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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

PLANT DIVINATION. "Future changes in resource availability are also predicted and acted upon. It has been known for some years that light reflected from green vegetation has an enhanced far red/red (FR/R) ratio and contains more blue light than normal sunshine. Many plants perceive these parts of the light spectrum and thus model the possibility of future, not current, shading from competitors and thus future reductions of available light energy." http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00114-005-0014-9 View in LinkedIn

COMPETING GRADIENTS. “Mound repair, therefore, is a race between numerous initiation sites to be the one that transitions to self-sustaining σ-building first. In the damaged mound, this is usually assured by a small bias toward more intense τ-building near the site of damage. This produces a denser concentration of initiation sites there, making the progress to spongy build slightly faster there.” https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12304-016-9256-5 View in LinkedIn