Costs of acquiring phosphorus by vascular land plants: patterns and implications for plant coexistence
| Autor: | Hans Lambers, Mark Westoby, John A. Raven, Sally E. Smith |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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0106 biological sciences
Physiology Phosphorus Trade offs chemistry.chemical_element 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences Plant Science Soil concentration 01 natural sciences Adaptation Physiological Plant Roots Soil Agronomy chemistry Mycorrhizal fungi 040103 agronomy & agriculture Soil volume 0401 agriculture forestry and fisheries Environmental science Embryophyta Symbiosis health care economics and organizations 010606 plant biology & botany Fungal hyphae |
| Zdroj: | The New phytologist. 217(4) |
| ISSN: | 1469-8137 |
| Popis: | Content Summary 1420 I. Introduction 1421 II. Root adaptations that influence P acquisition 1422 III. Costs of P acquisition: general 1423 IV. Costs of P acquisition that are independent of soil P concentrations 1423 V. Costs of P acquisition that increase as soil P concentrations decline 1424 VI. Discussion and conclusions 1424 Acknowledgements 1425 References 1425 SUMMARY: We compare carbon (and hence energy) costs of the different modes of phosphorus (P) acquisition by vascular land plants. Phosphorus-acquisition modes are considered to be mechanisms of plants together with their root symbionts and structures such as cluster roots involved in mobilising or absorbing P. Phosphorus sources considered are soluble and insoluble inorganic and organic pools. Costs include operating the P-acquisition mechanisms, and resource requirements to construct and maintain them. For most modes, costs increase as the relevant soil P concentration declines. Costs can thus be divided into a component incurred irrespective of soil P concentration, and a component describing how quickly costs increase as the soil P concentration declines. Differences in sensitivity of costs to soil P concentration arise mainly from how economically mycorrhizal fungal hyphae or roots that explore the soil volume are constructed, and from costs of exudates that hydrolyse or mobilise insoluble P forms. In general, modes of acquisition requiring least carbon at high soil P concentrations experience a steeper increase in costs as soil P concentrations decline. The relationships between costs and concentrations suggest some reasons why different modes coexist, and why the mixture of acquisition modes differs between sites. |
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