Reproductive Allocation Strategy of Two
Herbaceous Invasive Plants Across
Different Cover Classes

Wang, Congyan; Zhou, Jiawei; Liu, Jun; Wang, Lei; Xiao, Hongguang

doi:10.15244/pjoes/64240

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“…Invasive plants exert different abundances in the invaded ecosystems [1,[9][10], and the RA strategy of invasive plants may be significantly affected by their invasion process along different succession stages. Meanwhile, intraspecific competition among plants increases at high abundances and that invasive species must produce numerous subsequent generations.…”

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“…Plant height was determined between the base of the stem and the apical shoot by ruler measurement [2,10].…”

Section: Determining Plant Characteristics and Diversitymentioning

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“…The plant biomass was measured using an electronic balance. The belowground-aboveground biomass ratios were computed by dividing the belowground biomass by the corresponding aboveground biomass [10].…”

Section: Determining Plant Characteristics and Diversitymentioning

confidence: 99%

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“…Thus, invasive plants can display different abundances in colonized ecosystems [1,10] and their invasion may cross several climatic zones. For example, the notorious invasive plant Conyza canadensis has spread to most parts of China [10]. Thus, understanding the functional traits and RA strategy of C. canadensis across different invasion degrees along a latitude gradient is important for understanding the successful mechanism underlying plant invasion.…”

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Functional Traits and Reproductive Allocation Strategy of Conyza canadensis as they Vary by Invasion Degree Along a Latitude Gradient

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Zhou²,

Liu³

et al. 2017

Pol. J. Environ. Stud.

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This study aims to determine the functional traits and reproductive allocation (RA) strategy of the invasive plant Conyza canadensis across different invasion degrees along a latitude gradient in China. Invasion degree did not affect the functional traits and RA strategy of C. canadensis significantly. The high proportion of reproductive biomass (allocating approximately 20% of total biomass into reproductive behaviors) of C. canadensis across different invasion degrees can achieve a fitness advantage in broadening its habitat niches and can eventually attain a successful invasion. The higher proportion of reproductive biomass of C. canadensis in warm temperate and subtropical monsoon climatic zones may play an important role in its successful invasion in the two climatic zones in China. One possible reason for this is that eastern China and northern China, in which C. canadensis vigorously occurs, have the same or similar climate as their natural habitat in the original distribution region. The proportion of reproductive biomass of C. canadensis positively correlated with its total biomass, aboveground biomass, belowground biomass, and vegetative biomass, as well as with its height and leaf size. Meanwhile, temperature rather than annual sunshine hours or annual precipitation was determined to be the most important environmental factor that triggers pronounced effects on the RA strategy of C. canadensis.

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“…Plant height was determined between the base of the stem and the apical shoot by ruler measurement [2,10].…”

Section: Determining Plant Characteristics and Diversitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Determining Plant Characteristics and Diversitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Functional Traits and Reproductive Allocation Strategy of Conyza canadensis as they Vary by Invasion Degree Along a Latitude Gradient

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Zhou²,

Liu³

et al. 2017

Pol. J. Environ. Stud.

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Reproductive allocation of Solidago canadensis L. plays a key role in its invasiveness across a gradient of invasion degrees

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Reproductive allocation (RA) plays a vital role in the development of ecological strategies during the life cycle of plant species. Invasive alien plants (IAP) may exist at various invasion degrees across a gradient of the colonization process with several grades of relative abundances in the occupied environments. The progressive variation in the invasion degree of IAP has the potential to modify their RA strategy. This study purposes of estimating the RA strategy of the IAP Solidago canadensis L. and the correlations among RA of S. canadensis, the invasion intensity of S. canadensis, the invasiveness of S. canadensis, and the community invasibility across a gradient of invasion degrees by using the field sampling experiment. The height and relative abundance of S. canadensis did not remarkably affect its RA. The RA of S. canadensis was positively related to its reproductive biomass and total biomass. The key reason may be that plant individuals with higher total biomass can allocate more resources into sexual reproduction. The RA of S. canadensis was positively related to its invasiveness. Thus, the RA of S. canadensis may be crucial to its invasiveness.

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Responses of Soil Bacterial Communities to Conyza canadensis Invasion with Different Cover Classes Along a Climatic Gradient

Wang

Jiang

Zhou

et al. 2018

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Some invasive species can trigger shifts in soil microbial communities in their rhizosphere to facilitate the invasion process. Meanwhile, some invasive species can display different cover classes in the invaded ecosystems and even cross many climatic zones. This study aims to address the effects of the notorious invasive species Conyza canadensis with different cover classes along a climatic gradient in China on soil bacterial communities. All cover classes of C. canadensis increased the Shannon's diversity index and the abundance‐based coverage estimator (ACE) index but decreased the operational taxonomic richness and the Good's coverage of soil bacterial communities, although this change was not significant. Thus, C. canadensis invasion can raise the diversity and richness of soil bacterial communities but also leads to the extinction of some soil microbial species to create a microenvironment that facilitates its further invasion. The increased diversity and richness of soil bacterial communities induced by C. canadensis invasion with different cover classes may play an important role in its successful invasion across multiple climatic zones. This may be due to the fact that soil microbial communities can influence plant communities and higher soil bacterial diversity can improve soil functions and plant nutrient acquisition. Meanwhile, the effect size and the significance level of climatic gradient on the ACE index and the Chao1 index of soil bacterial communities was obviously higher than other indices of soil bacterial communities. Thus, species richness of soil bacterial communities was primarily changed under C. canadensis invasion along a climatic gradient.

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Reproductive Allocation Strategy of Two Herbaceous Invasive Plants Across Different Cover Classes

Cited by 30 publications

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Functional Traits and Reproductive Allocation Strategy of Conyza canadensis as they Vary by Invasion Degree Along a Latitude Gradient

Functional Traits and Reproductive Allocation Strategy of Conyza canadensis as they Vary by Invasion Degree Along a Latitude Gradient

Reproductive allocation of Solidago canadensis L. plays a key role in its invasiveness across a gradient of invasion degrees

Responses of Soil Bacterial Communities to Conyza canadensis Invasion with Different Cover Classes Along a Climatic Gradient

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