Effects of the Timing of the Life-Cycle on the Vegetative Growth of Some Dune Annuals
- 1 March 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in Journal of Ecology
- Vol. 64 (1) , 213-+
- https://doi.org/10.2307/2258692
Abstract
The effects of contrasting light and temperature regimes, in addition to the nutrient status of soil, on the vegetative growth of 6 winter annuals, Aira caryophyllea, A. praecox, Cerastium atrovirens, Erophila verna, Mibora minima and Vulpia membranacea, from sand dunes at Aberffraw, Anglesey [England] were investigated. Increasing the light intensity improved the performance of all the species considerably. The growth of A. caryophyllea, A. praecox, M. minima and V. membranacea was restricted by short days and low temperatures, and was arrested by flowering. The timing of the life-cycle tends to restrict the vegetative growth of these annuals even under high nutrient conditions.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
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