Shade Tolerance, a Key Plant Feature of Complex Nature and Consequences

By F. Valladares, U. Niinemets. 2008

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science

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The effect of biodiversity on tree productivity: from temperate to boreal forests (2011, background): “…be that tree species that evolved from distant ancestors have independently developed similar strategies in response to their environment (forest canopy), such as shade tolerance, often using different mechanisms or traits to achieve similar adaptive capabilities (Valladares & Niinemets, 2008).”
Phenotypic plasticity in response to light in the coffee tree (2009, background): “, the capacity of a given genotype to render different phenotypes under contrasting environmental conditions (Valladares et al., 2007; Valladares and Niinemets, 2008).”
Diversity and competition influence tree allometric relationships – developing functions for mixed‐species forests (2017, background): “…and shade tolerance, are not static for a given species and vary with factors such as ontogeny (Erickson & Harrison 1974; Bouriaud et al. 2004; Valladares & Niinemets 2008; Deng et al. 2014; Niinemets 2015), improved indices might be obtained if alternative variables are found that better…”
Photosynthetic efficiency in sun and shade plants (2018, background): “Plants modulate themselves according to fluctuating light conditions to attain utmost robustness (Li et al. 2014, Valladares and Niinemets 2008).”
Generality and specificity in light harvesting, carbon gain capacity and shade tolerance among plant functional groups (2009, background): “Shade tolerance has been traditionally thought to depend on traits, which improve light harvesting efficiency (Valladares & Niinemets, 2008).”
Within-canopy variation in photosynthetic capacity, SLA and foliar N in temperate broad-leaved trees with contrasting shade tolerance (2014, background): “Possible explanations for this discrepancy are that leaves and branches in the lower part of the ash canopy are missing because (i) the C and N resources needed to build the foliage are preferentially invested in the sun crown for maximising carbon gain in full light, or (ii) the species is inherent”
Response of sugar maple (Acer saccharum, Marsh.) tree crown structure to competition in pure versus mixed stands (2016, background): “For instance, even if shade tolerant species usually have poor plastic responses for many traits (particularly leaf traits), they have high crown plastic responses in order to maximize light interception in many conditions (Valladares and Niinemets, 2008).”
The role of crown architecture, leaf phenology and photosynthetic activity in promoting complementary use of light among coexisting species in temperate forests (2010, background): “The understory species, on the other hand, show adaptations in crown architecture and shoot/leaf morphology such as high leaf area ratio (LAR: leaf area/ plant biomass) and low leaf mass per area, which increase light interception per unit biomass invested in leaf area, an important characteristic f”
High‐dimensional coexistence based on individual variation: a synthesis of evidence (2010, background): “…survival vs. high-light growth (Denslow 1980, Canham 1988, 1989, Poulson and Platt 1989, Welden et al. 1991, Kobe 1996, Walters and Reich 1996, Dalling and Hubbell 2002, Wright 2002, Baraloto et al. 2005, Valladares and Niinemets 2008) could explain diversity in an environment with variable light.”
Regulatory Components of Shade Avoidance Syndrome (2010, background): “In general, under low light, shade tolerants tend to adapt to a highly conservative utilization of resources, commonly accompanied by very low growth rates and by structural and biochemical changes intended to enhance the efficiency of photosynthetic energy transduction and to reduce respiration los”
Shedding light on shade: ecological perspectives of understorey plant life (2016, background): “…variability in tolerance towards different types of stress indicates that adaptive evolution and ecological filtering play key roles in polytolerance (Sack 2004; Niinemets and Valladares 2006; Valladares and Niinemets 2008; Hawkins et al. 2014; Grubb 2015; Laanisto and Niinemets 2015).”
Trait plasticity in species interactions: a driving force of community dynamics (2010, background): “For instance, a rocky intertidal shore study showed that predation risk by crabs significantly suppressed snail grazing of fucoid algae, which in turn strongly affected algae succession and dynamics ( Trussell et al. 2002 ).”