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Physiological and ecological constraints play key roles in the evolution of plant growth patterns, especially in relation to defenses against herbivores. Phenotypic and life history theories are unified within the growth-differentiation balance (GDB) framework, forming an integrated system of theories explaining and predicting patterns of plant defense and competitive interactions in ecological and evolutionary time. Plant activity at the cellular level can be classified as growth (cell division and enlargement) of differentiation (chemical and morphological changes leading to cell maturation and specialization). The GDB hypothesis of plant defense is premised upon a physiological trade-off between growth and differentiation processes. The trade-off between growth and defense exists because secondary metabolism and structural reinforcement are physiologically constrained in dividing and enlarging cells, and because they divert resources from the production of new leaf area. Hence the dilemma of plants: Th...

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A generalised model of forest productivity using simplified concepts of radiation-use efficiency, carbon balance and partitioning

M ost plants require a similar balance of resources-energy, water, and mineral nutrients-to maintain optimal growth. Natural environments, however, differ by at least two orders of magnitude in the availability of these resources. Light intensity varies 100fold from the canopy to the floor of a rainforest (Bj6rkman 1981); annual precipitation ranges 500-fold (105000 mm/yr) from deserts to tropical rainforests; and the amount of nitrogen available to plants varies from 0.09 g/m2 * yr in polar desert (Dowding et al. 1981) to 22.8 g/m2 * yr in a rich tropical rainforest (Vitousek 1984). Plants growing in these diverse environments maintain tissue concen-

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