Claim · model-written summary
In a greenhouse experiment, connected clones recovered from defoliation faster and better than clones with severed ramet connections.
- Taxon
- Fragaria virginiana
Fragaria virginianae0 - Material
- connected clonese4
- Treatment
- defoliatione4
- Outcome
- able to recovere4
- Direction
- faster and bettere4
- Comparator
- clones that had connections between ramets severede4
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Verbatim
e0“clones of Fragaria virginiana [Rosaceae]”
e4“In a second greenhouse experiment, connected clones were able to recover from defoliation faster and better than clones that had connections between ramets severed”
Title
Mediation of plant -herbivore interactions by resource sharing in clonal plants.
Christopher Mitchell O'Neal Deep Blue (University of Michigan) 2001
Other claims from this paper (5)
- Association Simulated clones with more highly integrated ramets always outperformed less integrated clones, regardless of herbivory intensity.
- Association Herbivory intensity had few effects on clonal performance or expansion in the field.
- Association The number of unrooted ramets supported by an older ramet had no effect on its ability to recover from herbivory or on total clone performance.
- Intervention effect In the field, connected and severed clones showed no difference in regrowth after defoliation or clonal expansion.
- Association Clonality can ameliorate the negative effects of herbivory, with costs and benefits conditional on the environment.