A comparative study of seed number, seed size, seedling size and recruitment in grassland plants

By Anna Jakobsson, O. Eriksson. 2000

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science

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Small‐seeded species produce more seeds per square metre of canopy per year, but not per individual per lifetime (2004, background): “…biomass (including structures other than seeds) and total leaf mass, and several studies have shown that plant size affects the total number (and/or mass) of propagules produced (Shipley & Dion 1992; Greene & Johnson 1994; Jakobsson & Eriksson 2000; Aarssen & Jordan 2001; Rodríguez-Gironés et al .”
Seedling survival and seed size: a synthesis of the literature (2004, unknown): “This expectation has been strongly supported by empirical data from many different ecosystems (Shipley & Dion 1992; Greene & Johnson 1994; Turnbull et al. 1999; Jakobsson & Eriksson 2000; Aarssen & Jordan 2001; Henery & Westoby 2001).”
Between-species patterns of covariation in plant size, seed size and fecundity in monocarpic herbs (2001, background): “Empirical support for the predicted trade-off between seed size and number is, in fact, quite limited (Shipley & Dion, 1992; Greene & Johnson, 1994; Jakobsson & Eriksson, 2000).”
The functional role of soil seed banks in natural communities. (2014, background): “The soil seed bank inherits from adult plants the constraint that relates the size of a seed to the number of seeds produced per individual plant of comparable size or per canopy area (Smith and Fretwell, 1974; Jakobsson and Eriksson, 2000; Jakobsson et al., 2006).”
The Evolutionary Ecology of Sprouting in Woody Plants (2003, background): “However, unlike analyses of the ecological importance of seed size (Jacobsson and Eriksson 2000), most studies have not taken into account other sources of variation such as differences in plant size or seed size between contrasted species.”
Seed mass, seedling size and neotropical tree seedling establishment (2005, background): “…tropical tree seedling establishment © 2005 British Ecological Society, Journal of Ecology 93 , 1156–1166 fewer seeds per year (Shipley & Dion 1992; Jakobsson & Eriksson 2000), they may have equal or greater lifetime seed production owing to their greater canopy area and more reproductive years…”
Spatially realistic plant metapopulation models and the colonization–competition trade‐off (2002, background): “Small seeds also have low descent velocities and therefore may have better dispersal abilities (Okubo & Levin 1989), and small-seeded species tend to produce more seeds (Jakobsson & Eriksson 2000) and therefore may be better colonizers.”
A trait-based approach to comparative functional plant ecology: concepts, methods and applications for agroecology. A review (2012, background): “These extremes, therefore, reflect two different strategies of maximising either output or competitive ability (Jakobsson and Eriksson 2000).”
Geographic variation in seed mass within and among nine species of Pedicularis (Orobanchaceae): effects of elevation, plant size and seed number per fruit (2010, background): “Given that both plant size and mean seed number (per fruit or per individual) may affect MISM (Venable 1992; Jakobsson & Eriksson 2000; Aarssen & Jordan 2001), studies aiming to detect environmental conditions that are associated directly with evolutionary or environmentally induced changes in mean…”
Predation and dispersal of large and small seeds of a tropical palm (2001, background): “…distances (e.g. Howe and Schupp 1985, Hegde et al. 1991), fewer seeds per individual (e.g. Harper et al. 1970, Willson 1983, Westoby et al. 1992, Jakobsson and Eriksson 2000), better competitive ability of seedlings (e.g. Black 1958, Harper 1977, Stanton 1985, Bazzaz et al. 1989, Turnbull et…”
Do rock endemic and widespread plant species differ under the Leaf–Height–Seed plant ecology strategy scheme? (2003, background): “…in plants (Poorter & Garnier 1999; Reich et al. 1999), canopy height at maturity, which is related to competitive ability (Rösch et al. 1997) and fecundity (Aarssen & Jordan 2001), and seed mass, which strongly influences dispersal and establishment ability (Jakobsson & Eriksson 2000).”
Effect of spatial scale on factors limiting species distributions in dry grassland fragments (2004, result): “This is congruent with findings in many other studies (e.g. Cavers & Harper 1967; Eriksson & Ehrlén 1992; Clark et al. 1998; Ehrlén & Eriksson 2000; Jakobsson & Eriksson 2000), although the remaining three showed the much rarer lack of an effect.”
The Ecology of Seeds: References (2005, background): “In reality, allocation of resources to reproduction does not vary greatly between species, and seed number does trade off against seed size (Shipley & Dion, 1992; Turnbull et al., 1999; Jakobsson & Eriksson, 2000).”
Earthworms (Lumbricus terrestris) affect plant seedling recruitment and microhabitat heterogeneity (2006, background): “The effects of the anecic earthworm Lumbricus terrestris L. on plant seedling recruitment and spatial aggregation were investigated in a microcosm glasshouse experiment by varying plant seed size (small and large); functional groups (grasses, legumes, herbs); plant species diversity (1, 3, 6); and…”