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The Carbon Balance of Plants

The Carbon Balance of Plants There has been considerable recent interest in the assessment of the en­ ergy allocation of plants (38, 50, 52). It is likely that through a quantitative understanding of how different plants gain and allocate their resources it will be possible to make predictions as to their success in any given physical envi­ ronment in combination with any competitor and predator. We are still far from this reality. However, as a contribution toward this goal, this review seeks to gather the available. information on the various evolutionary strate­ gies which plants have evolved to gain energy and to account for the numer­ ous ways in which this energy is utilized to meet the demands of the environ­ ment, as well as to successfully produce progeny. To date, studies which have considered allocation have generally been at a rather gross level-e.g., reproductive versus nonreproductive versus shoots (86). A study by Harper & Ogden (52) has attempted, however, to account To account in more detail for energy gain in allocation and for its even­ (117), (38), roots and photosynthetic versus nonphotosynthetic tissue in somewhat more detail for the various sources of energy allocation. tual loss through a variety of routes, the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics Annual Reviews

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Publisher
Annual Reviews
Copyright
Copyright 1972 Annual Reviews. All rights reserved
Subject
Review Articles
ISSN
0066-4162
DOI
10.1146/annurev.es.03.110172.001531
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Abstract

There has been considerable recent interest in the assessment of the en­ ergy allocation of plants (38, 50, 52). It is likely that through a quantitative understanding of how different plants gain and allocate their resources it will be possible to make predictions as to their success in any given physical envi­ ronment in combination with any competitor and predator. We are still far from this reality. However, as a contribution toward this goal, this review seeks to gather the available. information on the various evolutionary strate­ gies which plants have evolved to gain energy and to account for the numer­ ous ways in which this energy is utilized to meet the demands of the environ­ ment, as well as to successfully produce progeny. To date, studies which have considered allocation have generally been at a rather gross level-e.g., reproductive versus nonreproductive versus shoots (86). A study by Harper & Ogden (52) has attempted, however, to account To account in more detail for energy gain in allocation and for its even­ (117), (38), roots and photosynthetic versus nonphotosynthetic tissue in somewhat more detail for the various sources of energy allocation. tual loss through a variety of routes, the

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Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and SystematicsAnnual Reviews

Published: Nov 1, 1972

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