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Figure 2.
The relationship between flower number and leaf biomass for Phlox (n = 60), Rosa (n = 48) and Rhus
(n = 60) respectively.
Flower number
per individual was square root transformed.
Phlox, Rosa, and Rhus all showed a significant, negative correlation between
leaf removal and seed weight when accounting for flower number (Figure 3b). The
more biomass that was removed, the smaller the overall seed mass per individual.
There was not a leaf removal frequency threshold that influenced flower or seed
production when all the species were examined together (P = 0.1) or when Rhus
