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Comparative plant ecology
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The article was published on 1988-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 1150 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Plant ecology.read more
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The biology of Canadian weeds. 112. Ulex europaeus L.
TL;DR: Gorse (Ulex europaeus L.) is a leguminous shrub native to western Europe and North Africa that has greatly expanded its adventive range in Australia, New Zealand, Chile and Europe, and along the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of North America.
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Competition as an amplifier of short‐term vegetation responses to climate: an experimental test
Nigel Dunnett,J. P. Grime +1 more
TL;DR: The mechanism of competitive interaction proposed by Boysen-Jensen (1929) coupled with the insights related to genome size provide a basis for explaining and predicting the role of interannual variation in temperature in determining year to year fluctuations in the relative abundance of species in productive perennial herbaceous vegetation.
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Biomass partitioning, architecture and turnover of six herbaceous species from habitats with different nutrient supply
Peter Schippers,Han Olff +1 more
TL;DR: The dead leaf fraction appeared to be not only determined by the leaf longevity, but was also found to be directly related to the RGR of the species, which might explain the slow relative growth rates in species from a nutrient-poor habitat.
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How do extreme drought and plant community composition affect host plant metabolites and herbivore performance
Julia Walter,Roman Hein,Harald Auge,Carl Beierkuhnlein,Sonja Löffler,Kerstin Reifenrath,Martin Schädler,Michael Weber,Anke Jentsch +8 more
TL;DR: The findings imply that climate change that is projected to increase the frequency of severe droughts, as well as alter plant community compositions, is likely to affect arthropod–plant interactions through an alteration of leaf chemicals.
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Distribution and forage use of exotic bumblebees in South Island, New Zealand
Dave Goulson,Michael E Hanley +1 more
TL;DR: Results provide support for the hypothesis that the loss of flower-rich meadows, particularly those containing populations of Fabaceae species with long corollae, is responsible for the decline of bumblebee species across Europe.