Fig 1.
Competition treatments of root-only, shoot-only, full competition and, monoculture of partition studies.
Fig 2.
Competition and water stress impacts.
Morphological and physiological above- and belowground competitive responses to water availability.
Fig 3.
PRISMA flow diagram for study selection.
From: Moher D, Liberati A, Tetzlaff J, Altman DG, The PRISMA Group (2009). Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement. PLoS Med 6(7): e1000097. 10.1371/journal.pmed1000097. For more information, visit: www.prisma-statement.org. [61].
Table 1.
Characteristics of studies assessed in this systematic review.
Fig 4.
Effects of water availability and competition on plant growth.
Meta-estimates (square points) and 95% confidence intervals. Smaller values indicate intense competition, while larger values indicate weaker competition. Sample sizes of lnRR values are in parentheses.
Table 2.
Table of model outcomes.