Large-scale vs. small-scale factors affecting flowering patterns in Senecio macrophyllus M.BIEB., a long-lived perennial

Bożenna Czarnecka

Abstract


The aim of the study was to establish which of environmental factors affect flowering patterns in a long-lived herbaceous plant Senecio macrophyllus. The study was conducted in the population of Biała Góra (White Mountain) near Tomaszów Lubelski in the years 1989-2004. The results allow to conclude that in the reproductive patterns of the analysed population small-scale environmental factors (soil moisture and trophism, light intensity) are more important than large-scale climatic factors (temperature, precipitation), which to a comparable extent affect the plants in the whole population area.

Keywords


flowering patterns; large-scale factors; small-scale factors; reproduction; perennial plant; Senecio macrophyllus

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5586/aa.2006.023

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