Size-class structure and growth traits of Anastatica hierochuntica L. populations as rainfall indicators in aridlands

Journal of Advanced Research

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 331-340

  Hegazy, Ahmad K ^a   Kabiel, Hanan F ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Leaf area index; Net assimilation rate; Rain gauge; Relative growth rate; Resource allocation; Specific leaf area

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649726456     PISSN: 20901232     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jare.2010.08.003     Document Type: Article

References (41)

1. Bazzaz F.A., Ackerly D.D., Reekie E.G. Reproductive allocation in plants. Seeds: the ecology of regeneration in plant communities 2000, 1-29. CABI Publishing, Oxon, UK. M. Fenner (Ed.).
2. Hegazy A.K., Barakat H.N., Kabiel H.F. Anatomical significance of the hygrochastic movement in Anastatica hierochuntica. Ann Bot 2006, 97(1):47-55.
3. Hegazy A.K., Kabiel H.F. Significance of microhabitat heterogeneity in the spatial pattern and size-class structure of Anastatica hierochuntica L. Acta Oecol 2007, 31(3):332-342.
4. Marshall C., Watson M.A. Ecological and physiological aspects of reproductive allocation. Fruit and seed production: aspects of development, environmental physiology and ecology 1992, Cambridge University Press, London. C. Marshall, J. Grace (Eds.).
5. Hegazy A.K. Growth, phenology, competition and conservation of two desert hygrochastic annuals raised under different watering regimes. J Arid Environ 1990, 19(1):85-94.
6. Hegazy A.K., Ismail S.M. Autecology of the desert monocarpic Rumex cyprius as influenced by water treatment. Acta Oecol 1992, 13(2):193-202.
7. Hegazy A.K. Trade-off between sexual and vegetative reproduction of the weedy Heliotropium curassavicum. J Arid Environ 1994, 27(3):209-220.
8. Hegazy A.K. Reproductive diversity and survival of the potential annual Diplotaxis harra (Forssk.) Boiss (Brassicaceae) in Egypt. Ecography 2001, 24(4):403-412.
9. Grime J.P. Evidence for the existence of three primary strategies in plants and its relevance to ecological and evolutionary theory. Am Nat 1977, 111:1169-1194.
10. Morishima H., Sano Y., Oka H.I. Differentiation of perennial and annual types due to habitat conditions in the wild rice Oryza perennis. Plant Syst Evol 1984, 144(2):119-135.
11. Silvertwon J.W. Introduction to plant population ecology 1982, Longman, London.
12. Lovett-Doust J., Hegazy A.K., Hammouda O., Gomaa N.H. Abundance-occupancy relationships and implications for conservation of desert plants in the Northwestern Red Sea region. Comm Ecol 2009, 10(1):91-98.
13. Wilbur H.M., Tinkle D.W., Collins J.P. Environmental certainty, trophic level and resource availability in life history evolution. Am Nat 1974, 108(964):805-817.
14. Garnier E. Growth analysis of congeneric annual and perennial grass species. J Ecol 1992, 80(4):665-675.
15. Jackson L.E., Roy J. Growth patterns of Mediterranean annual and perennial grasses under simulated rainfall regimes of southern France and California. Acta Oecol 1986, 7(2):191-212.
16. Bazzaz F.A., Chiariello N.R., Coley P.D., Pitelka L.F. Allocating resources to reproduction and defense. Bioscience 1987, 37(1):58-67.
17. Mulroy T.W., Rundel P.W. Annual plants: adaptation to desert environments. Bioscience 1977, 27:109-114.
18. Silvertown J., Franco M., Harper J.L. Plant life histories: ecology, phylogeny and evolution 1997, Cambridge University Press.
19. Friedman J., Gunderman N., Ellis M. Water response of the hygrochastic skeletons of the true rose of Jericho (Anastatica hierochuntica L.). Oecologia 1978, 32(1):289-301.
20. Van Oudtshoorn K.R., van Rooyen M.W. Dispersal biology of desert plants (adaptations of desert organisms) 1999, Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
21. Evenari M., Shanan L., Tadmor N. The Negev: the challenge of a desert 1982, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, MA. 2nd ed.
22. Boulos L. Medicinal plants of North Africa 1983, Reference Publication Inc., Algonac, Michigan, USA.
23. CNARE. Climatological Normals of the Arab Republic of Egypt. 1979. Meteorological Authority, Ministry of Civil Aviation, Cairo, Egypt.
24. Hunt R. Plant growth analysis. Studies in Biology No. 96. Edward Arnold, London; 1978.
25. Mott J.J., McComb A.J. The role of photoperiod and temperature in controlling the phenology of three annual species from an arid region of Western Australia. J Ecol 1975, 63:633-642.
26. Danin A. Desert vegetation of Israel and Sinai 1983, Cana Publishing House, Jerusalem.
27. Steyn H.M., van Rooyen N., van Rooyen M.W., Theron G.K. The phenology of Namaqualand ephemeral species. The effect of water stress. J Arid Environ 1996, 33(1):49-62.
28. Obeid M., Machin D., Harper J.L. Influence of density on plant variation in fiber flax, Linum usitatissimum L. Crop Sci 1967, 7:471-473.
29. Ogden J. Plant population structure and productivity. Proc NZ Ecol Soc 1970, 17:1-9.
30. Kadmon R., Shmida A. Patterns and causes of spatial variation in the reproductive success of a desert annual. Oecologia 1990, 83(1):139-144.
31. Hickman J.C. Environmental unpredictability and plastic energy allocation strategies in the annual Polygonum cascadense (Polygonaceae). J Ecol 1975, 63:689-701.
32. Reekie E.G., Bazzaz F.A. Reproductive allocation in plants (physiological ecology) 2005, Academic Press.
33. Reekie E.G. An explanation for size-dependent reproductive allocation in Plantago major. Can J Bot 1998, 76(1):43-50.
34. Werner P.A. Competition and coexistence of similar species. Topics in plant population biology 1979, 287-310. Columbia University press, New York. O.T. Solbrig, S. Jain, G.B. Johnson, P.H. Raven (Eds.).
35. Primack R.B. Regulation of seed yield in Plantago. J Ecol 1978, 66:835-847.
36. Baker H.G. Seed weight in relation to environmental conditions in California. Ecology 1972, 53:997-1010.
37. Jain S. Genetic characteristics of populations. Disturbance and ecosystems: components of response 1983, Springer-Verlag, Berlin. 1st ed. H.A. Mooney, M. Godron (Eds.).
38. Chapin F.S. The mineral nutrition of wild plants. Annu Rev Ecol Syst 1980, 11:233-260.
39. Gedroc J.J., Mcconnaughay K.D.M., Coleman J.S. Plasticity in root/shoot partitioning: optimal, ontogenetic, or both?. Funct Ecol 1996, 10(1):44-50.
40. Bazzaz F.A., Reekie E.G. The meaning and measurement of reproductive effort in plants. Studies on plant demography: a Festschrift for John L. Harper 1985, 373-387. Academic Press, London. J. White (Ed.).
41. Hopkins W.G., Hüner N.P.A. Introduction to plant physiology 2004, John Wiley & Sons Inc., Hoboken.