Effects of a spatially heterogeneous nutrient distribution on the growth of clonal wetland plants
Abstract Background Clonal plants are important in maintaining wetland ecosystems. The main growth types of clonal plants are the guerrilla and phalanx types. However, little is known about the effects of these different clonal growth types on plant plasticity in response to heterogeneous resource d...
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crspringernat:10.1186/s12898-020-00327-1 2023-05-15T15:47:34+02:00 Effects of a spatially heterogeneous nutrient distribution on the growth of clonal wetland plants Yu, Hongwei Wang, Ligong Liu, Chunhua Yu, Dan Qu, Jiuhui Major Science and Technology Program for Water Pollution Control and Treatment National Natural Science Foundation of China China Postdoctoral Science Foundation 2020 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12898-020-00327-1 http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1186/s12898-020-00327-1.pdf http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12898-020-00327-1/fulltext.html en eng Springer Science and Business Media LLC http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CC-BY BMC Ecology volume 20, issue 1 ISSN 1472-6785 General Environmental Science Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics journal-article 2020 crspringernat https://doi.org/10.1186/s12898-020-00327-1 2022-01-04T08:28:02Z Abstract Background Clonal plants are important in maintaining wetland ecosystems. The main growth types of clonal plants are the guerrilla and phalanx types. However, little is known about the effects of these different clonal growth types on plant plasticity in response to heterogeneous resource distribution. We compared the growth performance of clonal wetland plants exhibiting the two growth forms (guerrilla growth form: Scirpus yagara , Typha orientalis , Phragmites australis and Sparganium stoloniferum phalanx growth form: Acorus calamus , Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani and Butomus umbellatus ) grown in soil substrates that were either homogeneous or heterogeneous but had the same total amount of nutrients. Results We found that the morphological traits (plant height, ramet number, spacer diameter and length) and biomass accumulation of the guerrilla clonal plants ( T. orientalis ) were significantly enhanced by heterogeneity, but those of the phalanx clonal plants ( A. calamus , S. tabernaemontani and B. umbellatus ) were not. The results showed that the benefits of environmental heterogeneity to clonal plants may be correlated with the type of clonal structure. Conclusions Guerrilla clonal plants, which have a dispersed, flexible linear structure, are better suited to habitats with heterogeneous resources. Phalanx clonal plants, which form compact structures, are better suited to habitats with homogeneous resources. Thus, wetland clonal species with the guerrilla clonal structure benefit more from soil nutrient heterogeneity. Article in Journal/Newspaper Butomus umbellatus Springer Nature (via Crossref) BMC Ecology 20 1 |
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Abstract Background Clonal plants are important in maintaining wetland ecosystems. The main growth types of clonal plants are the guerrilla and phalanx types. However, little is known about the effects of these different clonal growth types on plant plasticity in response to heterogeneous resource distribution. We compared the growth performance of clonal wetland plants exhibiting the two growth forms (guerrilla growth form: Scirpus yagara , Typha orientalis , Phragmites australis and Sparganium stoloniferum phalanx growth form: Acorus calamus , Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani and Butomus umbellatus ) grown in soil substrates that were either homogeneous or heterogeneous but had the same total amount of nutrients. Results We found that the morphological traits (plant height, ramet number, spacer diameter and length) and biomass accumulation of the guerrilla clonal plants ( T. orientalis ) were significantly enhanced by heterogeneity, but those of the phalanx clonal plants ( A. calamus , S. tabernaemontani and B. umbellatus ) were not. The results showed that the benefits of environmental heterogeneity to clonal plants may be correlated with the type of clonal structure. Conclusions Guerrilla clonal plants, which have a dispersed, flexible linear structure, are better suited to habitats with heterogeneous resources. Phalanx clonal plants, which form compact structures, are better suited to habitats with homogeneous resources. Thus, wetland clonal species with the guerrilla clonal structure benefit more from soil nutrient heterogeneity. |
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Effects of a spatially heterogeneous nutrient distribution on the growth of clonal wetland plants |
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Effects of a spatially heterogeneous nutrient distribution on the growth of clonal wetland plants |
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Effects of a spatially heterogeneous nutrient distribution on the growth of clonal wetland plants |
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Effects of a spatially heterogeneous nutrient distribution on the growth of clonal wetland plants |
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effects of a spatially heterogeneous nutrient distribution on the growth of clonal wetland plants |
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