“…These studies, along with recent evidence from the temperate zone (Schönbeck et al, ), suggest that NSCs may increase, even if only slightly, in response to seasonal drought in tropical forests. However, across sites, acclimation of leaf and plant traits such as height, leaf area, leaf mass per area, and stand density may allow homoeostatic mainentence of NSC concentrations; that is, they maintain relatively stable values despite long‐term environmental variation (see, e.g., homoeostasis of NSCs, e.g., Rowland et al, ; leaf gas exchange, e.g., Ehleringer & Cerling, , McDowell et al, ; or temperature, e.g., Michaletz et al, , , Blonder & Michaletz, ).…”