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How reproductive allocation and flowering probability of individuals in plant populations are affected by position in stand size hierarchy, plant size and CO2 regime

Brophy, Caroline and Gibson, David J. and Wayne, Peter M. and Connolly, John (2008) How reproductive allocation and flowering probability of individuals in plant populations are affected by position in stand size hierarchy, plant size and CO2 regime. Journal of Plant Ecology, 1 . pp. 207-215. ISSN 1752-9921

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Abstract

We investigate the effect of position within a size-structured population on the reproductive allocation (RA) and flowering probability of individual plants of Sinapis arvensis. We also assess the effects of plant size and changing level of CO2 on both responses.

Keywords:asymmetric competition; neighbour effects; nonreproducing plants; stand effects; Sinapis arvensis;
Subjects:Science & Engineering > Mathematics
ID Code:1594
Deposited By:Dr. Caroline Brophy
Deposited On:16 Oct 2009 12:21
Journal or Publication Title:Journal of Plant Ecology
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Refereed:Yes
URL:http://www.oxfordjournals.org/

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