2006
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-006-9250-0
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Phenotypic plasticity and biomass allocation pattern in three Dryopteris (Dryopteridaceae) species on an experimental light-availability gradient

Abstract: We were interested in whether the contrasting regional distribution patterns of three congeneric, frequently co-occurring fern species (Dryopteris carthusiana, D. dilatata and D. expansa) could be explained by differential biomass allocation strategies and different phenotypic plasticities to light availability. The morphology and habitat preference of these ferns are known to be very similar, but in Estonia, their frequencies of occurrence differ sharply--Dryopteris carthusiana is common, D. expansa grows in … Show more

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“…The results of a study in which the three species were grown on a light‐availability gradient in an experimental garden (Rünk & Zobel 2007) were generally in agreement with the distribution of the three species in the British Isles (see ). There were clear interspecific differences in total plant growth and biomass allocation in different shade treatments.…”
Section: Structure and Physiologysupporting
confidence: 62%
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“…The results of a study in which the three species were grown on a light‐availability gradient in an experimental garden (Rünk & Zobel 2007) were generally in agreement with the distribution of the three species in the British Isles (see ). There were clear interspecific differences in total plant growth and biomass allocation in different shade treatments.…”
Section: Structure and Physiologysupporting
confidence: 62%
“…When the effect of plant size (biomass) was removed, D. dilatata appeared to be the most plastic of the three. In four traits (rhizome mass, frond/below‐ground biomass ratio, stipe length and SLA), its degree of ontogenetic plasticity was significantly higher than that of D. expansa and D. carthusiana (Rünk & Zobel 2007).…”
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confidence: 87%
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“…The remaining five eastern North American species are allopolyploids, formed over the last 13 million years via hybridization and genome doubling involving three of the extant North American diploids and one extinct progenitor (Sessa, Zimmer & Givnish ; Table ). Tani & Kudo (, ), and Tessier & Bornn () have examined biomass allocation and the contributions of overwintering leaves to carbon uptake in several Dryopteris species, and Rünk, Zobel & Zobel () and Rünk & Zobel () have compared growth and survival of a few European species as a function of edaphic conditions and light availability, but no rigorous study of photosynthetic adaptations to light regime has been undertaken for the North American group, despite their strikingly different habitats and leaf morphologies.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…ferns (Rünk and Zobel, 2007). In the results of Den Ouden (2000), the decrease in the frond mass is assumed to be linked to a decrease in the investment in the support tissues of the fronds, i.e.…”
Section: Leaf Functional Trait Lmamentioning
confidence: 99%