Adaptive Strategies Employed by Clonal Plants in Heterogeneous Patches

Heterogeneity is widespread in natural environments; as a result, connected clonal ramets often live areas characterized by patches of different resources. Specifically, plants are frequently affected conditions heterogeneous water stress. This raises the question how grow and reproduce with In this study, we investigated adaptation mechanisms under environmental conditions. On one hand, bore mind that phenotypic plasticity abundantly exhibited plants. Clonal respond to stress mainly through regulation size individuals, allocation population biomass, number daughter plants, well extension ability branching intensity organs, which directly affect reproduction stability other also considered physiological integration has been shown many studies. Ramets normally stay each horizontal connectors (stolons or rhizomes). Communicated substances resources such water, mineral nutrition, photosynthetic products, secondary metabolites translocated between ramets; means, plant relieves caused patches. sought obtain scientific references improve our understanding environments acclimate stresses soil heterogeneity.