Agrupamiento espacial modifica la competencia en una comunidad diversa de plantas anuales

Theo L Gibbs1, Zachary J Gold2, Haylee Oyler3

  • 1Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544.

Resumen

La fuerza de la competencia vegetal se ve afectada por la disposición espacial. Los competidores agrupados juntos tuvieron efectos negativos menores en las plantas focales que cuando los competidores estaban mezclados, lo que afectó la producción de semillas.

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