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MAYAPPLE FUTURE DECISIONS. "The assessment is made on a complex of present-day developmental and environmental assessment with the prediction that present day conditions won't differ too much in the future." http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00114-005-0014-9 View in LinkedIn

ANTICIPATORY DECISIONS. "A striking example of predictive behavior is exemplified by the Mayapple (and no doubt other forest floor plants) that makes decisions about branching or reproduction 1–2 years in the future." http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00114-005-0014-9 View in LinkedIn

CAMBIUM ARBITER. "Carbohydrate (captured energy from more productive branches) and root resources are directed away from unproductive tissues and donated instead to productive organs to optimise energy acquisition and minimize energy outlay under competitive circumstances. The cambium is probably the decision arbiter over shoot branching and maintenance patterns." http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00114-005-0014-9 View in LinkedIn

RESOURCE ALLOCATION. "When plants are grown in competition however, simple patterns of leaf placement and minimal shading are often destroyed. It is common for branches to become overgrown by other more competitive species. In these cases either minimal root resources are provided or more commonly the branch dies and the vascular system is sealed." http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00114-005-0014-9 View in LinkedIn

BRANCH COMMITMENT. "The direction in which new branches are formed in these circumstances is another example of predictive modeling increasing the probability of acquisition of light energy in the near future." http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00114-005-0014-9 View in LinkedIn

PETIOLE AND PULVINUS. "These same two organs are also able to move the lamina out of the direct plane of sunlight if the light becomes too intense and becomes damaging. Within canopy openings, not only leaf position but branch polarity is constructed to align with the primary orientation of diffuse light." http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00114-005-0014-9 View in LinkedIn

JUGGLING EFFICIENCY. "Future shoot formation and light foraging indicate intelligent behavior. The morphology of many plants is constructed so as to minimize self shading. Leaves possess two light sensitive organs (the petiole and the pulvinus) that control the direction of the leaf lamina, ensuring it is intelligently placed at 90° to the prevailing polarity of incident sunlight thus capturing maximum energy." http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00114-005-0014-9 View in LinkedIn

HISTORICAL MAP. "There is no convincing evidence that plants possess the ability to convey sufficient information from sensors to any processing units to enable a meaningful spatial map to be constructed. The only map that a plant as a whole makes of its environment is recorded in its morphology, anatomy and chemistry. It is a map of past events, not of future plans." http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/content/93/4/345.full View in LinkedIn