Plant traits: Their role in the regeneration of alpine plant communities in sub-arctic Finland

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 183-190

  Welling, Pirjo ^a   Tolvanen, Anne ^b   Laine, Kari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Clonality; Diaspore morphology; Life cycle; Seed bank; Seed rain; Seed weight; Seedling emergence; Sexual reproduction

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; LIFE CYCLE; MORPHOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; REGENERATION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; KILPISJARVI; LAPPI; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

EID: 20444452128     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2005.tb02354.x     Document Type: Article

References (50)

1. Anon. 2003. SPSS Base I2.0 Syntax Reference Guide, SPSS Inc. Chigago, IL, US.
2. Alsos, I.G., Spjelkavik, S. & Engelskjøn, T. 2003. Seed bank size and composition of Betula nana, Vaccinium uliginosum, and Campanula rotundifolia habitats in Svalbard and northern Norway. Can. J. Bot. 81: 220-231.
3. Anderberg, A.-L. 1994. Atlas of seeds. Part IV. Risbergs Tryckeri AB, Uddevalla, SE.
4. Berggren, G. 1969. Atlas of seeds and small fruits of Northwest-European plant species with morphological descriptions. Part II. Cyperaceae. Risbergs Tryckeri AB, Uddevalla, SE.
5. Berggren, G. 1981. Atlas of seeds and small fruits of Northwest-European plant species with morphological descriptions. Part III. Salicaceae - Cruciferae. Risbergs Tryckeri AB, Uddevalla, SE.
6. Bond, W.I., Honig, M. & Maze, K.E. 1999. Seed size and seedling emergence: an allometric relationship and ecological implications. Oecologia 120: 132-136.
7. Chambers, J.C. 1993. Seed and vegetation dynamics in an alpine herbfield: effects of disturbance type. Can. J. Bot. 71: 471-485.
8. Chambers, J.C. 1995. Disturbance, life history strategies, and seed fates in alpine herbfield communities. Am. J. Bot. 82: 421-433.
9. Chambers, J.C., MacMahon, J.A. & Brown, R.W. 1987. Germination characteristics of alpine grasses and forbs: a comparison of early and late seral dominants with reclamation potential. Reclam. Reveg. Res. 6: 235-249.
10. Chambers, J.C., MacMahon, J.A. & Haefner, J.H. 1991. Seed entrapment in alpine ecosystems: effects of soil particle size and diaspore morphology. Ecology 72: 1668-1677.
11. Ebersole, J.J. 1989. Role of the seed bank in providing colonizers on a tundra disturbance in Alaska. Can. J. Bot. 67: 466-471.
12. Eriksson, O. 1992. Evolution of seed dispersal and recruitment in clonal plants. Oikos 63: 439-448.
13. Eriksson, O. 1997. Clonal life histories and the evolution of seed recruitment. In: de Kroon, H. & van Groenendael, J. (eds.) The ecology and evolution of clonal plants, pp. 211-226. Backhuys, Leiden, NL.
14. Eriksson, O. & Fröborg, H. 1996. 'Windows of opportunity' for recruitment in long-lived clonal plants: experimental studies of seedling establishment in Vaccinium shrubs. Can. J. Bot. 74: 1369-1372.
15. Granström, A. 1982. Seed banks in five boreal forest stands originating between 1810 and 1963. Can. J. Bot. 60: 1815-1821.
16. Grime, J.P., Mason, A.G., Curtis, A.V., Rodman, J., Band, S.R., Mowforth, M.A.G., Neal, A.M. & Shaw, S. 1981. A comparative study of germination characteristics in a local flora. J. Ecol. 69: 1017-1059.
17. Grime, J.P., Hodgson, J.G. & Hunt, R. 1988. Comparative plant ecology. A functional approach to common British species. Unwin Hyman, London, UK.
18. Groot, W.J., Thomas, P.A. & Wein, R.W. 1997. Betula nana L. and Betula glandulosa Michx. J. Ecol. 85: 241-264.
19. Hämet-Ahti, L., Suominen, J., Ulvinen, T. & Uotila, P. (eds.) 1998. Retkeilykasvio. [Field flora of Finland]. Finnish Museum of Naural History, Botanical Museum, Helsinki, FI. (In Finnish.)
20. Harper, J.L., Lovell, P.H. & Moore, K.G. 1970. The shapes and sizes of seeds. Annu. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 1: 327-356.
21. Hautala, H., Tolvanen, A. & Nuortila, C. 2001. Regeneration strategies of dominant boreal forest dwarf shrubs in response to selective removal of understorey layers. J. Veg. Sci. 12: 503-510.
22. Henry, M.L. & Westoby, M. 2001. Seed mass and seed nutrient content as predictors of seed output variation between species. Oikos 92: 479-490.
23. Hodkinson, D.J., Askew, A.P., Thompson, K., Hodgson, J.G., Bakker, J.P. & Bekker, R.M. 1998. Ecological correlates of seed size in the British flora. Funct. Ecol. 12: 762-766.
