On the Analysis of Size-Dependent Reproductive Output in Plants

Abstract

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Vegetative reproduction by species with different adaptations to shallow‐flooded habitats

“…Regression analysis indicated the following relationship : log e (inflorescence d. wt) lk13.86j3.5log e (vegetative d. wt) (R# l 0.80 ; n l 38). The slope was significantly steeper than 1, indicating that larger E. hirsutum plants invested relatively more biomass into sexual reproduction than did smaller plants (Klinkhamer et al, 1992).…”

“…Confidence intervals were used to determine whether b was significantly different from 1, indicating that reproductive effort (R\V) either decreased (b 1), remained constant (b l 1) or increased (b 1) with plant size (Klinkhamer et al, 1992). If treatment effects in analysis of covariance were not significant, data from the different treatment levels were pooled before the precise relationships between vegetative plant dry weight and measures of reproductive output were investigated with linear regression.…”

Ecología evolutiva de la reproducción en dos pinos mediterráneos: Pinus pinaster Ait. y Pinus halepensis Mill.

“…have been recommended to model the relationship between reproduction and size due to 77 their simplicity and flexibility (Klinkhamer et al, 1992).…”

Production-dependent reproductive allocation of a tall tree speciesQuercus serrata

“…We applied the general model of Klinkhamer et al (1992) to formulate the relationship between reproductive allocation and size or net production of the trees. The models are, wA = (~(P--/~)y, (Eq.…”