Research Article

Vegetation Productivity/Stability and Other Possible Ecological Invariant Relationships Demonstrated in a Microplot Multispecies Pasture Sward

Table 1

Taxa-species used, their seed weight, germination, and relative size of plants (cf. grand mean of all plants = 100) prior to first defoliation.

CodeTaxa-speciesWeight (mg)Germination (%)Size (%)

AChicory(Cichoriumintybus)1.254516
BPrairie grass (Bromuswilldenowii) 11.687235
CAlfalfa (Medicago sativa)2.585310
DPlantain (Plantago lanceolata)2.291248
EPerennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) A2.389192
F              B2.197158
GBerseem clover (Trifoliumalexandrinum) 2.777123
HRed clover (T. pratense)3.393122
ISheep’sburnett (Sanguisorba minor)8.974100
JPhalaris (Phalaris aquatica)1.84751
KPerenniallupine (Lupinus polyphyllus)22.347102
LBirdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus)1.29857
MYorkshire fog (Holcus lanatus)0.38351
NAlsike clover (Trifolium hybridum)1.19646
OTall fescue (Schedonorus phoenix)2.37939
PWhite clover (Trifolium repens)0.59136
QOrchard grass (Dactylis glomerata)1.06034
RCaucasian clover (Trifolium ambiguum)2.12051
SLotus (Lotus pedunculatus)0.88127
TSainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia)15.32813