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Chemical defense lowers plant competitiveness.

Oecologia - 1 Nov 2014

Ballhorn Daniel J, Godschalx Adrienne L, Smart Savannah M, Kautz Stefanie, Schädler Martin

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Both plant competition and plant defense affect biodiversity and food web dynamics and are central themes in ecology research. The evolutionary pressures determining plant allocation toward defense or competition are not well understood. According to the growth-differentiation balance hypothesis (GDB), the relative importance of herbivory and competition have led to the evolution of plant allocation patterns,...

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PMID: 25173086
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-014-3036-1

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