Variation in nitrogen use strategies and photosynthetic pathways among vascular epiphytes in the Brazilian Central Amazon;Variação nas estratégias de uso do nitrogênio e nas vias fotossintéticas entre epífitas vasculares na região Central da Amazônia, Brasil

Revista Brasileira de Botanica

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-30

  Mardegan, Sílvia Fernanda ^a   Nardoto, Gabriela Bielefeld ^a   Higuchi, Niro ^b   Reinert, Fernanda ^c   Martinelli, Luiz Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

13c; 15; Stable isotopes; White sand vegetation

Indexed keywords

ALDINA HETEROPHYLLA; ARACEAE; BROMELIACEAE; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 79955928322     PISSN: 01008404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-84042011000100003     Document Type: Article

References (69)

1. Anderson, A.B. 1981. White-sand vegetation of Brazilian Amazonia. Biotropica 13:199-210.
2. Benavides, D.A.M., Duque, M., Álvaro, J., Duivenvoorden, J.F., Vasco, G.A. & Dallejas, R. 2005. A first quantitative census of vascular epiphytes in rain forests of Colombian Amazonia. Biodiversity and Conservation 14: 739-758.
3. Benzing, D.H. 1990. Vascular epiphytes. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
4. Benzing, D.H. 2000. Bromeliaceae: profile of an adaptive radiation. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
5. Benzing, D.H. & Renfrow, A. 1974. The mineral nutrition of the Bromeliaceae. Botanical Gazette 135:281-288.
6. Braga, P.I.S. 1979. Subdivisão fitogeográfica, tipos de vegetação, conservação e inventário florístico da Floresta Amazônica. Acta Amazonica 9:53-80.
7. Clark, K. & Nadkarni, N. 1990. Nitrate and ammonium ions in precipitation and throughfall of a neotropical cloud Forest: implications for epiphyte mineral nutrition. Ecological Bulletins 71:59.
8. Cushman, J.C. 2001. Crassulacean acid metabolism: a plastic photosynthetic adaptation to arid environments. Plant Physiology 127:1439-1448.
9. Cuevas, E. & Medina, E. 1986. Nutrient dynamics within Amazonian Forests. I. Nutrient flux in fine litter fall and efficiency of nutrient utilization. Oecologia 68:466-472.
10. Dawson, T.E., Mambelli, S., Plamboeck, A.H., Templer, P.H. & Tu, K.P. 2002. Stable isotopes in plant ecology. Annual Review of Ecology Systematics 33:507-559.
11. Edwards, P.J. & Grubb, P.J. 1977. Studies of mineral cycling in a montane rainforest in New Guinea 1. The distribution of organic matter in the vegetation and soil. Journal of Ecology 65:943-69.
12. Endres, L. & Mercier, H. 2001. Ammonium and urea as N sources for bromeliads. Journal of Plant Physiology 158:205-212.
13. FONTOU RA, T. & REINERT, F. 2009. Habitat utilization and CAM occurrence among epiphytic bromeliads in a dry forest from southeastern Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Botânica 32:521-530.
14. Fukuzaki, N. & Hayasaka, H. 2009. Seasonal variations of nitrogen isotopic ratios of ammonium and nitrate in precipitations collected in the Yahiko-Kakuda Mountains area in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. Water Air Soil Pollution 203:391-397.
15. 13C natural abundance of autotrophic and mycoheterotrophic orchids provides insight into nitrogen and carbon gain from fungal association. New Phytologist 160: 209-223.
16. Gentry, A.H. & Dodson, C.H. 1987. Contribution of nontrees to species richness of a tropical rain forest. Biotropica 19:149-156.
17. Griffiths, H., Liittge, L.E., Stimmel, K.H., Crook, C.E., Griffiths, N.M. & Smith, J.A.C. 1986. Comparative ecophysiology of CAM and C3 bromeliads. III. Environmental influences on CO2 assimilation and transpiration. Plant, Cell and Environment 9:385-393.
18. Guillamet, J.-L. 1987. Some structural and floristic aspects of the forest. Experientia 43:241-251.
19. Hietz, P. & Hietz-Seifert, U. 1995. Composition and ecology of vascular epiphyte communities along an altitudinal gradient in central Veracruz, Mexico. Journal of Vegetation Science 6:487-498.
20. Hietz, P. & Wanek, W. 2003. Size dependent variation of carbon and nitrogen isotope abundances in epiphytic bromeliads. Plant Biology 5:137-142.
