The balanced‐growth hypothesis and the allometry of leaf and root biomass allocation

By Bill Shipley, D. Meziane. 2002

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Subfields: Agronomy and Crop Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Soil Science

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Soil‐related habitat specialization in dipterocarp rain forest tree species in Borneo (2004, methodology): “…to the potential for size-dependent shifts in allocation patterns, analyses of covariance (s) were used to test for differences in the slope and intercept of the relationship between leaf mass and root mass among soils and light levels for each species (Müller et al. 2000; Shipley & Meziane 2002).”
Plant defence theory re‐examined: nonlinear expectations based on the costs and benefits of resource mutualisms (2011, background): “When mineral nutrients limit plant growth, plants increase C allocation belowground, increasing the root : shoot ratio (Bloom, Chapin & Mooney 1985; Shipley & Meziane 2002) or allocation to mycorrhizal fungi (Treseder & Allen 2002).”
Allocation, plasticity and allometry in plants (2004, result): “While some studies provide support for the optimal allocation model (Shipley & Meziane 2002), others suggest that the differences in allocation patterns under varying nutrient conditions are largely due to allometric growth (Fig.”
Above‐ and below‐ground competition cues elicit independent responses (2007, background): “…Society, Journal of Ecology 95, 261–272 to the plant is kept constant (e.g. Shipley & Meziane 2002), because either light acquisition can be improved by allocating more biomass to leaves and stems, or nutrient uptake can be improved by allocating more biomass to roots (Shipley & Meziane 2002).”
Consistency between an allometric approach and optimal partitioning theory in global patterns of plant biomass allocation (2007, background): “Additionally, plants growing in a natural environment are also exposed to constant fluctuation in resource supply, which may make it difficult to see an influence of optimal partitioning when looking globally (Shipley & Meziane 2002).”
Fine root foraging strategies in Norway spruce forests across a European climate gradient (2011, background): “Thus, consistently with the optimal partitioning theory (Bloom et al., 1985; Shipley & Meziane, 2002) and hypothesis 1, plants acclimate to cold climate and low N availability by increasing the biomass, length and root tip number of ectomycorrhizas.”
Natural variation in cadmium tolerance and its relationship to metal hyperaccumulation for seven populations of Thlaspi caerulescens from western Europe (2003, background): “…biomass ratios tend to be lower under conditions of mineral nutrient deficiency but higher at toxic levels of mineral supply, consistent with theories of biomass allocation based on optimal partitioning of resources between root and shoot (Wilson 1988; Poorter & Nagel 2000; Shipley & Meziane 2002).”
Patterns of biomass allocation between foliage and woody structure: the effects of tree size and specific functional traits (2016, background): “For instance, in water- and nutrients-limited environments, plants decrease the biomass allocation to foliage with increasing light availability (Shipley & Meziane 2002, Poorter et al. 2012).”