Do trait-growth relationships change as plants age? An Australian heathland perspective

Do trait-growth relationships change as plants age? An Australian heathland perspective

Lily Dun, Western Sydney University in New South Wales, Australia, and The University of Queensland in Queensland, Australia, discusses her article: Do trait-growth relationships vary with plant age in fire-prone heathland shrubs? When we think about plant growth, we often assume that certain functional traits—such as wood density, leaf structure, or biomass allocation—determine how fast…