Energy Allocation Patterns of the California Grassland Annuals Plantago Erecta and Clarkia Rubicunda
- 1 February 1983
- Vol. 64 (1) , 16-24
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1937324
Abstract
Allocation models for annual plants predict that reproductive yield is maximized by an instantaneous switch from vegetative to reproductive growth. The switch is timed so that final reproductive yield is equal to the vegetative mass at the time of the switch, provided vegetative and reproductive growth efficiencies are equal. Measured allocation patterns for Plantago erecta and Clarkia rubicunda show a gradual shift from vegetative to reproductive growth in both species. This graded patter results in a 5.5% decrease in reproductive yield for Plantago relative to the theoretical maximum. The timing of that graded pattern appears optimal.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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