@article{be9aef3068bf4660bbe16780414a2c1f,
title = "Why trees and shrubs but rarely trubs?",
abstract = "An analysis of the maximum height of woody plant species across the globe reveals that an intermediate size is remarkably rare. We speculate that this may be due to intrinsic suboptimality or to ecosystem bistability with open landscapes favouring shrubs, and closed canopies propelling trees to excessive tallness.",
author = "Marten Scheffer and Remi Vergnon and Cornelissen, {J. Hans C.} and Stijn Hantson and Milena Holmgren and {van Nes}, {Egbert H.} and Chi Xu",
note = "Funding Information: M.S., E.H.v.N., and R.V. are supported by the European Research Council (ERC) under the ERC Grant Agreement n° 268732. The authors are grateful to the TRY initiative on plant traits ( http://www.try-db.org ). TRY is hosted, developed, and maintained by J. Kattge and G. B{\"o}nisch (Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany) and is supported by DIVERSITAS, IGBP, the Global Land Project, QUEST and GIS “Climat, Environnement et Soci{\'e}t{\'e}” France. ",
year = "2014",
month = aug,
doi = "10.1016/j.tree.2014.06.001",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "29",
pages = "433--434",
journal = "Trends in Ecology and Evolution",
issn = "0169-5347",
publisher = "Elsevier Limited",
number = "8",
}