21. Hietz, P., Wanek, W. & Popp, M. 1999. Stable isotopic composition of carbon and nitrogen and nitrogen content in vascular epiphytes along an altitudinal transect. Plant, Cell and Environment 22:1435-1443.
22. Hietz, P., Wanek, W., Wania, R. & Nadkarni, N.M. 2002. Nitrogen-15 natural abundance in a montane cloud forest canopy as an indicator of nitrogen cycling and epiphyte nutrition. Oecologia 131:350-355.
23. 15N natural abundance in soil-plant systems. New Phytologist 137:179-203.
24. Holtum, J.A.M. & Winter, K. 2005. Carbon isotope composition of canopy leaves in a tropical forest in Panama throughout a seasonal cycle. Trees 19:545-551.
25. Horbe, A.M.C., Horbe, M.A. & Suguio, K. 2004. Tropical spodosols in Northeastern Amazonas State, Brazil. Geoderma 119:55-68.
26. Ingram, S.W. & Nadkarni, N.M. 1993. Composition and distribution of epiphytic organic matter in a Neotropical cloud forest, Costa Rica. Biotropica 25:370-383.
27. Inselsbacher, E., Cambui, C.A., Richter, A., Stange, C.F., Mercier, H. & Wanek, W. 2007. Microbial activities and foliar uptake of nitrogen in the epiphytic bromeliad Vriesea gigantea. New Phytologist 175:311-320.
28. Kauff, F., Rudall, P.J. & Conran, J.G. 2000. Systematic root anatomy of Asparagales and other monocotyledons. Plant Systematics and Evolution 223:139-154.
29. Lesica, P. & Antibus, R.K. 1990. The occurrence of mycorrhizae in vascular epiphytes of two Costa Rican rain forests. Biotropica 22:250-258.
30. Lüttge, U. 2008. Physiological ecology of tropical plants (2nd ed.). Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
31. Luizão, F.J., Luizão, R.C.C. & Proctor, J. 2007a. Soil acidity and nutrient deficiency in central Amazonian heath forest soils. Plant Ecology 192:209-224.
32. Luizão, R.C.C., Luizão, F.J. & Proctor, J. 2007b. Fine root growth and nutrient release in decomposing leaf litter in three contrasting vegetation types in central Amazônia. Plant Ecology 192:225-236.
33. Mardegan, S.F., Nardoto, G.B., Higuchi, N., Moreira, M.Z. & Martinelli, L.A. 2009. Nitrogen availability patterns in white-sand vegetations of Central Brazilian Amazon. Trees 23:479-488.
34. MARTINELLI, L. A., OMETTO, J.P.H.B., FERRAZ, E.S., VICOTRIA, R.L., CAMARGO, P.B. & MOREIRA, M.Z. 2009. Desvendando questões ambientais com isótopos estáveis. Oficina de Textos, São Paulo.
35. Martinelli, L.A., Piccollo, M.C., Townsend, A.R., Vitousek, P.M., Cuevas, E., McDowell, W., Robertson, G.P., Santos, O.C. & Tresender, K. 1999. Nitrogen stable isotopic composition of leaves and soil: tropical versus temperate forests. Biogeochemistry 46:45-65.
36. MEDINA, E., DELGADO, M., THROUGHTON, J.H. & MEDINA, J.D. 1977. Physiological ecology of CO2 fixation in Bromeliaceae. Flora 166:137-152.
37. MEDINA, E. 1987. Aspectos ecofisiológicos de plantas CAM en los trópicos. Revista de Biología Tropical 35:55-70.
38. MEDINA, E. 1996. CAM and C4 plants in the humid tropics. In Tropical forest plant eco-physiology (S.S. Mulkey, R.L. Chazdon & A.P. Smith, eds.). Chapman & Hall, New York.
39. MEDINA, E., OLIVARES, E., DÍAZ, M. & VAN DER MERWE, N. 1989. Metabolismo ácido de crassuláceas em bosques húmedos tropicales. Monographs in Systematics Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 27:56-67.
40. Medina, E. & Cuevas, E. 2000. Eficiéncia de utilización de nutrientes por las plantas leñosas: eco-fisiología de bosques de San Carlos de Río Negro. Scientia Guaianae 11:51-70.
41. Medina, E., Delgado, M., Troughton, J.H. & Medina, J.D. 1977. Physiological ecology of CO2 fixation in Bromeliaceae. Flora 166:137-152.
42. Midgley, D.J., Jordan, L.A., Saleeba, J.A. & McGee, P.A. 2005. Utilization of carbon substrates by orchid and ericoid mycorrhizal fungi from Australian dry sclerophyll forests. Mycorrhiza 16:175-182.
43. Nadkarni, N.M. 1984. Epiphyte biomass and nutrient capital of a Neotropical elfin forest. Biotropica 16:249-256.
44. Nadkarni, N.M. 1986. The nutritional effects of epiphytes on host trees with special reference to alteration of precipitation chemistry. Selbyana 9:44-51.
45. Nadkarni, N.M. & Matelson, T.J. 1992. Biomass and nutrient dynamics of epiphytic litterfall in a Neotropical montane forest, Costa Rica. Biotropica 24:24-30.
