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functional equilibrium hypothesis: a standalone construct

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Plant physiology

plants shift biomass toward roots when below-ground resources limit growth and toward shoots when above-ground resources limit it.

In plant physiology, functional equilibrium hypothesis refers to plants shift biomass toward roots when below-ground resources limit growth and toward shoots when above-ground resources limit it. This meaning comes from Shipley (2002) in Functional Ecology.[1]

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References

Shipley, B., & Meziane, D. (2002). The balanced‐growth hypothesis and the allometry of leaf and root biomass allocation. Functional Ecology, 16(3), 326-331. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2435.2002.00626.x

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