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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativesignificant (as stated)measured

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Grass competition significantly reduced mesquite dry weight.

Taxon: P. glandulosaNeltuma glandulosae0
Treatment: grown with S. scopariume0
Interactor: S. scopariumSchizachyrium scopariume0other
Outcome: P. glandulosa above-, belowground, and total dry weighte0
Direction: decreasee0

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“When P. glandulosa was grown with S. scoparium, there was a significant decrease in P. glandulosa above-, belowground, and total dry weight at all S. scoparium densities tested.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 361–538

Title

Competition between Schizachyrium scoparium and Prosopis glandulosa

O. W. van Auken; J. K. Bush American Journal of Botany 1988. doi:10.2307/2443997

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Intervention effect Mesquite did not significantly reduce grass dry weight.
Association Mesquite root-to-shoot ratio rose nearly threefold with grass density.
Association Grass root-to-shoot ratio rose nearly threefold with grass density.
Association Grass flowering stalk number and length declined with density.
Intervention effect Mesquite caused a slight nonsignificant reduction in grass flowering stalks.
Observation The authors predict low mesquite establishment in dense productive grasslands.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Waterlogging strongly reduced root dry weight in G. urbanum and less tolerant families.

Taxon: G. urbanumGeum urbanume1
Treatment: waterlogginge1
Outcome: root dry weighte0
Direction: decreasee0

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“a large decrease in root dry weight”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1053–1088

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“Populations of Geum rivale L. and G. urbanum L. were collected from a range of habitats”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 8–95

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“Waterlogging of G. urbanum and less‐tolerant families”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 953–1006

Title

Comparative studies of plant growth and distribution in relation to waterlogging

S. WALDREN; J. R. ETHERINGTON; M. S. DAVIES New Phytologist 1988. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.1988.tb00223.x

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Lower soil water reduced leaf dry weight per unit area.

Taxon: Chromolaena odorataChromolaena odoratat0
Treatment: decrease of soil water contente0
Outcome: leaf dry weight per unit areae0
Direction: declinede0

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“with the decrease of soil water content, the leaf dry weight per unit area, chlorophyll content, net photosynthetic rate, stomatal conductance, transpiration rate, intercellular CO2 concentration and light saturation point declined”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 288–519

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“Chromolaena odorata”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 74–93

Title

Effects of soil water regimes on the growth of the exotic invasive plant: Chromolaena odorata

Wu JinRong WIT transactions on ecology and the environment 2007

Other claims from this paper (5)

Intervention effect Lower soil water reduced chlorophyll content and gas exchange measures.
Intervention effect Lower soil water reduced transpiration rate, intercellular CO2 concentration and light saturation point.
Intervention effect Lower soil water increased water use efficiency and belowground to aboveground biomass ratio.
Observation The authors infer some adaptation to soil water stress.
Observation The authors infer water stress affects growth and spread to drier areas.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativesignificant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

Grass competition significantly reduced mesquite aboveground, belowground, and total dry weight at all tested grass densities.

Taxon: P. glandulosaNeltuma glandulosae0
Treatment: grown with S. scopariume0
Interactor: S. scopariumSchizachyrium scopariume0weed
Outcome: P. glandulosa above‐, belowground, and total dry weighte0
Direction: decreasee0
Qualifier: at all S. scoparium densities testede0

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“When P. glandulosa was grown with S. scoparium , there was a significant decrease in P. glandulosa above‐, belowground, and total dry weight at all S. scoparium densities tested.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 361–539

Title

COMPETITION BETWEEN SCHIZACHYRIUM SCOPARIUM AND PROSOPIS GLANDULOSA

O. W. Van Auken; J. K. Bush American Journal of Botany 1988. doi:10.1002/j.1537-2197.1988.tb13501.x

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Intervention effect Mesquite did not significantly reduce grass dry weight.
Association Mesquite root to shoot ratio rose almost threefold from the lowest to the highest grass density.
Association Grass root to shoot ratio rose almost threefold from the lowest to the highest grass density.
Association Grass flowering stalk number and length fell as density increased.
Intervention effect Mesquite presence caused a slight, nonsignificant reduction in grass flowering stalk number and length.
Association The authors predict low establishment of mesquite and other woody legumes in high-density, productive grasslands.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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Clipping removed a greater share of produced dry weight in erect than prostrate forms.

Taxon: Poa annua L.Poa annuat0
Material: erecte0
Treatment: clippinge1
Outcome: dry weight produced being removed by the cute0
Direction: greatere0
Comparator: prostrate formse0

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“a greater percentage of the dry weight produced being removed by the cut in the erect forms compared with the prostrate forms”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1439–1564

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“Poa annua L.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 86–98

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“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”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1248–1429

Title

THE GENECOLOGY OF LAWN WEEDS

S. I. WARWICK; D. BRIGGS New Phytologist 1978. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.1978.tb01647.x

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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A 1.0 m water rise after a typhoon decreased N. nucifera biomass from 291 to 75 g dry weight per square metre.

