Article
Competition among eucalyptus trees depends on genetic variation and resource supply.
Ecology - 1 Oct 2008
Boyden Suzanne, Binkley Dan, Stape José Luiz
Abstract excerpt
Genetic variation and environmental heterogeneity fundamentally shape the interactions between plants of the same species. According to the resource partitioning hypothesis, competition between neighbors intensifies as their similarity increases. Such competition may change in response to increasing supplies of limiting resources. We tested the resource partitioning hypothesis in stands of genetically identical...
Topics
- Biodiversity
- Ecosystem
- Eucalyptus
- Genetic Variation
- Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
- Plant Roots
- Soil
- Species Specificity
