Based on empirical evidence from the literature we propose that, in nature, phenotypic
plasticity in plants is usually expressed at a subindividual level. While reaction norms (ie the …

Natural habitats are patchy in quality. in clonal plants, resource-acquiring structures often
occupy sites that differ in quality. Clonal plants can display division of labour in resource …

What confers invasive alien plants a competitive advantage over native plants remains open
to debate. Many of the world's worst invasive alien plants are clonal and able to share …

1 Studies of morphological plasticity in clonal plants have analysed responses to habitat
quality in terms of spacer (stolon or rhizome internode) length and branching intensity. The …

Several recent studies demonstrate that yield of individual plants, and their allocation of
biomass between roots and shoots, can be profoundly affected by the pattern of supply of …

Questions: What is the observed relationship between plant species diversity and spatial
environmental heterogeneity? Does the relationship scale predictably with sample plot size …

1. The economic principle of spatial division of labour comprises two basic features,
specialization in the performance of specific tasks and close co-operation by potentially …

The spatially heterogeneous distribution of soil nutrients is ubiquitous in terrestrial
ecosystems and has been shown to promote the performance of plant communities …

An experimental manipulation of germination timing was conducted to test whether
germination timing influences the phenotypic expression of postgermination life‐history …

Aims The purpose of this Botanical Briefing is to stimulate reappraisal of root growth,
root/shoot partitioning, and analysis of other aspects of plant growth under heterogeneous …