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growth-differentiationbalance hypothesis1 CONSTRUCTGrowth-differentiationHERMS · PLANT ECOLOGY

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Plant ecology

the proposal that plants face a trade-off between investing resources in growth and in defensive chemistry, with the balance set by resource availability.

In plant ecology, growth-differentiation balance hypothesis refers to the proposal that plants face a trade-off between investing resources in growth and in defensive chemistry, with the balance set by resource availability. This meaning comes from Herms (1992) in The Quarterly Review of Biology.[1]

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  1. Herms, D. A., & Mattson, W. J. (1992). The Dilemma of Plants: To Grow or Defend. The Quarterly Review of Biology, 67(3), 283-335. https://doi.org/10.1086/417659

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