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The contribution of phenotypic plasticity to complementary light capture in plant mixtures.
The New phytologist - 1 Sept 2015
Zhu Junqi, van der Werf Wopke, Anten Niels P R, Vos Jan, Evers Jochem B
Abstract excerpt
Interspecific differences in functional traits are a key factor for explaining the positive diversity-productivity relationship in plant communities. However, the role of intraspecific variation attributable to phenotypic plasticity in diversity-productivity relationships has largely been overlooked. By taking a wheat (Triticum aestivum)-maize (Zea mays) intercrop as an elementary example of mixed vegetation, we...
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