Changes in light- and nitrogen-use and in aboveground biomass allocation patterns along productivity gradients in grasslands
| Autor: | Olevi Kull, Krista Lõhmus, Anne Aan, Arne Sellin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Estonia
Biomass (ecology) Specific leaf area Light Nitrogen chemistry.chemical_element Plant physiology Plant community Plant Science Biology Plant Components Aerial Poaceae Grassland Plant ecology Plant Leaves Soil chemistry Productivity (ecology) Agronomy Species Specificity Botany Biomass Aboveground biomass |
| Zdroj: | Journal of plant research. 127(3) |
| ISSN: | 1618-0860 |
| Popis: | Light- and nitrogen-use change was examined along productivity gradients in natural grasslands at Laelatu, western Estonia, both at community level and in most abundant species. Aboveground biomass (M) ranged from 341 to 503 g m(-2) in wet (W) and from 248 to 682 g m(-2) in dry (D) community. Aboveground leaf area ratio (aLAR) decreased with rising M in D site, while it increased in W site. In a high-aLAR W community (significantly higher compared to D), adjustment of leaf morphology through an increase in specific leaf area is responsible for an increase in aLAR with rising productivity. In low-aLAR stand, by contrast, adjustment of biomass allocation due to decrease in aboveground leaf mass fraction is primarily responsible for the tendency of aLAR to decline. In conclusion, a decrease in aLAR is not a universal response to increasing M. We hypothesise that there exists an optimum of light acquisition efficiency (ΦM) along a productivity gradient independent of community type. Aboveground nitrogen-use efficiency (aNUE) decreased in high-aLAR, W community with increasing M, while in low-aLAR, D site, there was no relationship along a gradient, although aNUE increased along six plots dominated by graminoids. A trade-off was established between leaf nitrogen content per unit leaf area (N A) and aLAR. |
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