INTRAPOPULATION DIFFERENTIATION IN ANNUAL PLANTS. III. THE CONTRASTING EFFECTS OF INTRA‐ AND INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION

The roles of intraspecific and interspecific competition in producing differentiation within populations of Veronica peregrina were studied in two populations under controlled, greenhouse conditions. In nature, each population spans an environmental gradient across the center and sides of a temporary, vernal pool in California. Individuals at the center are subjected to intense intraspecific competition produced by high densities (to 30 seedlings/cm2) generated by quasi‐simultaneous germination (90% of seeds germinate in one week). Individuals at the periphery are subjected to interspecific competition with grasses, which shade out the Veronica 4–6 weeks after the onset of winter growth.

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