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SUBMITTER: Gruntman M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5740169 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gruntman Michal M Groß Dorothee D Májeková Maria M Tielbörger Katja K
Nature communications 20171221 1
Plants can plastically respond to light competition in three strategies, comprising vertical growth, which promotes competitive dominance; shade tolerance, which maximises performance under shade; or lateral growth, which offers avoidance of competition. Here, we test the hypothesis that plants can 'choose' between these responses, according to their abilities to competitively overcome their neighbours. We study this hypothesis in the clonal plant Potentilla reptans using an experimental setup t ...[more]