Plant–plant interactions mediate the plastic and genotypic response ofPlantago asiaticato CO2: an experiment with plant populations from naturally high CO2areas
Author(s) -
Marloes P. van Loon,
Max Rietkerk,
Stefan C. Dekker,
Kouki Hikosaka,
Miki Ueda,
Niels P. R. Anten
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
annals of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.567
H-Index - 176
eISSN - 1095-8290
pISSN - 0305-7364
DOI - 10.1093/aob/mcw064
Subject(s) - biology , photosynthesis , plantago , biomass (ecology) , botany , habitat , canopy , plant community , vegetation (pathology) , stomatal conductance , horticulture , ecology , medicine , pathology , ecological succession
The rising atmospheric CO2 concentration ([CO2]) is a ubiquitous selective force that may strongly impact species distribution and vegetation functioning. Plant-plant interactions could mediate the trajectory of vegetation responses to elevated [CO2], because some plants may benefit more from [CO2] elevation than others. The relative contribution of plastic (within the plant's lifetime) and genotypic (over several generations) responses to elevated [CO2] on plant performance was investigated and how these patterns are modified by plant-plant interactions was analysed.
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