46. Nadkarni, N.M., Lawton, R.O., Clark, K.L., Matelson, T.J. & Schaefer, D. 2000. Ecosystem ecology and forest dynamics. In Monteverde - Ecology and conservation of a tropical cloud forest (N. Nadkarni & N.T. Wheelwright, eds.). Oxford University Press, New York.
47. Nardoto, G.B., Ometto, J.P.H.B., Ehleringer, J.R., Higuchi, N., Bustamante, M.M.C. & Martinelli, L.A. 2008. Understanding the influences of spatial patterns on the N availability within the Brazilian Amazon Forest. Ecosystems 11:1234-1246.
48. OMETTO, J.P.H.B., EHLERINGER, J.R., DOMINGUES, T.F., BERRY, J.A., ISHIDA, F.Y., MAZZI, E., HIGUCHI, N., FLANAGAN, L.B., NARDOTO, G.B. & MARTINELLI, L.A. 2006. The stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic composition of vegetation in tropical forests of the Amazon region, Brazil. Biogeochemistry 79:251-274.
49. Pierce, S., Winter, K. & Griffiths, H. 2002. Carbon isotope ratio and the extent of daily CAM use by Bromeliaceae. New Phytologist 156:75-83.
50. Pires, J.M. & Prance, G.T. 1985. The vegetation types of Brazilian Amazon. In Amazonia (G.T. Prance & T.E. Lovejoy, eds.). Pergamon Press, Oxford.
51. Proctor, J. 1999. Heath forests and acid soils. Botanical Journal of Scotland 51:1-14.
52. Rains, K.C., Nadkarni, N.M. & Bledsoe, C.S. 2003. Epiphytic and terrestrial mycorrhizas in a lower montane Costa Rican cloud Forest. Mycorrhiza 13:257-264.
53. REINERT, F. & BLANKENSHIP, R.E. 2010. Evolutionary aspects of crassulacean acid metabolism. Oecologia Australis 14:359-368.
54. Reinert, F, Griffiths, H., Wilson, J., Ribas, L., Cardinot, G. & Roberts, A. 1997. Gradation in nutrient composition and photosynthetic pathway in relation to zonation of restinga vegetation of Brazil. Botanica Acta 110:135-142.
55. Richards, P.W. 1996. The tropical rain forest - an ecological study. 2nd ed., Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
56. Scarano, F.R., Duarte, H.M., Rôças, G., Barreto, S.M.B., Amado, F.M., Reinert, F., Wendt, T., Mantovani, A., Lima, H.R.P. & Barros, C.F. 2002. Acclimation or stress symptom? An integrated study of intraspecific variation in the clonal plant Aechmea bromeliifolia, a widespread CAM tankbromeliad. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 140:391-401.
57. Shefferson, R.P., Weiss, M., Kull, T. & Taylor, D.L. 2005. High specificity generally characterizes mycorrhizal association in rare lady's slipper orchids, genus Cypripedium. Molecular Ecology 14:613-626.
58. Sombroek, W. 2001. Spatial and temporal patterns of Amazon rainfall: consequences for the planning of agricultural occupation and the protection of primary forests. Ambio 30:388-396.
59. Statsoft, inc. 2004. Statistica 6.0. www.statsoft.com.
60. 15N) of vegetation in SE Brazil. Oecologia 131:468-472.
61. 15N natural abundance of vascular rainforest epiphytes: implications for nitrogen source and acquisition. Plant, Cell and Environment 18:85-90.
62. Takeuchi, M. 1960. A estrutura da vegetação na Amazônia. III - A mata de campina na região do Rio Negro. Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi - Botânica 8: 1-13.
63. Tsavkelova, E.A., Lobakova, E.S., Kolomeitseva, G.L., Cherdyntseva, T.A. & Netrusov, A.I. 2003. Localization of associative Cyanobacteria on the roots of epiphytic orchids. Microbiology 72: 86-91.
64. Wania, R., Hietz, P. & Wanek, W. 2002. Natural 15N abundance of epiphytes depends on the position within the forest canopy:source signals and isotope fractionation. Plant, Cell and Environment 25:581-589.
65. 13C values of CAM plants reflect the proportion of CO2 fixed during day and night? Plant Physiology 129:1843-1851.
66. WINTER, K., LÜTTGE, U., WINTER, E. & TROUGHTON, J.H. 1978. Seasonal shift from C3 photosynthesis to crassulacean acid metabolism in Mesembryanthemum crystallinum growing in its natural environment. Oecologia 34:225-237.
67. YODA, K. 1974. Three-dimensional distribution of light intensity in a tropical rain forest of West Malaysia. Japanese Journal of Ecology 24:247-254.
68. ZOTZ, G.Z. & WINTER, K. 1994. Annual carbon balance and nitrogen use efficiency in tropical C3 and CAM epiphytes. New Phytologist 126:481-492.
69. Zotz, G. & Ziegler, H. 1997. The occurrence of crassulacean acid metabolism among vascular epiphytes from Central Panama. New Phytologist 137:223-229.