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Contents Summary1I.Introduction2II.Variation in plant C : N : P ratios: how much and what are the sources?3III.The growth rate hypothesis in terrestrial plants and the scaling of whole-plant N : P stoichiometry and production5IV.Scaling from tissues to whole plants7V.Applications: large-scale patterns and processes associated with plant stoichiometry9VI.Global change and plants: a stoichiometric scaling perspective11VII.Synthesis and summary12Acknowledgements13References13 Summary Biological stoichiometry theory considers the balance of multiple chemical elements in living systems, whereas metabolic scaling theory considers how size affects metabolic properties from cells to ecosystems. We review recent developments...