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James S. Coleman
Researcher at Desert Research Institute
Publications - 71
Citations - 7046
James S. Coleman is an academic researcher from Desert Research Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Heat shock protein & Shoot. The author has an hindex of 42, co-authored 71 publications receiving 6738 citations. Previous affiliations of James S. Coleman include Rice University & Stanford University.
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Interpreting phenotypic variation in plants.
TL;DR: Comparing plants as a function of plant size or developmental stage, as well as afunction of age, broadens the understanding of phenotypic variation between plants.
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Biomass allocation in plants: ontogeny or optimality? a test along three resource gradients
TL;DR: Growth analysis revealed that each species displayed significant plasticity in growth rates and substantial amounts of ontogenetic drift in root:shoot biomass ratios and ratios of leaf area to biomass across each of the three resource gradients.
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Elevated CO2 increases productivity and invasive species success in an arid ecosystem.
Stanley D. Smith,Travis E. Huxman,Travis E. Huxman,Stephen F. Zitzer,Therese N. Charlet,David C. Housman,James S. Coleman,L. Fenstermaker,Jeffrey R. Seemann,Robert S. Nowak +9 more
TL;DR: Using free-air CO2 enrichment (FACE) technology in an intact Mojave Desert ecosystem, it is shown that new shoot production of a dominant perennial shrub is doubled by a 50% increase in atmospheric CO2 concentration in a high rainfall year, but elevated CO 2 does not enhance production in a drought year.
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The Evolution of Plant Ecophysiological Traits: Recent Advances and Future Directions
David D. Ackerly,Susan A. Dudley,Sonia E. Sultan,Johanna Schmitt,James S. Coleman,C. Randall Linder,Darren R. Sandquist,Monica A. Geber,Ann S. Evans,Todd E. Dawson,Martin J. Lechowicz +10 more
TL;DR: Many ecophysiological traits—considered here as all aspects of resource uptake and utilization, including biochemistry, metabolism, gas exchange, leaf structure and function, nutrient and biomass allocation, canopy structure, and growth—are likely to influence fitness and undergo adaptive evolution.
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Plasticity in root/shoot partitioning: optimal, ontogenetic, or both?
TL;DR: It is concluded that, for these annual species, root/shoot partitioning is partially consistent with optimal partitioning theory but that is also highly ontogenetically constrained.