| Titre : | Journal of Ecology 95(2) - MAR 2007 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 00/00/0000 |
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Article
Jonathan A. Myers, Auteur ;
Kaoru Kitajima, Auteur
To survive in forest understoreys, seedlings must depend on carbohydrate reserves when they experience negative carbon balance imposed by occasional light reduction and tissue loss to herbivores and diseases. We present the first experimental ev[...]
Article
David Kleiman, Auteur ;
Lonnie W. Aarssen, Auteur
Using a sample of 24 common deciduous angiosperm trees of the Eastern Deciduous Forest region of North America, we tested the hypothesis that leaf size variation across species can be interpreted in terms of a trade-off between individual leaf m[...]
Article
Ryan K. Danby, Auteur ;
David S. Hik, Auteur
Boundaries between forest and tundra ecosystems, tree lines, are expected to advance in altitude and latitude in response to climate warming. However, varied responses to 20th century warming suggest that in addition to temperature, tree line dy[...]
Article
A. L. Angert, Auteur ;
T. E. Huxman, Auteur ;
G. A. Barron-Gafford, Auteur ;
K. L. Gerst, Auteur ;
D. L. Venable, Auteur
Combining long-term observational studies with comparative physiological ecology can yield a deeper understanding of the contribution of individual function to population and community dynamics. Sonoran Desert winter annuals exhibit striking yea[...]
Article
Ian A. Dickie, Auteur ;
S. A. Schnitzer, Auteur ;
P. B. Reich, Auteur ;
S. E. Hobbie, Auteur
Multiple factors are known to influence tree seedling establishment, yet the degree to which these factors depend on each other and on spatial context is largely unknown. We examined the influence of herbaceous competition and water and nitrogen[...]
