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In this chapter the potential limits on the maximum height of trees are examined with a view toward making maximum height predictable from biological and physical principles. The maximum height of trees is species-dependent. Within a species, increased availability of resources such as nutrients, water, and irradiance leads to increased height, but why is it that species do not grow higher than they do, even in the most favorable sites? Is there a genetic component to the maximum height of species? If not, then what environmental factor or factors limit their height?
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Friend, A.D. (1993). The Prediction and Physiological Significance of Tree Height. In: Solomon, A.M., Shugart, H.H. (eds) Vegetation Dynamics & Global Change. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2816-6_5
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