Knowledge Resource Center for Ecological Environment in Arid Area
DOI | 10.1890/02-0287 |
Defining a plant’s belowground zone of influence | |
Casper, BB; Schenk, HJ; Jackson, RB | |
通讯作者 | Casper, BB |
来源期刊 | ECOLOGY
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ISSN | 0012-9658 |
出版年 | 2003 |
卷号 | 84期号:9页码:2313-2321 |
英文摘要 | The concept of a zone of influence, the area over which a plant alters the environment, forms the basis of many models of plant competition. Because of logistical difficulties, we actually know little about the sizes and shapes of zones of influence belowground. Here we advocate obtaining data on plants’ belowground zones of influence, including the length and distribution of lateral roots, in order to understand better how plants respond to their abiotic soil environment and to other plants. We provide several examples from recent work. First, we present an analysis of a large global data set which shows that maximum lateral root spread correlates with canopy size but that, for a given canopy size, maximum lateral root spread is greater in arid environments and in coarse textured soils. Second, we use an experiment with the weedy annual Abulilon theophrasti to show how using nutrient analogs as tracers yields information about lateral root distributions within populations. In our experimental populations, the belowground zone of influence extended well beyond the closest neighboring plants. Overlap in zones of influence increased in nutrient patches. Third, we propose a new conceptual model of belowground zones of influence based on these and other data sets. The model assumes that the probability of resource uptake or competing with a particular neighbor declines with distance from the stem but that considerable uptake at great distances from the stem is still possible. It also allows for plasticity in root distributions as might occur in spatially heterogeneous soils. Finally, we suggest how better information oil the shapes and sizes of below-round zones of influence will help develop a more predictive framework for understanding plant competition. |
英文关键词 | below ground competition canopy volume lateral rool spread neighborhood models soil resources |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000185226100008 |
WOS关键词 | SOIL NUTRIENT HETEROGENEITY ; ABUTILON-THEOPHRASTI MALVACEAE ; MORPHOLOGICAL PLASTICITY ; ROOT PROLIFERATION ; SPATIAL PATTERN ; COMPETITION ; MODEL ; POPULATION ; BIOMASS ; GROWTH |
WOS类目 | Ecology |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/144476 |
作者单位 | (1)Univ Penn, Dept Biol, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA;(2)Calif State Univ Fullerton, Dept Biol Sci, Fullerton, CA 92834 USA;(3)Duke Univ, Dept Biol, Durham, NC 27708 USA;(4)Duke Univ, Nicholas Sch Environm & Earth Sci, Durham, NC 27708 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Casper, BB,Schenk, HJ,Jackson, RB. Defining a plant’s belowground zone of influence[J],2003,84(9):2313-2321. |
APA | Casper, BB,Schenk, HJ,&Jackson, RB.(2003).Defining a plant’s belowground zone of influence.ECOLOGY,84(9),2313-2321. |
MLA | Casper, BB,et al."Defining a plant’s belowground zone of influence".ECOLOGY 84.9(2003):2313-2321. |
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