The role of structural and life-history tradeoffs in plant architecture: a model study of Protea lepidocarpodendron (Proteaceae)
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We present research in progress, aimed at explaining the tradeoffs between vegetative and reproductive structures in the architecture of Protea. The species of interest, Protea lepido-carpodendron, reproduces only after a fire that kills it. We aim at using a biomechanical developmental functionalstructural model to demonstrate that Protea lepidocarpodendron is adapted to the statistical distribution of fires over time.
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