Low investment in sexual reproduction threatens plants adapted to phosphorus limitation

Yuki Fujita, Harry Olde Venterink, Peter M. van Bodegom, Jacob C. Douma, Gerrit W. Heil, Norbert Hölzel, Ewa Jabłońska, Wiktor Kotowski, Tomasz Okruszko, Paweł Pawlikowski, Peter C. de Ruiter and Martin J. Wassen ()
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Yuki Fujita: KWR Watercycle Research Institute, PO Box 1072, 3430 BB Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
Harry Olde Venterink: Plant Biology and Nature Management, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
Peter M. van Bodegom: VU University Amsterdam, de Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Jacob C. Douma: Centre for Crop Systems Analysis, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
Gerrit W. Heil: Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, Princetonplein 5, 3584 CC Utrecht, The Netherlands
Norbert Hölzel: Institute of Landscape Ecology, Faculty of Geosciences, University of Münster, Robert-Koch-Strasse 28, 48149 Münster, Germany
Ewa Jabłońska: Institute of Botany, University of Warsaw, Al. Ujazdowskie 4, Warsaw, Poland
Wiktor Kotowski: Institute of Botany, University of Warsaw, Al. Ujazdowskie 4, Warsaw, Poland
Tomasz Okruszko: Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 02-722 Warsaw, Nowoursynowska 166, Poland
Paweł Pawlikowski: Institute of Botany, University of Warsaw, Al. Ujazdowskie 4, Warsaw, Poland
Peter C. de Ruiter: Biometris, Wageningen University, PO Box 100, 6700 AC Wageningen, The Netherlands
Martin J. Wassen: Environmental Sciences, Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, PO Box 80115, 3508 TC Utrecht, The Netherlands

Nature, 2014, vol. 505, issue 7481, 82-86

Abstract: Plant life-history traits, notably plant investments in growth versus reproduction, can explain the impact of nitrogen:phosphorus stoichiometry on plant species richness; compared with plants in nitrogen-limited communities, plants in phosphorus-limited communities (in which endangered plant species are more common) invest little in phosphorus-intense activity such as sexual reproduction and have conservative leaf traits.

Date: 2014
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