Claim · model-written summary
Resource allocation showed a trade-off between reproduction and underground parts.
- Taxon
- Primula nutans
Primula nutanst0 - Organ / stage
- reproduction and undergrounde0
- Outcome
- trade-off relationse1
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Verbatim
e0“reproduction and underground, and reproduction and stem”
t0“Primula nutans”
t1“Primula nutans”
e1“trade-off relations between reproduction and vegetation”
Title
HE Ya-ping Chinese Journal of Appplied Environmental Biology 2008
Other claims from this paper (11)
- Observation Sexually reproducing P. nutans allocated 22.6% of resources underground.
- Observation Sexually reproducing P. nutans allocated 20.8% of resources to reproductive organs.
- Observation Aboveground allocation was about four times underground allocation.
- Association Absolute resource allocation to reproductive, stem and underground parts increased with individual size.
- Association Relative allocation to stems increased with individual size.
- Association Relative allocation to reproduction and underground parts decreased as individual size increased.
- Association Absolute allocations to reproduction, stems and underground parts showed correlated growth.
- Association Resource allocation showed a trade-off between reproduction and vegetation.
- Association Resource allocation showed a trade-off between reproduction and stems.
- Association No trade-off was observed between underground parts and stems.
- Association Reproductive fitness depended on individual size, with larger individuals having more flowers and seeds.