Plants can benefit from heterogeneous environments via disproportionately increasing resource harvesting in resource-rich patches. Their initial growing positions with respect to resource patches may thus have important influences on their performance and relative competitive ability. Such impacts may differ between species with contrasting spatial architectures. However, the potential influence of initial growing positions in heterogeneous environment on plant growth and competition has largely been ignored.

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异构环境中起点的重要性：具有空间结构对比的两个克隆植物之间的相互作用

植物可以通过在资源丰富的地块中不成比例地增加资源收获来从异构环境中受益。因此，它们相对于资源补丁的最初增长位置可能对其性能和相对竞争能力产生重要影响。具有不同空间结构的物种之间的影响可能有所不同。但是，在异质环境中初始生长位置对植物生长和竞争的潜在影响已被大大忽略。