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- Title
Nutrients and disturbance history in two Plantago species: maternal effects as a clue for observed dichotomy between resprouting and seeding strategies.
- Authors
Latzel, Vít; Hájek, Tom; Klimešov, Jitka; Gómez, Sara
- Abstract
We assessed the role of nutrients and disturbance experienced by mothers (maternal effects) in the growth of progeny in a pot experiment using two Plantago species. Photosynthetic capacity, biomass allocation and fecundity were measured. Offspring of plants grown in nutrient poor conditions produced more leaves, spikes and longer leaves and in case of P. lanceolata, they had also higher photosynthetic capacity. The progeny of P. media mothers that had resprouted after disturbance was favored in nutrient poor conditions whereas the progeny of undisturbed plants was favored in nutrient rich conditions. This study demonstrates that maternal effects may play a role in the success of either a seeding or a resprouting strategy in environments with different nutrient availability. Moreover, we showed that alteration of photosynthetic capacity, even during adult stages, is a mechanism through which maternal plants may impact their progeny.
- Subjects
PLANTAGO; PLANT nutrients; ECOLOGICAL disturbances; SOWING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT growth; SEEDLINGS; PLANT biomass; PLANT reproduction
- Publication
Oikos, 2009, Vol 118, Issue 11, p1669
- ISSN
0030-1299
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1600-0706.2009.17767.x