Banksia attenuata and Banksia sessilis are in the same genus, but their life strategies reflect how they react to poor nutrition.
Tag - relative growth rate
Alun Salt
Contrasting growth responses of Melastoma malabathricum populations to aluminium addition
Do M. malabathricum seedlings respond positively to the
addition of aluminium to the growth medium?
William Salter
Seedling responses to salinity of 26 Neotropical tree species
How will coastal ecosystems change when some seedling can tolerate rising tides, and others cannot?
Fungal parasites reduce lichen fitness
Higher parasite fitness correlated with lower host fitness, supporting the view that these associations are antagonistic.
botanyone
Plectocarpon lichenum: the parasite that makes itself comfortable when it moves into a lichen
What happens when an unwanted visitor infects a lichen? Plectocarpon lichenum makes it harder for its host to eject it.
Tropical conifer response to altered CO2 concentration
Conifers dominated the lowland tropics 100 million years ago, but have now been largely replaced by angiosperms, coincident with a large decline in atmospheric CO2. Using greenhouse treatments of pre-industrial...
Cluster roots, P and growth rate in Lupinus
Some Lupinus species produce cluster roots in response to low plant phosphorus (P) status. Wang et al. measure relative growth rate (RGR) among three lupin species, L. albus, L. pilosus and L. atlanticus, with similar...
Seedling functional traits of tropical vs. cool-temperate trees
The dynamics of humid forests are thought to involve a trade-off between shade tolerance and growth in high light. Lusk et al. compare seedling growth and functional traits of tropical and cool-temperate Australian...
Heteroblasty, crowding and shade avoidance
Heteroblasty, crowding and shade avoidance Acacia implexa shows leaf heteroblasty, developing compound, transitional and modified leaves (phyllodes), and previous experiments have shown that shade can alter the ontogeny...
