Parental effects driven by resource provisioning in Alternanthera philoxeroides-A simulation case study.

ABSTRACT: Parental environmental effects can be a rapid and effective means for clonal plants in response to temporally or spatially varying environments. However, few studies have quantitatively measured the ecological significance of parental effects in aquatic clonal plants. In this study, we developed a two-generation (parent-offspring) growth model to examine the parental effects of nitrogen (N) conditions on summed and mean performance of clonal offspring of one wetland species Alternanthera philoxeroides. We also examined the role of survival status and developmental stage of clonal offspring in the consequence of parental effects in aquatic clonal plants. Our results indicated direct evidence that (1) there were significant non-linear correlations between the performance of parental p

SUBMITTER: Wang LH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9490186 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature