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Biomass and nitrogen distribution ratios reveal a reduced root investment in temperate lianas vs. self-supporting plants. 

Annals of Botany

Wyka, T. P., Zadworny, M., Mucha, J., Żytkowiak, R., Nowak, K., & Oleksyn, J. 

2019

Annals of Botany

124(5)

777-790

The reliance on external support by lianas has been hypothesized to imply a reduction in the biomass cost of stem construction and root anchorage, and an increased investment in leaves, relative to self-supporting plants. These evolutionary trade-offs have not been adequately tested in an ontogenetic context and on the whole-plant scale. Moreover, the hypothesis may be extended to other potentially limiting resources, such as nitrogen (N.)

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