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Portrait of Henrik Smith. Photo.

Henrik Smith

Professor

Portrait of Henrik Smith. Photo.

Relationship between plant weight and density in mixed populations of Medicago sativa and Trifolium pratense.

Author

  • C. Malmberg
  • H. Smith

Summary, in English

Seeds of clover and lucerne were sown in equal proportions in mixtures at high densities. Thinning started earlier in clover but in both species, after thinning commenced, it proceeded at the same rate. Both species underwent collective self-thinning in accordance with the -3/2 power law but although the slopes for the species were the same the intercepts differed strongly. Plants of lucerne of a given weight could persist in the mixture at higher densities than clover plants. -from Authors

Department/s

  • Educational Sciences
  • Centre for Environmental and Climate Science (CEC)
  • Biodiversity
  • Biodiversity and Conservation Science

Publishing year

1982

Language

English

Pages

365-368

Publication/Series

Oikos

Volume

38

Issue

3

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Topic

  • Botany
  • Ecology

Status

Published

Research group

  • Biodiversity and Conservation Science

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0030-1299