Ecological biomass allocation strategies in plant species with different life forms in a cold desert, China

doi:10.1007/s40333-019-0062-1

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	Ecological biomass allocation strategies in plant species with different life forms in a cold desert, China
	Fan, Lianlian 1,2,4; Ding, Junxiang 3; Ma, Xuexi 1,2; Li, Yaoming 1,2
刊名	JOURNAL OF ARID LAND
	2019
卷号	11 期号:5 页码:729-739
关键词	above-ground biomass below-ground biomass plant life forms herbaceous species allometric hypothesis isometric hypothesis Gurbantunggut Desert
ISSN号	1674-6767
DOI	10.1007/s40333-019-0062-1
产权排序	4
文献子类	Article
英文摘要	Biomass allocation patterns among plant species are related to their adaptive ecological strategies. Ephemeral, ephemeroid and annual plant life forms represent three typical growth strategies of plants that grow in autumn and early spring in the cold deserts of China. These plants play an important role in reducing wind velocity in the desert areas. However, despite numerous studies, the strategies of biomass allocation among plant species with these three life forms remain contentious. In this study, we conducted a preliminary quadrat study during 2014-2016 in the southern part of the Gurbantunggut Desert, China, to investigate the allocation patterns of above-ground biomass (AGB) and below-ground biomass (BGB) at the individual level in 17 ephemeral, 3 ephemeroid and 4 annual plant species. Since ephemeral plants can germinate in autumn, we also compared biomass allocation patterns between plants that germinated in autumn 2015 and spring 2016 for 4 common ephemeral species. The healthy mature individual plants of each species were sampled and the AGB, BGB, total biomass (TB), leaf mass ratio (LMR) and root/shoot ratio (R/S) were calculated for 201 sample quadrats in the study area. We also studied the relationships between AGB and BGB of plants with the three different life forms (ephemeral, ephemeroid and annual). The mean AGB values of ephemeral, ephemeroid and annual plants were 0.806, 3.759 and 1.546 g/plant, respectively, and the mean BGB values were 0.106, 4.996 and 0.166 g/plant, respectively. The mean R/S value was significantly higher in ephemeroid plants (1.675) than in ephemeral (0.154) and annual (0.147) plants. The mean LMR was the highest in annual plants, followed by ephemeroid plants and ephemeral plants, reflecting the fact that annual plants allocate more biomass to leaves, associated with their longer life span. Biomass of ephemeral plants that germinated in autumn was significantly higher than those of corresponding plants that germinated in spring in terms of AGB, BGB and TB. However, the R/S value was similar in plants that germinated in autumn and spring. The slope of regression relationship between AGB and BGB differed significantly among the three plant life forms. These results support different biomass allocation hypotheses. Specifically, at the individual level, the AGB and BGB partitioning supports the allometric hypothesis for ephemeroid and annual plants and the isometric hypothesis for ephemeral plants.
学科主题	Environment/ecology
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WOS关键词	GURBANTUNGGUT DESERT ; SPRING EPHEMERALS ; GROWTH ; NUTRIENT ; ALLOMETRY ; PATTERNS ; ROOTS ; WATER ; LEAF ; GERMINATION
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
语种	英语
CSCD记录号	CSCD:6595736
出版者	SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
WOS记录号	WOS:000496831800004
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://210.75.237.14/handle/351003/31037]
专题	食品安全与环境治理领域_中国科学院环境与应用微生物重点实验室
通讯作者	Li, Yaoming
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Xinjiang Inst Ecol & Geog, Urumqi 830011, Peoples R China; 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Res Ctr Ecol & Environm Cent Asia, Urumqi 830011, Peoples R China; 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Chengdu Inst Biol, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan, Peoples R China 4.Chinese Acad Sci, Fukang Stn Desert Ecol, Fukang 8315005, Peoples R China;
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Fan, Lianlian,Ding, Junxiang,Ma, Xuexi,et al. Ecological biomass allocation strategies in plant species with different life forms in a cold desert, China[J]. JOURNAL OF ARID LAND,2019,11(5):729-739.
APA	Fan, Lianlian,Ding, Junxiang,Ma, Xuexi,&Li, Yaoming.(2019).Ecological biomass allocation strategies in plant species with different life forms in a cold desert, China.JOURNAL OF ARID LAND,11(5),729-739.
MLA	Fan, Lianlian,et al."Ecological biomass allocation strategies in plant species with different life forms in a cold desert, China".JOURNAL OF ARID LAND 11.5(2019):729-739.