One of the key traits associated with clonal growth in plants is the capacity for physiological integration, which allows resource sharing between connected ramets within a clonal system. Resource transport is expected to occur following a source–sink relationship: from ramets established in rich patches to ramets growing in poor patches. However, some experiments have shown that acropetal transport (from basal to apical modules) usually exceeds basipetal transport (from apical to basal ramets). In this study, we aimed to determine the resource transport directionality in physiologically integrated modules of the invader Carpobrotus edulis.

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资源共享方向性对侵入性杜鹃花生理整合无性系的影响

与植物克隆生长相关的关键特征之一是生理整合的能力，它允许克隆系统内连接的分株之间共享资源。预计资源运输将遵循源-汇关系：从在丰富斑块中建立的分株到在贫瘠斑块中生长的分株。然而，一些实验表明，顶叶运输（从基部到顶端模块）通常超过基叶运输（从顶端到基部分株）。在这项研究中，我们旨在确定入侵者Carpobrotus edulis 的生理整合模块中的资源运输方向性。