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In ferns, where reproductive and vegetative organs share developmental pathways, these trade\u2010offs may be particularly strong under environmental disturbance. This study investigates how the rare fern\n                    <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">\n                      <jats:italic>Ophioglossum vulgatum<\/jats:italic>\n                    <\/jats:styled-content>\n                    allocates resources between vegetative growth and reproduction in response to vegetation removal (mowing) and simulated herbivory (clipping). A field experiment was conducted in wet meadow and peatland habitats in central Poland using a factorial design. Four treatments were applied: control, clipping, mowing, and clipping combined with mowing. Across 10 transects, 533 ramets were marked and monitored. Biometric measurements included leaf blade area, sporophore length, number of sporangia, and plant height. Data were analyzed using two\u2010way ANOVA with clipping and mowing as fixed factors. Key results: Mowing significantly reduced plant height and leaf blade area, but only in unclipped plants (significant clipping \u00d7 mowing interaction). Clipping alone, simulating herbivory, had no significant direct impact on any of the measured traits, although its interaction with mowing revealed important effects. Control plots exhibited the greatest allocation to reproduction, with larger sporophores and more sporangia. All treatments reduced reproductive output compared to controls, while vegetative performance remained stable or increased. Ramet abundance increased across all treatments, suggesting resilience through clonal propagation. These findings suggest that\n                    <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">\n                      <jats:italic>O. vulgatum<\/jats:italic>\n                    <\/jats:styled-content>\n                    exhibits trait\u2010specific and context\u2010dependent responses to disturbance. Reproductive traits are more sensitive than vegetative growth, and their suppression under mowing may limit reproductive success in managed habitats. Conservation strategies should account for both short\u2010term physiological responses and long\u2010term demographic processes. Management practices, particularly mowing, should be carefully timed and scaled to avoid unintended negative effects on reproduction in rare ferns such as\n                    <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">\n                      <jats:italic>O. vulgatum<\/jats:italic>\n                    <\/jats:styled-content>\n                    .\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1002\/ece3.71555","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,6,14]],"date-time":"2025-06-14T02:43:46Z","timestamp":1749869026000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Allocation of Resources to Growth and Spore Production in a Fern\n                    <scp>\n                      <i>Ophioglossum vulgatum<\/i>\n                    <\/scp>\n                    L.: Effects of Mowing and Simulated Herbivory"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"15","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0007-0684-4457","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Natalia","family":"J\u0119drzejczak","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Plant Ecology and Environmental Protection Institute of Environmental Biology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University  Pozna\u0144 Poland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Pawe\u0142","family":"Olejniczak","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Nature Conservation Polish Academy of Sciences  Krak\u00f3w Poland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Zbigniew","family":"Celka","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Systematic and Environmental Botany Institute of Environmental Biology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University  Pozna\u0144 Poland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,6,13]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_9_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/ele.12324"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.baae.2004.12.004"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1640\/0002\u20108444(2003)093[0001:AEOSDO]2.0.CO;2"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_5_1","first-page":"303","volume-title":"Plant Resource Allocation","author":"Bazzaz F. 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