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Low investment in sexual reproduction threatens plants adapted to phosphorus limitation

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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)

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.

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  • 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 Ruite, 2014. "Low investment in sexual reproduction threatens plants adapted to phosphorus limitation," Nature, Nature, vol. 505(7481), pages 82-86, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:505:y:2014:i:7481:d:10.1038_nature12733
    DOI: 10.1038/nature12733
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    1. Reijnders, L., 2014. "Phosphorus resources, their depletion and conservation, a review," Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Elsevier, vol. 93(C), pages 32-49.
    2. Agata Klimkowska & Klara Goldstein & Tomasz Wyszomirski & Łukasz Kozub & Mateusz Wilk & Camiel Aggenbach & Jan P Bakker & Heinrich Belting & Boudewijn Beltman & Volker Blüml & Yzaak De Vries & Beate G, 2019. "Are we restoring functional fens? – The outcomes of restoration projects in fens re-analysed with plant functional traits," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 14(4), pages 1-22, April.

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