Kin recognition benefits clonal offspring performance of historically grazed Leymus chinensis: insights for grassland management
Abstract Background Individual plants can identify their neighbors and adjust their biomass investment to avoid competing with their relatives or jointly cope with external stresses. Maternal effects can improve their offspring adaptability under external stresses. However, how grazing-induced mater...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2022-05-01
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| Series: | Ecological Processes |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13717-022-00377-x |