Shade-induced changes in the branching pattern of clonal plants can lead to conspicuous modifications of their growth form and architecture. It has been hypothesized that reduced branching in shade ...

Behind the dazzling variety of shapes and forms in trees lies a remarkably similar architecture based on fundamental, shared principles, ecologists have discovered. The findings allow scientists to ...

American Journal of Botany, Vol. 69, No. 4 (Apr., 1982), pp. 638-640 (3 pages) Branching patterns of leader shoots and lower branches were compared in 15 sugar maple trees. The number of first-order ...

What makes a tree a tree? Or rather, why can we recognize trees in even quite abstract depictions when they are so varied in nature? Researchers have found a clue in the branches, and used math to ...

Dendritic morphology is tightly regulated during development and in the adult brain, reflecting its relevance to neuronal function. Both activity-dependent and activity-independent mechanisms ...