Apparent plasticity in functional traits determining competitive ability and spatial distribution: a case from desert

doi:10.1038/srep12174

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	Apparent plasticity in functional traits determining competitive ability and spatial distribution: a case from desert
	Xie, Jiang-Bo ; Xu, Gui-Qing ; Jenerette, G. Darrel ; Bai, Yong-fei ; Wang, Zhong-Yuan ; Li, Yan 1
刊名	SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
	2015
卷号	5
ISSN号	2045-2322
DOI	10.1038/srep12174
文献子类	Article
英文摘要	Species competitive abilities and their distributions are closely related to functional traits such as biomass allocation patterns. When we consider how nutrient supply affects competitive abilities, quantifying the apparent and true plasticity in functional traits is important because the allometric relationships among traits are universal in plants. We propose to integrate the notion of allometry and the classical reaction norm into a composite theoretical framework that quantifies the apparent and true plasticity. Combining the framework with a meta-analysis, a series of field surveys and a competition experiment, we aimed to determine the causes of the dune/interdune distribution patterns of two Haloxylon species in the Gurbantonggut Desert. We found that (1) the biomass allocation patterns of both Haloxylon species in responses to environmental conditions were apparent rather than true plasticity and (2) the allometric allocation patterns affected the plants' competition for soil nutrient supply. A key implication of our results is that the apparent plasticity in functional traits of plants determines their response to environmental change. Without identifying the apparent and true plasticity, we would substantially overestimate the magnitude, duration and even the direction of plant responses in functional traits to climate change.
学科主题	Multidisciplinary Sciences
出版地	LONDON
WOS关键词	EVOLUTIONARY-THEORY NEED ; HALOXYLON-AMMODENDRON ; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY ; ADAPTIVE PLASTICITY ; BIOMASS ALLOCATION ; SUAEDA-PHYSOPHORA ; SEED-GERMINATION ; ELEVATED CO2 ; NITROGEN ; WATER
WOS研究方向	Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
语种	英语
出版者	NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
WOS记录号	WOS:000358171500001
资助机构	National Natural Science Foundation of China [31000166, 40971042]
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.ibcas.ac.cn/handle/2S10CLM1/25993]
专题	植被与环境变化国家重点实验室
作者单位	1.Wang, Zhong-Yuan 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Bot, Key Lab Vegetat & Environm Change, Beijing 100093, Peoples R China 3.Xu, Gui-Qing 4.[Xie, Jiang-Bo 5.Univ Calif Riverside, Ctr Conservat Biol, Riverside, CA 92521 USA 6.Univ Calif Riverside, Dept Bot & Plant Sci, Riverside, CA 92521 USA 7.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China 8.Chinese Acad Sci, Xinjiang Inst Ecol & Geog, State Key Lab Desert & Oasis Ecol, Xinjiang 830011, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Xie, Jiang-Bo,Xu, Gui-Qing,Jenerette, G. Darrel,et al. Apparent plasticity in functional traits determining competitive ability and spatial distribution: a case from desert[J]. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS,2015,5.
APA	Xie, Jiang-Bo,Xu, Gui-Qing,Jenerette, G. Darrel,Bai, Yong-fei,Wang, Zhong-Yuan,&Li, Yan.(2015).Apparent plasticity in functional traits determining competitive ability and spatial distribution: a case from desert.SCIENTIFIC REPORTS,5.
MLA	Xie, Jiang-Bo,et al."Apparent plasticity in functional traits determining competitive ability and spatial distribution: a case from desert".SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 5(2015).