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| Alpine climate alters the relationships between leaf and root morphological traits but not chemical traits | |
| Geng, Yan1,2; Wang, Liang1,2; Jin, Dongmei1,2; Liu, Huiying1,2; He, Jin-Sheng1,2,3 | |
| 2014-06-01 | |
| 发表期刊 | OECOLOGIA
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| ISSN | 0029-8549 |
| 卷号 | 175期号:2页码:445-455 |
| 文章类型 | Article |
| 摘要 | Leaves and fine roots are among the most important and dynamic components of terrestrial ecosystems. To what extent plants synchronize their resource capture strategies above- and belowground remains uncertain. Existing results of trait relationships between leaf and root showed great inconsistency, which may be partly due to the differences in abiotic environmental conditions such as climate and soil. Moreover, there is currently little evidence on whether and how the stringent environments of high-altitude alpine ecosystems alter the coordination between above- and belowground. Here we measured six sets of analogous traits for both leaves and fine roots of 139 species collected from Tibetan alpine grassland and Mongolian temperate grassland. N, P and N:P ratio of leaves and fine roots were positively correlated, independent of biogeographic regions, phylogenetic affiliation or climate. In contrast, leaves and fine roots seem to regulate morphological traits more independently. The specific leaf area (SLA)-specific root length (SRL) correlation shifted from negative at sites under low temperature to positive at warmer sites. The cold climate of alpine regions may impose different constraints on shoots and roots, selecting simultaneously for high SLA leaves for rapid C assimilation during the short growing season, but low SRL roots with high physical robustness to withstand soil freezing. In addition, there might be more community heterogeneity in cold soils, resulting in multidirectional strategies of root in resource acquisition. Thus our results demonstrated that alpine climate alters the relationships between leaf and root morphological but not chemical traits.; Leaves and fine roots are among the most important and dynamic components of terrestrial ecosystems. To what extent plants synchronize their resource capture strategies above- and belowground remains uncertain. Existing results of trait relationships between leaf and root showed great inconsistency, which may be partly due to the differences in abiotic environmental conditions such as climate and soil. Moreover, there is currently little evidence on whether and how the stringent environments of high-altitude alpine ecosystems alter the coordination between above- and belowground. Here we measured six sets of analogous traits for both leaves and fine roots of 139 species collected from Tibetan alpine grassland and Mongolian temperate grassland. N, P and N:P ratio of leaves and fine roots were positively correlated, independent of biogeographic regions, phylogenetic affiliation or climate. In contrast, leaves and fine roots seem to regulate morphological traits more independently. The specific leaf area (SLA)-specific root length (SRL) correlation shifted from negative at sites under low temperature to positive at warmer sites. The cold climate of alpine regions may impose different constraints on shoots and roots, selecting simultaneously for high SLA leaves for rapid C assimilation during the short growing season, but low SRL roots with high physical robustness to withstand soil freezing. In addition, there might be more community heterogeneity in cold soils, resulting in multidirectional strategies of root in resource acquisition. Thus our results demonstrated that alpine climate alters the relationships between leaf and root morphological but not chemical traits. |
| 关键词 | Alpine Grassland Climate Fine Root Leaf Trait Correlations |
| WOS标题词 | Science & Technology ; Life Sciences & Biomedicine |
| 关键词[WOS] | PLANT TRAITS ; ECONOMICS SPECTRUM ; FINE ROOTS ; LIFE-SPAN ; SOIL-TEMPERATURE ; GRASSLAND BIOMES ; TIBETAN PLATEAU ; NITROGEN ; GROWTH ; PHOSPHORUS |
| 收录类别 | SCI |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
| WOS类目 | Ecology |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:000336378800002 |
| 引用统计 | |
| 文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
| 条目标识符 | http://210.75.249.4/handle/363003/4226 |
| 专题 | 中国科学院西北高原生物研究所 |
| 作者单位 | 1.Peking Univ, Dept Ecol, Coll Urban & Environm Sci, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China 2.Peking Univ, Minist Educ, Key Lab Earth Surface Proc, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Northwest Inst Plateau Biol, Key Lab Adaptat & Evolut Plateau Biota, Xining 810008, Peoples R China |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Geng, Yan,Wang, Liang,Jin, Dongmei,et al. Alpine climate alters the relationships between leaf and root morphological traits but not chemical traits[J]. OECOLOGIA,2014,175(2):445-455. |
| APA | Geng, Yan,Wang, Liang,Jin, Dongmei,Liu, Huiying,&He, Jin-Sheng.(2014).Alpine climate alters the relationships between leaf and root morphological traits but not chemical traits.OECOLOGIA,175(2),445-455. |
| MLA | Geng, Yan,et al."Alpine climate alters the relationships between leaf and root morphological traits but not chemical traits".OECOLOGIA 175.2(2014):445-455. |
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