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Functional traits shape plant-plant interactions and recruitment in a hotspot of woody plant diversity.
The New phytologist - 1 Feb 2024
Cooksley Huw, Dreyling Lukas, Esler Karen J, Griebenow Stian, Neumann Günter, Valentine Alex, Schleuning Matthias, Schurr Frank M
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Understanding and predicting recruitment in species-rich plant communities requires identifying functional determinants of both density-independent performance and interactions. In a common-garden field experiment with 25 species of the woody plant genus Protea, we varied the initial spatial and taxonomic arrangement of seedlings and followed their survival and growth during recruitment. Neighbourhood models...
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