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Canopy Plasticity

Canopy Plasticity is a theoretical construct in plant ecology that characterizes the capacity of a plant canopy to structurally and functionally reconfigure in response to environmental variability, thereby distinguishing it from static canopy development models by emphasizing adaptive morphological and physiological flexibility.

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2017–2026

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Crown plasticity enables trees to optimize canopy packing in mixed‐species forests

Tommaso Jucker, Olivier Bouriaud, David A. Coomes · Functional Ecology · 2015 · 437 citations · Full text

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Physiological and morphological variation in Metrosideros polymorpha , a dominant Hawaiian tree species, along an altitudinal gradient: the role of phenotypic plasticity

Susan Cordell, Guillermo Goldstein, Dieter Mueller‐Dombois et al. · Oecologia · 1998 · 397 citations

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Environmental Unpredictability and Plastic Energy Allocation Strategies in the Annual Polygonum Cascadense (Polygonaceae)

James C. Hickman · Journal of Ecology · 1975 · 263 citations

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How strong is intracanopy leaf plasticity in temperate deciduous trees?

Lawren Sack, Peter J. Melcher, Wendy H. Liu et al. · American Journal of Botany · 2006 · 190 citations · Full text

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Canopy effects on vegetation caused by harvesting and regeneration treatments

Sven Wagner, Holger Fischer, Franka Huth · European Journal of Forest Research · 2010 · 172 citations

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Authors

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  1. RJ
    Ronald J. Ryel

    Utah State University, United States

    1 publications · 80 citations

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  2. JC
    James C. Hickman

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    1 publications · 263 citations

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  3. SW
    Stephen W. Pacala

    Princeton University, United States

    1 publications · 72 citations

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  4. WB
    Wolfram Beyschlag

    Bielefeld University, Germany

    1 publications · 80 citations

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  5. AT
    Aleksej Tarasjev

    University of Belgrade, Serbia

    1 publications · 13 citations

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Institutions

95

  1. Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales

    Madrid, Spain

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    103 citations

  2. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    2 h-index

    7 publications

    1K citations

  3. Kyoto University

    Kyoto, Japan

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    48 citations

  4. Technical University of Munich

    Munich, Germany

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    386 citations

  5. Pacific Southwest Research Station

    Albany, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    34 citations

  6. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    68 citations

  7. Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue

    Rouyn-Noranda, Canada

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    69 citations

  8. Kobe University

    Kobe, Japan

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    104 citations

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Venues

  1. Forest Ecology and Management

    4 publications · 306 citations

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  2. Environmental and Experimental Botany

    3 publications · 76 citations

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  3. Oecologia

    3 publications · 618 citations

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  4. Trees

    3 publications · 200 citations

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  5. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

    2 publications · 111 citations

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