Knowledge Resource Center for Ecological Environment in Arid Area
DOI | 10.1016/j.flora.2017.05.007 |
How diverse are Populus "diversifolia" leaves? Linking leaf morphology to ecophysiological and stand variables along water supply and salinity gradients | |
Thomas, Frank M.1; Yu, Ruide2; Schaefer, Philipp1; Zhang, Ximing3![]() | |
通讯作者 | Thomas, Frank M. |
来源期刊 | FLORA
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ISSN | 0367-2530 |
EISSN | 1618-0585 |
出版年 | 2017 |
卷号 | 233页码:68-78 |
英文摘要 | Populus euphratica, a constitutive tree species of the Central-Asian riparian forests, forms extremely heterophyllous leaves. Along gradients of salinity and water supply from the soil in arid regions of NW China, we tested whether specific leaf area (SLA), a pivotal plant functional trait, is related to other morphological variables and to the productivity of the trees as well as to important physiological variables (foliar concentrations or ratios of sodium (Na+), nutrients and stable isotopes of carbon (delta C-13) and oxygen( delta O-18)). We evaluated our data at the leaf, tree and stand level. Under the arid climate of the study area, we found large morphological variation among the leaves, which, however, converged to a range of SLA (4.7-12.5 m(2)kg(-1) across 95% of the total sample size) that is small when compared to temperate deciduous forest trees of more humid regions. Correlations between SLA and morphological variables (leaf area, number of teeth at the leaf margin, ratio of blade width to blade length) were weak. However, SLA exhibited a significantly negative correlation with foliar delta C-13, and a positive one, with tree height, annual above-ground wood production (AAWP) and (marginally) with stand density. SLA increased with increasing water supply from the soil within a given site but not across sites. Foliar Na+ was negatively related to potassium concentration and, at two out of three study sites, positively to delta O-18, but not to SLA, tree morphology, AAWP and stand density. AAWP was not related to nutrient concentrations. We conclude that in P. euphratica, a permanent phreatophyte in the study region, SLA constitutes an acclimatization not only to the water supply from the soil but also - and probably even more importantly - to the local transpirational demand; and that SLA is related to biomass production through optimization of the water use efficiency. (C) 2017 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved. |
英文关键词 | Aridity Euphrates poplar Leaf mass per area Leaf polymorphism Nutrient concentration Stable isotope ratios Tugai forest |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Germany ; Peoples R China |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000416737200008 |
WOS关键词 | CARBON-ISOTOPE DISCRIMINATION ; FUNCTIONAL TRAITS ; RAINFALL GRADIENT ; USE EFFICIENCY ; QUERCUS-SUBER ; TARIM RIVER ; TREE ; DESERT ; ACCLIMATION ; ATTRIBUTES |
WOS类目 | Plant Sciences ; Ecology |
WOS研究方向 | Plant Sciences ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
来源机构 | 中国科学院新疆生态与地理研究所 |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/198942 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Trier, Fac Reg & Environm Sci, Geobot, Behringstr 21, D-54296 Trier, Germany; 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Xinjiang Inst Ecol & Geog, Dept Management Ecosyst & Environm Changes Arid L, 818 South Beijing Rd, Urumqi 830011, Xinjiang, Peoples R China; 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Xinjiang Inst Ecol & Geog, 40 South Beijing Rd, Urumqi 830011, Xinjiang, Peoples R China |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Thomas, Frank M.,Yu, Ruide,Schaefer, Philipp,et al. How diverse are Populus "diversifolia" leaves? Linking leaf morphology to ecophysiological and stand variables along water supply and salinity gradients[J]. 中国科学院新疆生态与地理研究所,2017,233:68-78. |
APA | Thomas, Frank M.,Yu, Ruide,Schaefer, Philipp,Zhang, Ximing,&Lang, Petra.(2017).How diverse are Populus "diversifolia" leaves? Linking leaf morphology to ecophysiological and stand variables along water supply and salinity gradients.FLORA,233,68-78. |
MLA | Thomas, Frank M.,et al."How diverse are Populus "diversifolia" leaves? Linking leaf morphology to ecophysiological and stand variables along water supply and salinity gradients".FLORA 233(2017):68-78. |
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