Home > Research > Publications & Outputs > Plant growth rates and seed size

Research

Links

Text available via DOI:

Keywords

View graph of relations

Plant growth rates and seed size: a re-evaluation

Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

Published

Standard

Plant growth rates and seed size: a re-evaluation. / Turnbull, Lindsay A.; Philipson, Christopher D.; Purves, Drew W. et al.
In: Ecology, Vol. 93, No. 6, 06.2012, p. 1283-1289.

Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

Harvard

Turnbull, LA, Philipson, CD, Purves, DW, Atkinson, RL, Cunniff, J, Goodenough, A, Hautier, Y, Houghton, J, Marthews, TR, Osborne, CP, Paul-Victor, C, Rose, KE, Saner, P, Taylor, SH, Woodward, FI, Hector, A & Rees, M 2012, 'Plant growth rates and seed size: a re-evaluation', Ecology, vol. 93, no. 6, pp. 1283-1289. https://doi.org/10.1890/11-0261.1

APA

Turnbull, L. A., Philipson, C. D., Purves, D. W., Atkinson, R. L., Cunniff, J., Goodenough, A., Hautier, Y., Houghton, J., Marthews, T. R., Osborne, C. P., Paul-Victor, C., Rose, K. E., Saner, P., Taylor, S. H., Woodward, F. I., Hector, A., & Rees, M. (2012). Plant growth rates and seed size: a re-evaluation. Ecology, 93(6), 1283-1289. https://doi.org/10.1890/11-0261.1

Vancouver

Turnbull LA, Philipson CD, Purves DW, Atkinson RL, Cunniff J, Goodenough A et al. Plant growth rates and seed size: a re-evaluation. Ecology. 2012 Jun;93(6):1283-1289. Epub 2012 Jun 1. doi: 10.1890/11-0261.1

Author

Turnbull, Lindsay A. ; Philipson, Christopher D. ; Purves, Drew W. et al. / Plant growth rates and seed size : a re-evaluation. In: Ecology. 2012 ; Vol. 93, No. 6. pp. 1283-1289.

Bibtex

@article{6db1980fde974cfa9816534c42ab7bd3,
title = "Plant growth rates and seed size: a re-evaluation",
abstract = "Small-seeded plant species are often reported to have high relative growth rate or RGR. However, because RGR declines as plants grow larger, small-seeded species could achieve higher RGR simply by virtue of their small size. In contrast, size-standardized growth rate or SGR factors out these size effects. Differences in SGR can thus only be due to differences in morphology, allocation, or physiology. We used nonlinear regression to calculate SGR for comparison with RGR for 10 groups of species spanning a wide range of life forms. We found that RGR was negatively correlated with seed mass in nearly all groups, but the relationship between SGR and seed mass was highly variable. We conclude that smallseeded species only sometimes possess additional adaptations for rapid growth over and above their general size advantage.",
keywords = "Life-history trade-offs, Nonlinear regression, Relative growth rate (RGR), Size-standardized growth rate (SGR)",
author = "Turnbull, {Lindsay A.} and Philipson, {Christopher D.} and Purves, {Drew W.} and Atkinson, {Rebecca L.} and Jennifer Cunniff and Anne Goodenough and Yann Hautier and Jennie Houghton and Marthews, {Toby R.} and Osborne, {Colin P.} and Clo{\'e} Paul-Victor and Rose, {Karen E.} and Philippe Saner and Taylor, {Samuel H.} and Woodward, {F. Ian} and Andy Hector and Mark Rees",
year = "2012",
month = jun,
doi = "10.1890/11-0261.1",
language = "English",
volume = "93",
pages = "1283--1289",
journal = "Ecology",
issn = "0012-9658",
publisher = "Ecological Society of America",
number = "6",

}

RIS

TY - JOUR

T1 - Plant growth rates and seed size

T2 - a re-evaluation

AU - Turnbull, Lindsay A.

AU - Philipson, Christopher D.

AU - Purves, Drew W.

AU - Atkinson, Rebecca L.

AU - Cunniff, Jennifer

AU - Goodenough, Anne

AU - Hautier, Yann

AU - Houghton, Jennie

AU - Marthews, Toby R.

AU - Osborne, Colin P.

AU - Paul-Victor, Cloé

AU - Rose, Karen E.

AU - Saner, Philippe

AU - Taylor, Samuel H.

AU - Woodward, F. Ian

AU - Hector, Andy

AU - Rees, Mark

PY - 2012/6

Y1 - 2012/6

N2 - Small-seeded plant species are often reported to have high relative growth rate or RGR. However, because RGR declines as plants grow larger, small-seeded species could achieve higher RGR simply by virtue of their small size. In contrast, size-standardized growth rate or SGR factors out these size effects. Differences in SGR can thus only be due to differences in morphology, allocation, or physiology. We used nonlinear regression to calculate SGR for comparison with RGR for 10 groups of species spanning a wide range of life forms. We found that RGR was negatively correlated with seed mass in nearly all groups, but the relationship between SGR and seed mass was highly variable. We conclude that smallseeded species only sometimes possess additional adaptations for rapid growth over and above their general size advantage.

AB - Small-seeded plant species are often reported to have high relative growth rate or RGR. However, because RGR declines as plants grow larger, small-seeded species could achieve higher RGR simply by virtue of their small size. In contrast, size-standardized growth rate or SGR factors out these size effects. Differences in SGR can thus only be due to differences in morphology, allocation, or physiology. We used nonlinear regression to calculate SGR for comparison with RGR for 10 groups of species spanning a wide range of life forms. We found that RGR was negatively correlated with seed mass in nearly all groups, but the relationship between SGR and seed mass was highly variable. We conclude that smallseeded species only sometimes possess additional adaptations for rapid growth over and above their general size advantage.

KW - Life-history trade-offs

KW - Nonlinear regression

KW - Relative growth rate (RGR)

KW - Size-standardized growth rate (SGR)

U2 - 10.1890/11-0261.1

DO - 10.1890/11-0261.1

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 22834369

AN - SCOPUS:84862291042

VL - 93

SP - 1283

EP - 1289

JO - Ecology

JF - Ecology

SN - 0012-9658

IS - 6

ER -