Effects of denudation and burial on growth and reproduction of Artemisia ordosica in Mu Us sandland

Ecological Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 655-661

  Li, Shou Li ^a,b,d   Zuidema, Pieter A ^b   Yu, Fei Hai ^a,c   Werger, Marinus J A ^b   Dong, Ming ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Artemisia ordosica; Dune habitats; Erosion; Reproduction; Sand burial

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; DENUDATION; DUNE; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT USE; REPRODUCTION; SHRUB;

CHINA; ORDOS;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA ORDOSICA;

EID: 77952425997     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-010-0699-x     Document Type: Article

References (41)

1. Albert MJ, Escudero A, Iriondo JM (2001) Female reproductive success of narrow endemic Erodium paularense in contrasting microhabitats. Ecology 82: 1734-1747.
2. Bazzaz FA (1997) Allocation of resources in plants: state of the science and critical questions. In: Bazzaz FA, Grace J (eds) Plant resources allocation. Academic Press, San Diego, pp 1-37.
3. Brown JF (1997) Effects of experimental burial on survival, growth, and resource allocation of three species of dune plants. J Ecol 85: 151-158.
4. Cheplick GP, Demetri H (1999) Impact of saltwater spray and sand deposition on the coastal annual Triplasis purpurea (Poaceae). Am J Bot 86: 703-710.
5. Colling G, Matthies D (2006) Effects of habitat deterioration on population dynamics and extinction risk of an endangered, long-lived perennial herb (Scorzonera humilis). J Ecol 94: 959-972.
6. Dech JP, Maun MA (2006) Adventitious root production and plastic resource allocation to biomass determine burial tolerance in woody plants from central Canadian coastal dunes. Ann Bot 98: 1095-1105.
7. Disraeli DJ (1984) The effect of sand deposits on the growth and morphology of Ammophila breviligulata. J Ecol 72: 145-154.
8. Eldred RA, Maun MA (1982) A multivariate approach to the problem of decline in vigour of Ammophila. Can J Bot 60: 1371-1380.
9. Fryrear DW, Stubbendieck J, McCully WG (1973) Grass seedling response to wind and windblown sand. Crop Sci 13: 622-625.
10. Garcia D, Zamora R (2003) Persistence, multiple demographic strategies and conservation in long-lived Mediterranean plants. J Veg Sci 14: 921-926.
11. Harris D, Davy AJ (1988) Carbon and nutrient allocation in Elymus farctus seedlings after burial with sand. Ann Bot 61: 147-157.
12. Huang ZY, Gutterman Y (2000) Comparison of germination strategies of Artemisia ordosica with its two congeners from deserts of China and Israel. Acta Bot Sin 42: 71-80.
13. Kobayashi T, Liao RT, Li SQ (1995) Ecophysiological behavior of Artemisia ordosica on the process of sand dune fixation. Ecol Res 10: 339-349.
14. Kruger LM, Midgley JJ, Cowling RM (1997) Resprouters vs reseeders in South African forest trees: a model based on forest canopy height. Funct Ecol 11: 101-105.
15. Li FR, Zhang AS, Duan SS, Kang LF (2005) Patterns of reproductive allocation in Artemisia halodendron inhabiting two contrasting habitats. Acta Oecol 28: 57-64.
16. Liu B, Liu ZM, Guan DX (2008) Seedling growth variation in response to sand burial in four Artemisia species from different habitats in the semi-arid dune field. Trees 22: 41-47.
17. Maun MA (1994) Adaptations enhancing survival and establishment of seedlings on coastal dune systems. Vegetatio 111: 59-70.
18. Maun MA (1998) Adaptations of plants to burial in coastal sand dunes. Can J Bot 76: 713-738.
19. Maun MA, Lapierre J (1984) The effects of burial by sand on Ammophila breviligulata. J Ecol 72: 827-839.
