Why trees and shrubs but rarely trubs?

Marten Scheffer; Remi Vergnon; J. Hans C. Cornelissen; Stijn Hantson; Milena Holmgren; Egbert H. van Nes; Chi Xu

doi:10.1016/j.tree.2014.06.001

Why trees and shrubs but rarely trubs?

Marten Scheffer
, Remi Vergnon
, J. Hans C. Cornelissen
, Stijn Hantson
, Milena Holmgren
, Egbert H. van Nes
, Chi Xu

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Resumen

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.

Idioma original	Inglés estadounidense
Páginas (desde-hasta)	433-434
Número de páginas	2
Publicación	Trends in Ecology and Evolution
Volumen	29
N.º	8
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2014.06.001
Estado	Publicada - ago. 2014
Publicado de forma externa	Sí

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Ecología, evolución, comportamiento y sistemática

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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.",

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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. ",

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