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Limits to reproduction and seed size-number trade-offs that shape forest dominance and future recovery
- Source :
- Nature Communications, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2022)
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- Nature Portfolio, 2022.
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Abstract
- The relationships that control seed production in trees are key to understand evolutionary pressures that have shaped forests. A global synthesis of fecundity data reveals that while seed production is not constrained by a strict size-number trade-off, it is influenced by taxonomy and nutrient allocation.
- Subjects :
- Science
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20411723
- Volume :
- 13
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Nature Communications
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.0551c2a31d14e5bb00241799573bc59
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30037-9