Dividing the pie: A quantitative review on plant density responses

• Published in: Plant, cell and environment Vol. 44; no. 4; pp. 1072 - 1094
• Main Authors: Postma, Johannes A., Hecht, Vera L., Hikosaka, Kouki, Nord, Eric A., Pons, Thijs L., Poorter, Hendrik
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01.04.2021; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Agronomy; Biomass; Depletion; Foliage; Forestry; Herbivores; leaves; meta-analysis; Nutrients; phenotype; Phenotypic plasticity; Photosynthesis; phytomass; pies; Plant biomass; plant competition; plant density; plant height; Plant populations; Population density; Rooting; seed weight; Seeds; Shading; Standing crop; Stems; tillering

Plant population density is an important variable in agronomy and forestry and offers an experimental way to better understand plant–plant competition. We made a meta‐analysis of responses of even‐aged mono‐specific stands to population density by quantifying for 3 stand and 33 individual plant vari...