Dissertation Research: Games Plants Play: Intra- and inter- specific root competition as an ESS

提案号：deb0105098提案标题：论文研究：游戏植物玩：种内和种间竞争作为esspi：乔尔·布朗和艾琳·奥布莱恩植物生长根系的方式响应土壤养分和其他植物的根系对其适应性（即生长，生存和繁殖），植物之间的竞争和植物群落组织具有重要的影响。本文提出的研究模型和检验了根系分配如何提供不同物种间竞争能力的指标。三盆设计和两种裂根植物为每一种植物提供了在专属空间繁殖根系的选择，而不是共享空间。植物对之间竞争能力的差异应该表现在可预见的将根分配到独占和共享花盆的不同策略上。园地实验将验证植物的生根策略预测竞争的结果。整个方法的目的是表明植物的行为可能比以前认为的更像动物。

Proposal Number: DEB-0105098Proposal Title: Dissertation Research: Games Plants Play: Intra- and Inter-specific competition as an ESSPIs: Joel Brown & Erin O'BrienThe way a plant grows roots in response to soil nutrients and the roots of other plants has important consequences with respect to its fitness (i.e., growth, survivorship, and reproduction), competition among plants, and plant community organization. The proposed research models and tests how root allocation can provide an indicator of competitive ability in different species. A three-pot design with two split-root plants provides each plant with the choice of proliferating roots in an exclusive space versus a shared space. Differences in competitive abilities between pairs of plants should manifest in predictably different strategies for allocating roots to the exclusive and shared pots. Garden plot experiments will then verify that the plant's rooting strategies predict outcomes of competition. The entire approach aims to show that plants may be much more animal-like in their behavior than previously thought.