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costs of induction; intraspecific competition; MeJA-induced responses; nitrogen allocation; offspring fitness
Adaptive phenotypic plasticity; induced responses; inducible defense; limited growth; desert annuals; plants; germination; allocation; populations; sylvestris
Abstract:
1. Plants adjust their phenotype in response to environmental signals, but little is known about the interaction of plastic responses to simultaneously occurring environmental stresses. 2. To examine the costs of induced resistance on reproductive perfo