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Mediterranean-climate annuals growing on serpentine soils in central California differ greatly in their life spans and reproductive periods dependent on their access to soil moisture. The longer-lived annuals accumulate a greater lifetime biomass, have a higher total, but lower proportional, reproductive output, and produce leaves with a higher C/N ratios at the time of reproduction.
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Mooney, H.A., Hobbs, R.J., Gorham, J. et al. Biomass accumulation and resource utilization in co-occurring grassland annuals. Oecologia 70, 555–558 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00379903
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00379903