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Toward a general theory of plant carbon economics.

Matiss Castorena M. Olson B. Enquist A. Fajardo

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Plant life-history variation reflects different outcomes of natural selection given the strictures of resource allocation trade-offs. However, there is limited theory of selection predicting how leaves, stems, roots, and reproductive organs should evolve in concert across environments. Here, we synthesize two optimality theories to offer a general theory of plant carbon economics, named as Gmax theory, that shows how life-history variation is limited to phenotypes that have an approximately similar lifetime net carbon gain per body mass. In consequence, fast-slow economics spectra are the result of trait combinations obtaining similar lifetime net carbon gains from leaves and similar net carbon investment costs in stems, roots, and reproductive organs. Gmax theory also helps explain ecosystem and crop productivity and even helps guide carbon conservation strategies.

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Medicine

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Matiss Castorena

M. Olson

B. Enquist

A. Fajardo

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Castorena, M., Olson, M., Enquist, B., Fajardo, A. (2022). Toward a general theory of plant carbon economics.. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2022.05.007

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Tahun Terbit: 2022
Bahasa: en
Total Sitasi: 38×
Sumber Database: Semantic Scholar
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2022.05.007
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