Claim · model-written summary
Clipping removed a greater share of produced dry weight in erect than prostrate forms.
Poa annuaVerbatim
e0“a greater percentage of the dry weight produced being removed by the cut in the erect forms compared with the prostrate forms”
t0“Poa annua L.”
e1“Clipping appears to have two effects on the erect forms resulting in: (1) a greater percentage decrease in total dry matter production in the erect compared with the prostrate forms”
Title
S. I. WARWICK; D. BRIGGS New Phytologist 1978. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.1978.tb01647.x
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Observation Seed populations were more variable than adults at each sampled site.
- Observation Unclipped erect and prostrate forms differed in total production.
- Observation Unclipped erect and prostrate forms differed in allocation to vegetative and floral reproduction.
- Observation Under clipping, relative fitness ranked bowling-green prostrate above flowerbed prostrate above flowerbed erect forms.
- Intervention effect Clipping reduced dry matter production more in erect than prostrate forms.
- Observation Selection coefficients against erect plants under clipping ranged from 0.53 to 0.68.
- Observation The selection coefficient for unclipped prostrate plants was 0.77.