Taxon: N. nuciferaNelumbo nuciferae0
Treatment: A rise of 1.0 m in the water levele0
Outcome: biomass of N. nuciferae0
Direction: decreasee0
Value: 75 g d.w. m −2e0
Comparator: maximum of 291 g d.w. m −2 in Julye0
Setting: Lake Kasumigaurat0

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“A rise of 1.0 m in the water level after a typhoon in August 1986 caused a subsequent decrease in biomass of N. nucifera from the maximum of 291 g d.w. m −2 in July to a minimum of 75 g d.w. m −2 .”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 135–332

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“Lake Kasumigaura”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 80–96

Title

Effects of water level fluctuation on the growth of Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn. in Lake Kasumigaura, Japan

Seiichi Nohara; Takayoshi Tsuchiya Ecological Research 1990. doi:10.1007/bf02346994

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Observation Biomass subsequently recovered in shallower regions.
Association Underground biomass tended to increase toward the shore in October.
Observation Maximum total leaf area index was 1.3 m2 m−2 in 1986.
Observation Maximum total leaf area index was 2.8 m2 m−2 in 1987.
Observation Floating-leaf LAI did not exceed 1 m2 m−2.
Observation Floating-leaf petioles elongated at 2.6 cm per day after unrolling.
Observation Emergent-leaf petioles elongated at 3.4 cm per day after unrolling.
Intervention effect Sudden water rise drowned mature leaves.
Intervention effect Sudden water rise led to decomposition of mature leaves.
Observation Only young leaves elongated enough to reach the water surface after the rise.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Lower soil water reduced chlorophyll content and gas exchange measures.

Taxon: Chromolaena odorataChromolaena odoratat0
Treatment: decrease of soil water contente0
Outcome: chlorophyll content, net photosynthetic rate, stomatal conductancee0
Direction: declinede0

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“with the decrease of soil water content, the leaf dry weight per unit area, chlorophyll content, net photosynthetic rate, stomatal conductance, transpiration rate, intercellular CO2 concentration and light saturation point declined”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 288–519

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“Chromolaena odorata”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 74–93

Title

Effects of soil water regimes on the growth of the exotic invasive plant: Chromolaena odorata

Wu JinRong WIT transactions on ecology and the environment 2007

Other claims from this paper (5)

Intervention effect Lower soil water reduced leaf dry weight per unit area.
Intervention effect Lower soil water reduced transpiration rate, intercellular CO2 concentration and light saturation point.
Intervention effect Lower soil water increased water use efficiency and belowground to aboveground biomass ratio.
Observation The authors infer some adaptation to soil water stress.
Observation The authors infer water stress affects growth and spread to drier areas.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Lower soil water reduced transpiration rate, intercellular CO2 concentration and light saturation point.

Taxon: Chromolaena odorataChromolaena odoratat0
Treatment: decrease of soil water contente0
Outcome: transpiration rate, intercellular CO2 concentration and light saturation pointe0
Direction: declinede0

Not reportedComparator

Verbatim

e0
“with the decrease of soil water content, the leaf dry weight per unit area, chlorophyll content, net photosynthetic rate, stomatal conductance, transpiration rate, intercellular CO2 concentration and light saturation point declined”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 288–519

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“Chromolaena odorata”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 74–93

Title

Effects of soil water regimes on the growth of the exotic invasive plant: Chromolaena odorata

Wu JinRong WIT transactions on ecology and the environment 2007

Other claims from this paper (5)

Intervention effect Lower soil water reduced leaf dry weight per unit area.
Intervention effect Lower soil water reduced chlorophyll content and gas exchange measures.
Intervention effect Lower soil water increased water use efficiency and belowground to aboveground biomass ratio.
Observation The authors infer some adaptation to soil water stress.
Observation The authors infer water stress affects growth and spread to drier areas.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Lower soil water increased water use efficiency and belowground to aboveground biomass ratio.

Taxon: Chromolaena odorataChromolaena odoratat0
Treatment: decrease of soil water contente0
Outcome: water use efficiency and the ratio of belowground and aboveground biomasse0
Direction: increasede0

Not reportedComparator

Verbatim

e0
“with the decrease of soil water content, the leaf dry weight per unit area, chlorophyll content, net photosynthetic rate, stomatal conductance, transpiration rate, intercellular CO2 concentration and light saturation point declined, while the water use efficiency and the ratio of belowground and aboveground biomass increased”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 288–614

t0
“Chromolaena odorata”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 74–93

Title

Effects of soil water regimes on the growth of the exotic invasive plant: Chromolaena odorata

Wu JinRong WIT transactions on ecology and the environment 2007

Other claims from this paper (5)

Intervention effect Lower soil water reduced leaf dry weight per unit area.
Intervention effect Lower soil water reduced chlorophyll content and gas exchange measures.
Intervention effect Lower soil water reduced transpiration rate, intercellular CO2 concentration and light saturation point.
Observation The authors infer some adaptation to soil water stress.
Observation The authors infer water stress affects growth and spread to drier areas.

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