Polyploidy impacts population growth and competition with diploids: multigenerational experiments reveal key life history tradeoffs
T. Anneberg, E. M. O'Neill, T.-L. Ashman, M. M. Turcotte
The paper conducts multigenerational experiments on polyploids and diploids of Spirodela polyrhiza, finding that polyploids have lower population sizes and carrying capacities but produce more dormant propagules.