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Bryophytes and plant strategy theory
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In this paper, a comparison between the range of strategies displayed by bryophytes and that already described for vascular plants is made, and some of the implications of these strategy theories for the role of Beryophytes in the structure and dynamics of plant communities.About:
This article is published in Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society.The article was published on 1990-09-01. It has received 112 citations till now.read more
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Comparative Cryptogam Ecology: A Review of Bryophyte and Lichen Traits that Drive Biogeochemistry
TL;DR: Comparative cryptogam ecology has the potential to meet some of the important challenges of understanding and predicting the biogeochemical and climate consequences of large-scale environmental changes driving shifts in the cryptogams components of vegetation composition.
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Gradients in Epiphyte Biomass in Three Pseudotsuga-Tsuga Forests of Different Ages in Western Oregon and Washington
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors estimated epiphyte biomass on branches and trunks for 42 individual felled trees, distributed among three Pseudotsuga menziesii-Tsuga heterophylla stands aged 95, 145, and 400+ years in the western Cascade Range of Oregon and Washington, then extrapolated to the whole stands by regression techniques.
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The influence of environmental characteristics on life history attributes of Antarctic terrestrial biota
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Evolution in stressful environments. I. Phenotypic variability, phenotypic selection, and response to selection in five distinct environmental stresses.
TL;DR: Environmental stresses may drive populations of ruderal plant species like S. arvensis toward a stress‐avoidance strategy, rather than toward stress tolerance, and further studies will be needed to determine when selection in stressful environments leads to these alternative life‐history strategies.
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Is 'life-form' a useful concept in bryophyte ecology?
TL;DR: It is concluded that life- form is a useful concept because of the exceptionally high dependence of bryophytes on transient external water supplies; however, major advances in understanding will depend upon investigation of the relationships of life-form to other attributes of brysophyte life-strategy.
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Plant Strategies and Vegetation Processes
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present plant strategies in the established phase and the regenerative phase in the emerging phase, respectively, and discuss the relationship between the two phases: primary strategies and secondary strategies.
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Evidence for the existence of three primary strategies in plants and its relevance to ecological and evolutionary theory
TL;DR: A triangular model based upon the three strategies of evolution in plants may be reconciled with the theory of r- and K-selection, provides an insight into the processes of vegetation succession and dominance, and appears to be capable of extension to fungi and to animals.
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The Mineral Nutrition of Wild Plants
TL;DR: The nature of crop responses to nutrient stress is reviewed and compares these responses to those of species that have evolved under more natural conditions, particularly in low-nutrient envi ronments.
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The maintenance of species-richness in plant communities: the importance of the regeneration niche
TL;DR: It is shown that when an individual dies, it may or may not be replaced by an individual of the same species, which is all‐important to the argument presented.
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Resource Availability and Plant Antiherbivore Defense
TL;DR: Resource availability in the environment is proposed as the major determinant of both the amount and type of plant defense, and theories on the evolution of plant defenses are compared with other theories.