Ecological Archives E086-053-A1

Marcos Méndez and P. Staffan Karlsson. 2005. Nutrient stoichiometry in Pinguicula vulgaris: nutrient availability, plant size, and reproductive status. Ecology 86:982–991.

Appendix A (Table A1). A summary of the allometric relationships (N:dry mass, P:dry mass; P:N) tested in different structures of Pinguicula vulgaris.

 

Flowering individuals

Winter buds
Population Vegetative Reproductive Reproductive Flower bud removal Vegetative Under threshold
Norway 1 All = 1 All = 1 N:DM < 1 All = 1 N:DM < 1 P:DM & P:N >1
Norway 2 N:DM < 1 (**) N:DM < 1 All = 1 N:DM < 1 (**)
Norway 3 All = 1 All = 1 P:DM & P:N > 1 All = 1 N:DM < 1; P:DM & P:N > 1 N:DM < 1; P:DM & P:N > 1
Abisko 1 All < 1 N:DM < 1 (**) All = 1 P:DM > 1 N:DM < 1; P:N > 1 All = 1
Abisko 2 N:DM & P:DM > 1 All = 1 (*) N:DM < 1 N:DM < 1 N:DM < 1; P:N > 1 N:DM < 1 (**)
Abisko 3 P:DM & P:N > 1 All = 1 All = 1 All = 1 P:N < 1 All = 1
Paddus 1 All > 1 (**) All = 1 N:DM & P:DM < 1 N:DM < 1 (**)
Paddus 2 All = 1 N:DM < 1 (**) N:DM < 1 All < 1 N:DM < 1; P:DM & P:N > 1 N:DM < 1; P:DM & P:N > 1
Katterjåkk N:DM < 1 N:DM < 1 N:DM < 1 N:DM < 1 All = 1 N:DM < 1
Njulla N:DM & P:DM > 1 (*) All = 1 (*) All = 1 P:DM & P:N > 1 All = 1 N:DM < 1
Latnjajaure N:DM < 1 P:DM > 1 (*) N:DM < 1 N:DM < 1; P:N > 1 No data No data

    Notes: The departure of the slope of the relationships from 1 (isometry) is indicated for each structure in each population studied. DM = dry mass. "All" refers to the three relationships tested.

(*) P:N was nonsignificant.

(**) Only data for N:DM.



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