Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Boonman CCF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7317509 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Boonman Coline C F CCF van Langevelde Frank F Oliveras Imma I Couédon Jeremy J Luijken Natascha N Martini David D Veenendaal Elmar M EM
The New phytologist 20200131 1
Plant biomass allocation may be optimized to acquire and conserve resources. How trade-offs in the allocation of tropical tree seedlings depend on different stressors remains poorly understood. Here we test whether above- and below-ground traits of tropical tree seedlings could explain observed occurrence along gradients of resources (light, water) and defoliation (fire, herbivory). We grew 24 tree species occurring in five African vegetation types, varying from dry savanna to moist forest, in a ...[more]