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Belowground Competition Can Influence the Evolution of Root Traits.
The American naturalist - 1 Apr 2020
Colom Sara M, Baucom Regina S
Abstract excerpt
Although root traits play a critical role in mediating plant-plant interactions and resource acquisition from the soil environment, research examining whether and how belowground competition can influence the evolution of root traits remains largely unexplored. Here we examine the possibility that root traits may evolve as a target of selection from interspecific competition using Ipomoea purpurea and I....
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