Claim · model-written summary
This allocation strategy gives P. nidularia an advantage on steep slopes.
- Taxon
- Phyllostachys nidularia
Phyllostachys nidulariat0 - Outcome
- an advantage on steep slopese7
- Qualifier
- this strategye7
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Verbatim
t0“Phyllostachys nidularia”
e7“We suggest that this strategy puts this pioneer at an advantage on steep slopes, where it contributes little to slope stability and colonizes frequently formed gaps through vegetative regeneration”
Title
Alexia Stokes; Adrien Lucas; Luc Jouneau American Journal of Botany 2007. doi:10.3732/ajb.94.7.1129
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Association Landslide occurrence was greatest at sites with bamboo and young trees.
- Observation Culms of P. nidularia had a high length to diameter ratio (242 ± 6).
- Mechanism Culm failure was common because of the high length to diameter ratio.
- Observation The maximal force to cause uprooting failure was small (1615 ± 195 N).
- Association Uprooting force was strongly and positively related to lateral root number and volume (R2 = 0.92).
- Observation Root systems were highly superficial, with a depth of 0.15 ± 0.12 m.
- Observation Root systems contributed little to slope stability.
- Observation Few resources have been allocated to anchorage in P. nidularia.
- Association Fewer disturbances would result in secondary succession and dying back of this shade-intolerant species.