24. Hughes, L., Dunlop, M., French, K., Leishman, M.R., Rice, B., Rodgerson, L. & Westoby, M. 1994. Predicting dispersal spectra: a minimal set of hypotheses based on plant attributes. J. Ecol. 82: 933-950.
25. Jakobsson, A. & Eriksson, O. 2000. A comparative study of seed number, seed size, seedling size and recruitment in grassland plants. Oikos 88: 494-502.
26. Kiviniemi, K. & Eriksson, O. 1999. Dispersal, recruitment and site occupancy of grassland plants in fragmented habitats. Oikos 86: 241-253.
27. Kotorova, L. & Lepš, J. 1999. Comparative ecology of seedling recruitment in an oligotrophic wet meadow. J. Veg. Sci. 10: 175-186.
28. Leishman, M.R. & Westoby, M. 1994. The role of large seed size in shaded conditions: experimental evidence. Funct. Ecol. 8: 205-214.
29. Lusk, C.H. 1995. Seed size, establishment sites and species coexistence in a Chilean rain forest. J. Veg. Sci. 6: 249-256.
30. McIntyre, S., Lavorel, S., Landsberg, J. & Forbes, T.D.A. 1999. Disturbance response in vegetation - towards a global perspective in functional traits. J. Veg. Sci. 10: 621-630.
31. Molau, U. 1996. Seed rain monitoring at ITEX sites. In: Molau, U. & Mølgaard, P. (eds.) ITEX Manual, p. 42. Danish Polar Center, Copenhagen, DK.
32. Molau, U. & Larsson, E.-L. 2000. Seed rain and seed bank along an alpine altitudinal gradient in Swedish Lapland. Can. J. Bot. 78: 728-747.
33. Montalvo, J., Casado, M.A., Levassor, C. & Pineda, F.D. 1991. Adaptation of ecological systems: compositional patterns of species and morphological and functional traits. J. Veg. Sci. 2: 655-666.
34. Peart, M.H. 1984. The effects of morphology, orientation and position of grass diaspores on seedling survival. J. Ecol. 72: 437-453.
35. Prach, K. 1997. Changes in species traits during succession: a search for pattern. Oikos 79: 201-205.
36. Rabinowich, D. 1981. Buried viable seeds in a North American tall-grass prairie: the resemblance of their abundance and composition to dispersing seeds. Oikos 36: 191-195.
37. Rydgren, K. & Hestmark, G. 1997. The soil propagule bank in a boreal old-growth spruce forest: changes with depth and relationship to aboveground vegetation. Can. J. Bot. 75: 121-128.
38. Rydgren, K., de Kroon, H., Økland, R.H. & van Groenendael, J. 2001. Effects of fine-scale disturbances on the demography and population dynamics of the clonal moss Hylocomium splendens. J. Ecol. 89: 395-405.
39. Schütz, W. & Rave, C. 1999. The effects of cold stratification and light on the seed germination of temperate sedges (Carex) from various habitats and implications for regenerative strategies. Plant Ecol. 144: 215-230.
40. Söyrinki, N. 1938. Studien über die generative und vegetative Vermehrung der Samenpflanzen in der Alpinen Vegetation Petsamo Laplands. I. Allgemeine Teil. Ann. Bot. Soc. Zool.-Bot. Fenn. Vanamo 11: 1-311.
41. Thompson, K., Band, S.R. & Hodgson, J.G. 1993. Seed size and shape predict persistence in soil. Funct. Ecol. 7: 236-241.
42. Thompson, K., Hillier, S.H., Grime, J.P., Bossard, C.C. & Band, S.R. 1996. A functional analysis of a limestone grassland community. J. Veg. Sci. 7: 371-380.
43. Thompson, K., Bakker, J.P., Bekker, R.M. & Hodgson, J.G. 1998. Ecological correlates of seed persistence in soil in the north-west European flora. J. Ecol. 86: 163-169.
44. Welling, P. & Laine, K. 2000a. Characteristics of the seedling flora in alpine vegetation, subarctic Finland. I. Seedling densities in 15 plant communities. Ann. Bot. Fenn. 37: 69-76.
45. Welling, P. & Laine, K. 2000b. Characteristics of the seedling flora in alpine vegetation, subarctic Finland. II. Floristic similarity between seeding flora and mature vegetation. Ann. Bot. Fenn. 37: 133-137.
46. Welling, P. & Laine, K. 2002. Regeneration by seeds in alpine meadow and heath vegetation in sub-arctic Finland. J. Veg. Sci. 13: 217-226.
47. Welling, P., Tolvanen, A. & Laine, K. 2004. The alpine soil seed bank in relation to seedlings and standing vegetation in subarctic Finland. Arct. Antarct. Alp. Res. 36: 229-238.
48. Westoby, M., Jurado, E. & Leishman, M. 1992. Comparative evolutionary ecology of seed size. Trends Ecol. Evol. 7: 368-372.
49. Willson, M.F., Rice, B.L. & Westoby, M. 1990. Seed dispersal spectra: a comparison of temperate plant communities. J. Veg. Sci. 1: 547-562.
50. Zar, J.H. 1984. Bio statistical analysis. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, US.