability of early growth traits and their plasticity in 14 woody species of Chinese subtropical forest

(2017) Xueqin Zeng et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

Interspecific and intraspecific variation in specific root length drives aboveground biodiversity effects in young experimental forest stands

(2017) Wensheng Bu et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

On the combined effect of soil fertility and topography on tree growth in subtropical forest ecosystems—a study from SE China

(2017) Thomas Scholten et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

Species-specific effects of genetic diversity and species diversity of experimental communities on early tree performance

(2017) Xueqin Zeng et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

Impact of tree diversity and environmental conditions on the survival of shrub species in a forest biodiversity experiment in subtropical China

(2017) Bo Yang et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

Heritability of early growth traits and their plasticity in 14 woody species of Chinese subtropical forest

(2017) Xueqin Zeng et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

Interspecific and intraspecific variation in specific root length drives aboveground biodiversity effects in young experimental forest stands

(2017) Wensheng Bu et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

On the combined effect of soil fertility and topography on tree growth in subtropical forest ecosystems—a study from SE China

(2017) Thomas Scholten et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

Leaf area increases with species richness in young experimental stands of subtropical trees

(2016) Siyi Peng et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

Leaf area increases with species richness in young experimental stands of subtropical trees

(2016) Siyi Peng et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

Crown plasticity enables trees to optimize canopy packing in mixed-species forests

(2015) Tommaso Jucker et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Globally, functional traits are weak predictors of juvenile tree growth, and we do not know why

(2015) C. E. Timothy Paine et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Explaining biomass growth of tropical canopy trees: the importance of sapwood

(2015) Masha T. van der Sande et al.   OECOLOGIA

Early subtropical forest growth is driven by community mean trait values and functional diversity rather than the abiotic environment

(2015) Wenzel Kröber et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Does Tree Architectural Complexity Influence the Accuracy of Wood Volume Estimates of Single Young Trees by Terrestrial Laser Scanning?

(2015) Carsten Hess et al.   Forests

Relative growth rate variation of evergreen and deciduous savanna tree species is driven by different traits

(2014) Kyle W. Tomlinson et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Site and neighborhood effects on growth of tree saplings in subtropical plantations (China)

(2014) Ying Li et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

No plant functional diversity effects on foliar fungal pathogens in experimental tree communities

(2014) Lydia Hantsch et al.   FUNGAL DIVERSITY

Leaf morphology of 40 evergreen and deciduous broadleaved subtropical tree species and relationships to functional ecophysiological traits

(2014) W. Kröber et al.   PLANT BIOLOGY

Linking Xylem Hydraulic Conductivity and Vulnerability to the Leaf Economics Spectrum—A Cross-Species Study of 39 Evergreen and Deciduous Broadleaved Subtropical Tree Species

(2014) Wenzel Kröber et al.   PLoS One

Transpiration and stomatal control: a cross-species study of leaf traits in 39 evergreen and deciduous broadleaved subtropical tree species

(2014) Wenzel Kröber et al.   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

A trait-based trade-off between growth and mortality: evidence from 15 tropical tree species using size-specific relative growth rates

(2014) Christopher D. Philipson et al.   Ecology and Evolution

New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide

(2013) N. Pérez-Harguindeguy et al.   AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Linking size-dependent growth and mortality with architectural traits across 145 co-occurring tropical tree species

(2013) Yoshiko Iida et al.   ECOLOGY

Establishment success in a forest biodiversity and ecosystem functioning experiment in subtropical China (BEF-China)

(2013) Xuefei Yang et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Crown size-growth relationships of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) are driven by the interplay of disturbance intensity and inter-specific competition

(2013) A. Fichtner et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Relative effects of different leaf attributes on sapling growth in tropical dry forest

(2013) Ravi K. Chaturvedi et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

Functional traits explain variation in plant life history strategies

(2013) P. B. Adler et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Designing forest biodiversity experiments: general considerations illustrated by a new large experiment in subtropical China

(2013) Helge Bruelheide et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

How do evergreen and deciduous species respond to shade?—Tolerance and plasticity of subtropical tree and shrub species of South-East China

(2012) Martin Böhnke et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Mechanisms promoting tree species co-existence: Experimental evidence with saplings of subtropical forest ecosystems of China

(2012) Anne C. Lang et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

What Makes a Leaf Tough? Patterns of Correlated Evolution between Leaf Toughness Traits and Demographic Rates among 197 Shade-Tolerant Woody Species in a Neotropical Forest

(2011) Jared W. Westbrook et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Light absorption and use efficiency in forests: Why patterns differ for trees and stands

(2011) Dan Binkley et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Leaf attributes and tree growth in a tropical dry forest

(2011) R. K. Chaturvedi et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Biomass allocation to leaves, stems and roots: meta-analyses of interspecific variation and environmental control

(2011) Hendrik Poorter et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Leaf traits in relation to crown development, light interception and growth of elite families of loblolly and slash pine

(2011) D. J. Chmura et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Community assembly during secondary forest succession in a Chinese subtropical forest

(2010) Helge Bruelheide et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Functional traits and the growth–mortality trade-off in tropical trees

(2010) S. Joseph Wright et al.   ECOLOGY

Tree morphology responds to neighbourhood competition and slope in species-rich forests of subtropical China

(2010) Anne C. Lang et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Individual-tree radial growth in a subtropical broad-leaved forest: The role of local neighbourhood competition

(2010) Goddert von Oheimb et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

In Tropical Lowland Rain Forests Monocots have Tougher Leaves than Dicots, and Include a New Kind of Tough Leaf

(2008) Nathaniel J. Dominy et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY