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Leaf investment and light partitioning among leaves of different genotypes of the clonal plant Potentilla reptans in a dense stand after 5 years of competition.
Annals of botany - 1 Dec 2008
Vermeulen Peter J, Stuefer Josef F, During Heinjo J, Anten Niels P R
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: While within-species competition for light is generally found to be asymmetric - larger plants absorbing more than proportional amounts of light - between-species competition tends to be more symmetric. Here, the light capture was analysed in a 5-year-old competition experiment that started with ten genotypes of the clonal plant Potentilla reptans. The following hypotheses were tested: (a) if...
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