Trait‐based adaptability of <i>Phragmites australis</i> to the effects of soil water and salinity in the Yellow River Delta

Zhou, Dayou; Ni, Yuehan; Yu, Xiaona; Lin, Kuangfei; Du, Ning; Liu, Lele; Guo, Xiao; Guo, Weihua

doi:10.1002/ece3.7925

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“…Generally, determination of the CSR strategy is considered useful for comparison of different plant species 55 ; however, it can also be used for monitoring the response to environmental stressors, including salinity 56 . In the case of R. acris , intensifying salinity (60 and 90 mmol dm −3 NaCl) caused a slight but significant shift from a competition-oriented to a disturbance-oriented strategy.…”

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Experimental investigation of the responses of meadow buttercup (Ranunculus acris L.) to sodic salinity and its implications for habitat monitoring

Wala,

Kołodziejek,

Mazur

et al. 2023

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Ranunculus acris L. is a native species widely distributed throughout Europe and is invasive in nonnative areas, causing substantial economic losses in pasture productivity. The present study examined the effects of sodic salinity on the growth and functioning of this species. Salinity stresses the germination process and seedling growth, indicating that the studied species experience serious limitations at 60–90 mmol dm−3 NaCl and cannot establish in habitats where salinity is equal to or greater than 150 mmol dm−3 NaCl. R. acris is tuned to subsaline habitats characteristic of temperate meadows, as its growth and functioning were the best when the plants were treated with 30 mmol dm−3 NaCl. Increasing salinity (60 and 90 mmol dm−3 NaCl) hampered growth, leaf morphology and photosynthesis but not mineral nutrition, as Na accumulation seemed to be the most outlined effect of NaCl application. Changes in leaf morphological characteristics coordinated well with Na content in those organs, which indicates that leaf appearance can be easily catchable sign of progressing salinity. Ultimately, progressing salinity reduces the competitiveness of the studied species, shifting its strategy to ruderal behavior, but under subsaline conditions, the strategy of this species seems to be most balanced.

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Experimental investigation of the responses of meadow buttercup (Ranunculus acris L.) to sodic salinity and its implications for habitat monitoring

Wala,

Kołodziejek,

Mazur

et al. 2023

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“…This helped plants distribute the available resources more effectively among various traits. This helped achieve trade-offs appropriately between vegetative and reproductive growth (Zhou et al 2021). The growth can help occupy the dominant niche via rapid reproduction, growth and relatively huge plant organs (in other words, high LA and high SLA).…”

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Application of Herbaceous plant CSR strategy responses to four kinds of habitats in the Qinling Mountain for plant community design

Wang,

Huang,

Jiang

et al. 2024

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Context Urban habitats have been severely degenerated or destroyed due to construction activities and consequent human interference, which have threatened the urban ecosystem, especially plant species richness and diversity. The interactive relationship between plants and habitats is an outcome of long-time evolution. Exploring the relationship can provide an insight for improving the sustainability of urban greenspace. Objectives We attempted to 1) build a relationship between individual plants and the whole community based on CSR theory, and 2) explore ecological function of communities can be achieved better by a suitable combination of individual functional traits. Methods This study referred to Grime's CSR (C: competitor, S: stress tolerance, R: ruderal) theory to analyze Qinling mountain herbaceous communities in typical habitats (roadside, riverside, forest margin, and understory). Species composition in communities of different habitats was recorded. Then dominant and non-dominant species were identified and analyzed emphatically. Results (1) In four habitats, the CWMs of CSR ecological strategies showed that C-scores of riverside communities were the highest, while understory communities were the lowest. S-scores of understory communities were the highest, while roadside communities were the lowest. Lastly, R-scores of roadside communities were the highest, while those of understory communities were the lowest. (2) In terms of CWMs of leaf traits, LDMC gradually increased along the disturbance gradient, but SLA was on the contrary. (3) Dominant species were more profoundly shaped by environmental circumstances than non-dominant species, which can effectively indicate their habitat characteristics. For example, C-scores of dominant species and subdominant species in riverside were significantly higher than in other habitats; S-scores of dominant species in understory habitats were significantly higher than others; and R-scores of dominant species in roadside habitats were significantly higher than others. Conclusions This study suggested that the strategy of dominant species is the main factor that determines the effect of various habitats on plant compositions. This rule verified that the CSR model could help select the cultivated species for urban green space. Also, it can help predict the effect of climate change on herbaceous communities, which has great potential for the planting design of urban herbaceous communities.

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“…Adaptations to salinity were studied in natural conditions of river delta wetland ecosystems, and it was found that increasing salinity was more important for morpholog-ical and physiological variability in comparison to the effects of soil water content [220]. In particular, plant height, leaf area, and stem diameter decreased but leaf water content increased with increasing salinity.…”

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Halophytic Clonal Plant Species: Important Functional Aspects for Existence in Heterogeneous Saline Habitats

Ievinsh

2023

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Plant modularity-related traits are important ecological determinants of vegetation composition, dynamics, and resilience. While simple changes in plant biomass resulting from salt treatments are usually considered a sufficient indicator for resistance vs. susceptibility to salinity, plants with a clonal growth pattern show complex responses to changes in environmental conditions. Due to physiological integration, clonal plants often have adaptive advantages in highly heterogeneous or disturbed habitats. Although halophytes native to various heterogeneous habitats have been extensively studied, no special attention has been paid to the peculiarities of salt tolerance mechanisms of clonal halophytes. Therefore, the aim of the present review is to identify probable and possible halophytic plant species belonging to different types of clonal growth and to analyze available scientific information on responses to salinity in these species. Examples, including halophytes with different types of clonal growth, will be analyzed, such as based on differences in the degree of physiological integration, ramet persistence, rate of clonal expansion, salinity-induced clonality, etc.

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Trait‐based adaptability of Phragmites australis to the effects of soil water and salinity in the Yellow River Delta

Abstract: This is an open access article under the terms of the Creat ive Commo ns Attri bution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Cited by 10 publications

References 59 publications

Experimental investigation of the responses of meadow buttercup (Ranunculus acris L.) to sodic salinity and its implications for habitat monitoring

Experimental investigation of the responses of meadow buttercup (Ranunculus acris L.) to sodic salinity and its implications for habitat monitoring

Application of Herbaceous plant CSR strategy responses to four kinds of habitats in the Qinling Mountain for plant community design

Halophytic Clonal Plant Species: Important Functional Aspects for Existence in Heterogeneous Saline Habitats

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