| Effects of competition and phosphorus fertilization on leaf and root traits of late-successional conifers Abies fabri and Picea brachytyla | |
Yu, Lei1; Song, Mengya2; Lei, Yanbao2 ; Korpelainen, Helena3; Niinemets, Ulo4,5; Li, Chunyang1
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| Corresponding Author | Li, Chunyang(licy@hznu.edu.cn) |
| 2019-06-01 | |
| Source Publication | ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
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| ISSN | 0098-8472 |
| Volume | 162Pages:14-24 |
| Abstract | Leaf and root systems are known to show a high degree of developmental plasticity in response to the local environment. However, few studies have investigated simultaneously the leaf and root traits as affected by competition and phosphorus (P) fertilization, especially in connection with the primary succession. We investigated morphological and physiological responses to different competition treatments (infra- vs. interspecific competition) and P regimes in seedlings of Abies fabri and Picea brachytyla, collected from the late succession stage Hailuogou glacier retreat area. A. fabri had a greater total chlorophyll content and specific leaf area (SLA), higher leaf nitrogen (N) and P concentrations, as well as a higher water use efficiency (assessed by the carbon isotope composition, delta C-13) and N absorption relative to P. brachytyla under P fertilization conditions, and its total biomass responded more strongly to P fertilization, especially under interspecific competition. P fertilization decreased the specific root length (SRL) and ectomycorrhizal infection in both species and specific root tip density in P. brachytyla but it had no effect on the average root diameter. We concluded that similar changes in root characteristics, but the superior performance of above-ground traits in A. fabri in response to P availability, especially under competition, explain the greater competitive capacity of A. fabri at final stages of succession. These findings highlight the influence of soil nutrition availability and competition on the functional traits of plants and contribute to the understanding of the role of relative modifications in leaf and root traits during succession. |
| Keyword | Competition Soil P availability Plant functional traits Trait correlations Primary succession |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2019.02.004 |
| Indexed By | SCI |
| WOS Keyword | INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION ; GONGGA MOUNTAIN ; USE EFFICIENCY ; ECOPHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES ; NUTRIENT-AVAILABILITY ; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY ; PHYSIOLOGICAL TRAITS ; SOIL CHRONOSEQUENCE ; BIOMASS ALLOCATION ; SPECIES-DIVERSITY |
| Language | 英语 |
| Funding Project | Talent Program of the Hangzhou Normal University[2016QDL020] |
| WOS Research Area | Plant Sciences ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
| WOS Subject | Plant Sciences ; Environmental Sciences |
| WOS ID | WOS:000467507700002 |
| Funding Organization | Talent Program of the Hangzhou Normal University |
| Publisher | PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD |
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| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | http://ir.imde.ac.cn/handle/131551/26141 |
| Collection | 山地表生过程与生态调控重点实验室 |
| Corresponding Author | Li, Chunyang |
| Affiliation | 1.Hangzhou Normal Univ, Coll Life & Environm Sci, Hangzhou 310036, Zhejiang, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Mt Hazards & Environm, Key Lab Mt Surface Proc & Ecol Regulat, Chengdu 610041, Peoples R China 3.Univ Helsinki, Viikki Plant Sci Ctr, Dept Agr Sci, POB 27, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland 4.Estonian Univ Life Sci, Inst Agr & Environm Sci, Kreutzwaldi 1, EE-51006 Tartu, Estonia 5.Estonian Acad Sci, Kohtu 6, EE-10130 Tallinn, Estonia |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Yu, Lei,Song, Mengya,Lei, Yanbao,et al. Effects of competition and phosphorus fertilization on leaf and root traits of late-successional conifers Abies fabri and Picea brachytyla[J]. ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY,2019,162:14-24. |
| APA | Yu, Lei,Song, Mengya,Lei, Yanbao,Korpelainen, Helena,Niinemets, Ulo,&Li, Chunyang.(2019).Effects of competition and phosphorus fertilization on leaf and root traits of late-successional conifers Abies fabri and Picea brachytyla.ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY,162,14-24. |
| MLA | Yu, Lei,et al."Effects of competition and phosphorus fertilization on leaf and root traits of late-successional conifers Abies fabri and Picea brachytyla".ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 162(2019):14-24. |
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