Tragedy of the commons as a result of root competition

By M. Gersani, Joel s. Brown, Erin E. O'Brien, Godfrey M. Maina, Z. Abramsky. 2001

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

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Citations in the corpus

Influence of spatial arrangement in maize-soybean intercropping on root growth and water use efficiency (2017, background): “This means that plants produced more roots and less grain yield when grown under competition with another plant than when the plants were grown alone (Gersani et al. 2001).”
Root navigation by self inhibition (2005, background): “Instead of merely giving precedence to roots that develop in richer soil patches (Drew & Saker 1975; Crick & Grime 1987; Jackson & Caldwell 1989; Gersani & Sachs 1992; Fitter 1994; Grime & Mackey 2002), this mechanism could cater to improved root spacing as well as the avoidance of inanimate obsta”
Lack of relationship between below‐ground competition and allocation to roots in 10 grassland species (2003, background): “Plants possess a variety of mechanisms by which they can perceive the presence of neighbouring roots, and neighbouring roots can influence root distributions (Mahall & Callaway 1992; Brisson & Reynolds 1994; Gersani et al. 2001).”
Microhabitat Selection by Antlion Larvae, Myrmeleon Crudelis: Effect of Soil Particle Size on Pit-Trap Design and Prey Capture (2003, background): “This result differs from that reported by Gotelli (1993), who found similar soil particle size within antlion zones and 1 m away from the area of the pits.”
Allocation, plasticity and allometry in plants (2004, background): “This may be a function of organs or functions involved (Weiner & Fishman 1994), the specific resources limiting growth (Ericsson 1995), the source of the resource limitation (Gersani et al. 2001), or the plant’s developmental stage (Gedroc et al. 1996).”
Toward an ecological synthesis: a case for habitat selection (2003, background): “Theories that explain and apply habitat selection by plants (including very important lessons for plant breeders and agronomists) are already in the literature (Brown 1998, 2001b; Gersani et al. 2001; Morris et al. 2001).”
The effects of spatial pattern of nutrient supply on yield, structure and mortality in plant populations (2003, background): “Plants competing for the same pool of nutrients have also been shown to increase the proportion of their biomass allocated to roots at the expense of allocation to other functions, such as reproduction (Gersani et al. 2001).”
Above‐ and below‐ground competition cues elicit independent responses (2007, background): “…it is also possible that costs may be dependent on density conditions, with plants growing in low-density stands showing costs (as in the studies by Gersani et al. 2001; Maina et al. 2002; O’Brien et al. 2005) and plants growing in high-density stands, such as those in this study, showing a…”
Self/non‐self discrimination in roots (2003, background): “/ -”
The plastic plant: root responses to heterogeneous supplies of nutrients (2004, background): “Soybean ( Glycine max ) plants responded similarly (Gersani et al., 2001).”
ROOT STRATEGIES FOR PHOSPHORUS ACQUISITION (2008, background): “To complicate matters further, plants may alter root development in nutrient patches when roots of another plant (even of the same species) are competing within the patch (Robinson et al. 1999; Gersani et al. 2001; Maina et al. 2002).”
Effects of rooting volume and nutrient availability as an alternative explanation for root self/non‐self discrimination (2007, result): “As these are well-known and well-accepted responses, we cannot accept the explanation given by a number of authors (Gersani et al. 2001; Maina et al. 2002; Falik et al. 2003; O’Brien et al. 2005) that the reduced flowering and fruiting are due to S/NS interactions and the result of an evolved…”