Trade-offs between seed output and life span - a quantitative comparison of traits between annual and perennial congeneric species

New Phytologist

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 104-114

  Vico, Giulia ^a   Manzoni, Stefano ^b   Nkurunziza, Libère ^a   Murphy, Kevin ^c   Weih, Martin ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural sustainability; Annual species; Biomass allocation; Ecophysiological trade offs; Perennial species

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; ANNUAL PLANT; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSPECIFIC; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LIFE CYCLE; META-ANALYSIS; PERENNIAL PLANT; PHYLOGENETICS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; RICE; SEED PRODUCTION; TRADE-OFF; WHEAT; YIELD RESPONSE;

POACEAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROP; META ANALYSIS; ORYZA; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POACEAE; REPRODUCTION; THEORETICAL MODEL; WHEAT;

AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ORYZA; PHENOTYPE; POACEAE; REPRODUCTION; SEEDS; TRITICUM;

EID: 84949322619     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.13574     Document Type: Article

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