Publications by authors named "Ananda Christophe"
Article Synopsis
- Life history strategies in organisms are influenced by resource allocation on a 'slow-fast continuum', differentiating between slow-growing, long-lived species and fast-growing, short-lived ones.
- The Leaf Economics Spectrum (LES) reflects a trade-off in plants between carbon assimilation rates and leaf lifespan, yet its connection to the slow-fast syndrome remains unclear, particularly when relying solely on interspecies comparisons.
- Research on 378 Arabidopsis thaliana samples showed that the LES correlates with whole-plant functioning and climatic adaptation, indicating that slow-growing plants thrive in harsher environments while fast-growing ones prosper in more favorable conditions, highlighting the importance of integrating functional ecology, genetics, and evolutionary biology in plant adaptation studies.
