Root foraging increases performance of the clonal plant Potentilla reptans in heterogeneous nutrient environments.
Plastic root-foraging responses have been widely recognized as an important strategy for plants to explore heterogeneously distributed resources. However, the benefits and costs of root foraging have received little attention.In a greenhouse experiment, we grew pairs of connected ramets of 22 genoty...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2013-01-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3589344?pdf=render |