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SUBMITTER: Knops JM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3428368 | biostudies-literature | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Knops Johannes M H JM Koenig Walter D WD
PloS one 20120827 8
Trade-offs in sex resource allocation are commonly inferred from a negative correlation between male and female reproduction. We found that for three California oak species, aboveground annual net productivity (ANP) differences among individuals were primarily correlated with water availability and soil fertility. Reproductive biomass increased with ANP, but the relative allocation to reproduction was constant, indicating that reproduction tracked productivity, which in turn tracked site quality ...[more]