Apparent plasticity in functional traits determining competitive ability and spatial distribution: a case from desert

doi:10.1038/srep12174

	Apparent plasticity in functional traits determining competitive ability and spatial distribution: a case from desert
	Xie, Jiang-Bo ; Xu, Gui-Qing ; Jenerette, G. Darrel ; Bai, Yong-fei; Wang, Zhong-Yuan ; Li, Yan 3
	2015
发表期刊	SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
ISSN	2045-2322
卷号	5
摘要	Species competitive abilities and their distributions are closely related to functional traits such as biomass allocation patterns. When we consider how nutrient supply affects competitive abilities, quantifying the apparent and true plasticity in functional traits is important because the allometric relationships among traits are universal in plants. We propose to integrate the notion of allometry and the classical reaction norm into a composite theoretical framework that quantifies the apparent and true plasticity. Combining the framework with a meta-analysis, a series of field surveys and a competition experiment, we aimed to determine the causes of the dune/interdune distribution patterns of two Haloxylon species in the Gurbantonggut Desert. We found that (1) the biomass allocation patterns of both Haloxylon species in responses to environmental conditions were apparent rather than true plasticity and (2) the allometric allocation patterns affected the plants' competition for soil nutrient supply. A key implication of our results is that the apparent plasticity in functional traits of plants determines their response to environmental change. Without identifying the apparent and true plasticity, we would substantially overestimate the magnitude, duration and even the direction of plant responses in functional traits to climate change.
学科领域	Multidisciplinary Sciences
DOI	10.1038/srep12174
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
WOS关键词	EVOLUTIONARY-THEORY NEED ; HALOXYLON-AMMODENDRON ; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY ; ADAPTIVE PLASTICITY ; BIOMASS ALLOCATION ; SUAEDA-PHYSOPHORA ; SEED-GERMINATION ; ELEVATED CO2 ; NITROGEN ; WATER
WOS研究方向	Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
WOS记录号	WOS:000358171500001
出版者	NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
文献子类	Article
出版地	LONDON
资助机构	National Natural Science Foundation of China [31000166, 40971042]
作者邮箱	liyan@ms.xjb.ac.cn
作品OA属性	Green Published, gold
引用统计	被引频次：20[WOS] [WOS记录] [WOS相关记录]
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.ibcas.ac.cn/handle/2S10CLM1/25993
专题	植被与环境变化国家重点实验室
作者单位	1.[Xie, Jiang-Bo 2.Xu, Gui-Qing 3.Wang, Zhong-Yuan 4.Chinese Acad Sci, Xinjiang Inst Ecol & Geog, State Key Lab Desert & Oasis Ecol, Xinjiang 830011, Peoples R China 5.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China 6.Univ Calif Riverside, Dept Bot & Plant Sci, Riverside, CA 92521 USA 7.Univ Calif Riverside, Ctr Conservat Biol, Riverside, CA 92521 USA 8.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Bot, Key Lab Vegetat & Environm Change, Beijing 100093, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Xie, Jiang-Bo,Xu, Gui-Qing,Jenerette, G. Darrel,et al. Apparent plasticity in functional traits determining competitive ability and spatial distribution: a case from desert[J]. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS,2015,5.
APA	Xie, Jiang-Bo,Xu, Gui-Qing,Jenerette, G. Darrel,Bai, Yong-fei,Wang, Zhong-Yuan,&Li, Yan.(2015).Apparent plasticity in functional traits determining competitive ability and spatial distribution: a case from desert.SCIENTIFIC REPORTS,5.
MLA	Xie, Jiang-Bo,et al."Apparent plasticity in functional traits determining competitive ability and spatial distribution: a case from desert".SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 5(2015).

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