20. Midgley JJ (1996) Why the world's vegetation is not totally dominated by resprouting plants; because resprouters are shorter than reseeders. Ecography 19: 92-95.
21. Milla R, Gimenez-Benavides L, Escudero A, Reich PB (2009) Intra- and interspecific performance in growth and reproduction increase with altitude: a case study with two Saxifraga species from northern Spain. Funct Ecol 23: 111-118.
22. Nzunda EF, Griffiths ME, Lawes MJ (2007) Multi-stemmed trees in subtropical coastal dune forest: survival strategy in response to chronic disturbance. J Veg Sci 18: 693-700.
23. Ohte N, Koba K, Yoshikawa K, Sugimoto A, Matsuo N, Kabeya N, Wang LH (2003) Water utilization of natural and planted trees in the semiarid desert of Inner Mongolia, China. Ecol Appl 13: 337-351.
24. Padilla FM, Miranda JD, Pugnaire FI (2007) Early root growth plasticity in seedlings of three Mediterranean woody species. Plant Soil 296: 103-113.
25. Schenk HJ (1999) Clonal splitting in desert shrubs. Plant Ecol 141: 41-52.
26. Shi L, Zhang ZJ, Zhang CY, Zhang JZ (2004) Effects of sand burial on survival, growth, gas exchange and biomass allocation of Ulmus pumila seedlings in the Hunshandak Sandland, China. Ann Bot 94: 553-560.
27. Tanner EVJ, Bellingham PJ (2006) Less diverse forest is more resistant to hurricane disturbance: evidence from montane rain forests in Jamaica. J Ecol 94: 1003-1010.
28. Vilela A, Cariaga R, Gonzalez-Paleo L, Ravetta D (2008) Trade-offs between reproductive allocation and storage in species of Oenothera L. (Onagraceae) native to Argentina. Acta Oecol 33: 85-92.
29. Volis S, Verhoeven KJF, Mendlinger S, Ward D (2004) Phenotypic selection and regulation of reproduction in different environments in wild barley. J Evol Biol 17: 1121-1131.
30. Wang LQ, Chen SH, Hao LZ (2002) Study of ecological and biological characters and geological distribution of Artemisia ordosica. J Arid Land Resour Environ 16: 95-98.
31. Wesselingh RA, Klinkhamer PGL, DeJong TJ, Boorman LA (1997) Threshold size for flowering in different habitats: effects of size-dependent growth and survival. Ecology 78: 2118-2132.
32. Worley AC, Harder LD (1996) Size-dependent resource allocation and costs of reproduction in Pinguicula vulgaris (Lentibulariaceae). J Ecol 84: 195-206.
33. Yu F-H, Dong M, Krusi B (2004) Clonal integration helps Psammochloa villosa survive sand burial in an inland dune. New Phytol 162: 697-704.
34. Yu F-H, Wang N, He WM, Chu Y, Dong M (2008) Adaptation of rhizome connections in drylands: increasing tolerance of clones to wind erosion. Ann Bot 102: 571-577.
35. Zhang XS (1994) Principles and optimal models for development of Maowusu sandy grassland. Acta Phytoecol Sin 18: 1-16.
36. Zhang JH (1996) Interactive effects of soil nutrients, moisture and sand burial on the development, physiology, biomass and fitness of Cakile edentula. Ann Bot 78: 591-598.
37. Zhang JH, Maun MA (1990) Effects of sand burial on seed germination, seedling emergence, survival, and growth of Agropyron psammophilum. Can J Bot 68: 304-310.
38. Zhang JH, Maun MA (1992) Effects of burial in sand on the growth and reproduction of Cakile edentula. Ecography 15: 296-302.
39. Zhang CY, Yu F-H, Dong M (2002) Effects of sand burial on the survival, growth, and biomass allocation in semi-shrub Hedysarum laeve seedlings. Acta Bot Sin 44: 337-343.
40. Zhao WZ, Li QY, Fang HY (2007a) Effects of sand burial disturbance on seedling growth of Nitraria sphaerocarpa. Plant Soil 295: 95-102.
41. Zhao WZ, Zhang ZH, Li QY (2007b) Growth and reproduction of Sophora moorcroftiana responding to altitude and sand burial in the middle Tibet. Environ Geol 53: 11-17.