Divergent growth‐differentiation balance strategies and resource competition shape mortality patterns in ponderosa pine

Abstract Dynamic resource availability leads to trade‐offs among functions in plants. The growth‐differentiation balance hypothesis (GDBH) predicts greater allocation of carbon to defense than growth when resources are scarce, with optimum defense production occurring at a point between the minimum...

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Main Authors: Scott Ferrenberg, Carla Vázquez‐González, Steven R. Lee, Milda Kristupaitis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2023-01-01
Series:Ecosphere
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4349
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