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Modelling the population dynamics of root hemiparasitic plants along a productivity gradient

SYSNO ASEP	0355615
Document Type	J - Journal Article
R&D Document Type	Journal Article
Subsidiary J	Článek ve WOS
Title	Modelling the population dynamics of root hemiparasitic plants along a productivity gradient
Author(s)	Fibich, P. (CZ) Lepš, J. (CZ) Berec, Luděk (BC-A)_{RID, ORCID}
Number of authors	3
Source Title	Folia Geobotanica. - : Springer - ISSN 1211-9520 Roč. 45, č. 4 (2010), s. 425-442
Number of pages	18 s.
Language	eng - English
Country	NL - Netherlands
Keywords	hemiparasites ; light competition ; productivity gradient
Subject RIV	EH - Ecology, Behaviour
R&D Projects	GD206/08/H044 GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF)
CEZ	AV0Z50070508 - ENTU-I, BC-A (2005-2011)
UT WOS	000285101900006
DOI	10.1007/s12224-010-9080-7
Annotation	Root hemiparasitic plants interact with their host plants through parasitism and competition. Here we modeled this interaction via extending the well-known Rosenzweig-MacArthur predator-prey model to cover both competition for light and intra-specific parasitism among hemiparasites. We showed that at very low productivities, there are only a few poor hosts and hemiparasites have no chance to persist. As productivity increases, there is a range of productivity where both plant types coexist. Finally, a further increase in productivity gets the system out of the coexistence range, and only host plants survive. This final prediction successfully explains patterns observed in empirical data.
Workplace	Biology Centre (since 2006)
Contact	Dana Hypšová, eje@eje.cz, Tel.: 387 775 214
Year of Publishing	2011

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