Size variability and self-thinning in wild-rice (Zizania aquatica)

TY - JOUR

T1 - Size variability and self-thinning in wild-rice (Zizania aquatica)

AU - Weiner, J.

AU - Whigham, D. F.

PY - 1988/1/1

Y1 - 1988/1/1

N2 - Size variability decreases during the course of density-dependent mortality (self-thinning) in dense, naturally-occurring monocultures of wild rice in a tributary to the Chesapeake Bay, Maryland. As self-thinning progresses, the size distribution changes from high inequality and positive skewness to become more uniform and equal, consistent with the hypothesis that self-thinning is driven by competition for light. -Authors

AB - Size variability decreases during the course of density-dependent mortality (self-thinning) in dense, naturally-occurring monocultures of wild rice in a tributary to the Chesapeake Bay, Maryland. As self-thinning progresses, the size distribution changes from high inequality and positive skewness to become more uniform and equal, consistent with the hypothesis that self-thinning is driven by competition for light. -Authors

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0024200090&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.2307/2443991

DO - 10.2307/2443991

M3 - Journal article

AN - SCOPUS:0024200090

SN - 0002-9122

VL - 75

SP - 445

EP - 448

JO - American Journal of Botany

JF - American Journal of Botany

IS - 3

ER -