On the analysis of size-dependent reproductive output in plants

TY - JOUR

T1 - On the analysis of size-dependent reproductive output in plants

AU - Klinkhamer, P. G.L.

AU - Meelis, E.

AU - De Jong, T. J.

AU - Weiner, J.

PY - 1992/1/1

Y1 - 1992/1/1

N2 - A general model is presented to analyse size-dependent reproductive output in plants. The model formulation makes it possible to test for both a minimum size for reproduction and a non-linear relationship between size and reproductive output. The model, statistically analysed with the likelihood-ratio test, admits a hump-shaped relationship between reproductive effort (RE) and plant size. Data for Carlina vulgaris, Ipomopsis aggregata and Saxifraga hirculus show that RE is not always monotonically increasing or decreasing with plant size. -from Authors

AB - A general model is presented to analyse size-dependent reproductive output in plants. The model formulation makes it possible to test for both a minimum size for reproduction and a non-linear relationship between size and reproductive output. The model, statistically analysed with the likelihood-ratio test, admits a hump-shaped relationship between reproductive effort (RE) and plant size. Data for Carlina vulgaris, Ipomopsis aggregata and Saxifraga hirculus show that RE is not always monotonically increasing or decreasing with plant size. -from Authors

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0027036801&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.2307/2389522

DO - 10.2307/2389522

M3 - Journal article

AN - SCOPUS:0027036801

SN - 0269-8463

VL - 6

SP - 308

EP - 316

JO - Functional Ecology

JF - Functional Ecology

IS - 3

ER -