Trees are tall. Humans, relatively speaking, are not. And we're not the most agile climbers in the animal kingdom, either. But we are crafty, and we can out-think even the most wizened redwood. But ...

What limits the height of trees? Is it the fraction of their photosynthetic energy they devote to productive new leaves? Or is it their ability to hoist water hundreds of feet into the air, supplying ...

Three functional traits – wood density, specific leaf area and maximum height – affect competition in predictable ways across all forested biomes worldwide, new research indicates. An international ...