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Appendix S1 Data sources for competition intensity and reproductive efficiency
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Table S1. The species, the life history for each species, and the vegetative and
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reproductive traits recorded for each species used to test the relationship between
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relative reproductive effort and competition intensity in this study. Where multiple
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populations or genotypes of the same species were included from a given study, this is
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indicated after the species name in the table.
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Species
Life History
Vegetative size
Reproductive
Reference
allocation
Abutilon
theophrasti
Annual
Above ground
biomass
Seed biomass
Mabry & Wayne
1997
Alliaria petiolata
Biennial
Shoot biomass
Total fruit biomass
Meekins &
McCarthy 2000
Alliaria petiolata
Biennial
Total biomass
Fruit number
Meekins &
Mccarthy 2002
Alliaria petiolata
Biennial
Total biomass
Seed number
Gerber et al. 2007
Amaranthus
retroflexus
Annual
Total biomass
Seed number
McLachlan et al.
1995
Arabidopsis
thaliana (3
populations)
Annual
Rosette biomass
Inflorescence biomass
Pagan et al. 2009
Arabidopsis
thaliana (2
genotypes)
Annual
Biomass at age of
first reproduction
Fruit number
Bonser & Ladd
2011
Aristolochia
reticulate
Perennial
Shoot biomass
Reproductive biomass
Fowler & Rausher
1985
Asclepias syriaca
Perennial
Vegetative biomass
Fruit number
Agrawal 2004
Atriplex
triangularis
Annual
Shoot biomass
Reproductive biomass
Drake & Ungar
1989
Bouteloua gracilis
Perennial
Blade and sheath
biomass
Reproductive biomass
Jaramillo & Detling
1988
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Brassica napus
Annual
Total leaf area
Total seed biomass
Momoh & Zhou
2001
Bromus tectorum
Annual
Above ground
biomass
Seed number
Palmblad 1968
Capsella bursapastoris
Annual
Above ground
biomass
Seed number
Palmblad 1968
Carduus nutans
Biennial
Shoot biomass
Seed number
Kok et al. 1986
Cassia fasciculata
Annual
Above ground
biomass
Fruit number
Lee & Bazzaz 1982
Catanache lutea
Annual
Aerial biomass
Number of capitula
Ruiz de Clavijo &
Jimenez 1998
Centaurea
maculosa
Perennial
Above ground
biomass
Flower number
Jacobs et al. 2006
Centaurea
maculosa
Biennial
Shoot biomass
Seed number
Muller-Scharer
1991
Cirsium altissimum
Biennial
Total biomass
Flower number
Suwa & Louda in
press
Cirsium arvense
Perennial
Shoot biomass
Seed biomass
Friedli & Bacher
2001
Cirsium vulgare
Perennial
Vegetative biomass
Seed number
Suwa et al. 2010
Cirsium vulgare
Biennial
Total biomass
Flower number
Suwa & Louda in
press
Conyza Canadensis
Annual
Above ground
biomass
Seed number
Palmblad 1968
Cucumis sativus
Annual
Total leaf area
Flower number
Bach & Hruska
1981
Danthonia
caespitosa
Perennial
Shoot Biomass
Flower number
Quinn &
Hodgkinson 1983
Echium
plantagineum
Annual
Above ground
biomass
Seed biomass
Sheppard et al.
2001
Eriophorum
vaginatum (2
populations)
Perennial
Above ground
biomass
Inflorescence number
McGraw & Chapin
1989
Eriophorum
scheuchzeri
Perennial
Above ground
biomass
Inflorescence number
McGraw & Chapin
1989
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Eschscholzia
californica (4
populations)
Perennial
Total biomass
Flower number
Leger & Rice 2003
Festuca idahoensis
Perennial
Basal growth
Number of flowering
culms
Huddleston &
Young 2004
Hypericum
gramineum
Perennial
Shoot biomass
Fruit number
Willis et al. 1998
Hypericum
cumulicola
Perennial
Above ground
biomass
Flower number + fruit
number
Quintana-Ascencio
& Menges 2000
Hypochoeris glabra
Annual
Rosette biomass
Reproductive biomass
Fone 1989
Hypochoeris glabra
Perennial
Shoot biomass
Achene number
Baker & O'Dowd
1982
Lythrum salicaria
Perennial
Above ground
biomass
Inflorescence biomass
Notzold et al. 1998
Oenothera biennis
Biennial
Total biomass
Seed number
Kromer & Gross
1987
Panicum virgatum
Perennial
Ramet biomass
Reproductive biomass
Hartnett 1993
Pectocarya
recurvate
Annual
Number of shoots
Seed number
Pantastico-Caldas
& Venable 1993
Phytolacca
americana
Perennial
Shoot biomass
Fruit biomass
He & Bazzaz 2003
Plantago
lanceolata
Perennial
Above ground
biomass
Seed number
Palmblad 1968
Plantago major
Perennial
Above ground
biomass
Seed number
Palmblad 1968
Plantago
patagonica
Annual
Leaf number
Seed number
Pantastico-Caldas
& Venable 1993
Poa annua
Annual
Total leaf biomass
Reproductive biomass
Rodriquez &
Brown 1998
Polygonella
basiramia
Annual
Above ground
biomass
Flower number + fruit
number
Quintana-Ascencio
& Menges 2000
Potentilla anserina
Perennial
Above ground
biomass
Number of flowers
Rautiainen et al.
2004
Pseudoroegneria
spicata
Perennial
Basal growth
Number of flowering
culms
Huddleston &
Young 2004
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Raphanus
raphanistrum (two
populations)
Annual
Stem diameter
Seed number
Campbell & Snow
2007
Rorippa austriaca
Perennial
Above ground
biomass
Flower number
Dietz et al. 2002
Schizachyrium
scoparium
Perennial
Total biomass
Length of flowering
stalks
vanAuken & Bush
1988
Senecio viscosus
Annual
Above ground
biomass
Seed number
Palmblad 1968
Silene anglica
Perennial
Above ground
biomass
Seed number
Palmblad 1968
Spergularia
marina
Annual
Vegetative biomass
Flower number
Ungar 1992
Triplasis purpurea
Annual
Shoot biomass
Seed number
Cheplick & Kane
2004
Viola sororia
Perennial
Total leaf biomass
Number of flowers
Solbrig 1981
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