Can traits predict individual growth performance? A test in a hyperdiverse tropical forest - Poorter, Lourens; Castilho, Carolina V.; Schietti, Juliana; Oliveira, Rafael S.; Costa, Flávia R. C. (The New phytologist, 2018)
Keywords: Acclimation; Acclimatization; Amazon; defense; Dynamics; Environmental conditions; Environmental effects; environmental factors; functional traits; growth; growth performance; Growth rate; intraspecific variation; leaves; Mineral nutrients; Performance prediction; plant strategies; plasticity; prediction; Rainforests; saplings; Species; stem elongation; Tissue; Tropical climate; Tropical forests; tropical rain forests; tropical rainforest; tropical rainforest; defense; acclimation; functional traits; plant strategies; plasticity; growth; Amazon