Functional traits shape ontogenetic growth trajectories of rain forest tree species

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Linking functional traits and demographic rates in a subtropical tree community: the importance of size dependency (2014, background): “…have highlighted linkages between demography, wood density and maximum size (Poorter et al. 2008; Wright et al. 2010; Martinez-Vilalta et al. 2010; Herault et al. 2011; R€uger et al. 2012; Iida et al. 2014); however, most of this work has failed to uncover relationships between demography and…”
On the link between functional traits and growth rate: meta‐analysis shows effects change with plant size, as predicted (2016, background): “Growth rates were already known to change with size (Condit, Hubbell & Foster 1993; Clark & Clark 1999; H erault et al. 2011); in other words, individual plants follow a growth trajectory.”
Does functional trait diversity predict above‐ground biomass and productivity of tropical forests? Testing three alternative hypotheses (2015, background): “At the individual tree level, species WSG (negative correlation) and Hmax (positive correlation) predominate as predictors of d.b.h. growth (Poorter et al. 2008; Wright et al. 2010; H erault et al. 2011; R€uger et al. 2012).”