Tradeoff between height and relative growth rate in a dominant grass from the Serengeti ecosystem

The relationship is determined between plant height and whole-plant relative growth rate (g per gram per day) for ten genotypes of Sporobolus kentrophyllus collected from an intensively grazed site on the Serengeti Plains, Tanzania. Plants were grown for 7 weeks in a greenhouse in Syracuse, N.Y., an...

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Published in:	Oecologia Vol. 102; no. 3; pp. 273 - 276
Main Authors:	Hartvigsen, G, McNaughton, S.J. (Syracuse Univ., NY (USA). Biological Research Labs.)
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Berlin Springer 01-06-1995
Subjects:	Animal and plant ecology Animal, plant and microbial ecology Autoecology AZOTE Biological and medical sciences COMPETENCIA BIOLOGICA COMPETITION BIOLOGIQUE ECOSISTEMA ECOSYSTEME Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology General aspects GRAMINEAS GRAMINEE INDICE DE CRECIMIENTO INTERACCION GENOTIPO AMBIENTE INTERACTION GENOTYPE ENVIRONNEMENT MINERALISATION MINERALIZACION Naturschutz und Landschaftspflege NITROGENO ORINA PASTOREO PATURAGE TANZANIA TANZANIE TAUX DE CROISSANCE URINE Africa Tanzania Light effect Monocotyledones Growth rate Tolerance Genotype Animal effect Gramineae Angiospermae Strategy Spermatophyta Intraspecific comparison Plant height Adaptation Serengeti Genotypic tradeoff Relative growth rate
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