Carbon allocation to defense, storage, and growth in seedlings of two temperate broad-leaved tree species

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• broad-leaved tree 100%
• biomass allocation 90%
• seedling 68%
• defense 62%
• tannin 29%
• understory 17%
• shade tolerance 17%
• carbon 15%
• niche partitioning 7%
• biomass 6%
• herbivore 5%
• carbohydrate 5%
• pathogen 5%

Agriculture & Biology

• seedling growth 63%
• Quercus 45%
• shade 44%
• carbon 43%
• Castanea 37%
• proanthocyanidins 35%
• understory 25%
• shade tolerance 22%
• Castanea crenata 13%
• forest communities 10%
• biomass 10%
• ecological differentiation 9%
• herbivores 7%
• carbohydrates 5%
• seedlings 5%