Elevational trends in leaf size of Campylotropis polyantha in the arid Minjiang River valley, SW China
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| 作者 | Li, F. L. ; Bao, W. K. |
| 刊名 | JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS
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| 出版日期 | 2014 |
| 卷号 | 108期号:2014页码:42013 |
| 关键词 | Architecture Climatic factor Functional trait Leguminous shrub Multivariate analysis Xerophytic |
| 产权排序 | 1 |
| 通讯作者 | Bao, WK (reprint author), Chinese Acad Sci, Chengdu Inst Biol, 9 Sect 4,Renming Nan Ave, Chengdu 610041, Peoples R China. |
| 合作状况 | 其它 |
| 英文摘要 | Leaf traits are determinants of plant performance in ecosystems. The arid Minjiang River valley offer optimal opportunity to reveal climate-leaf function relationship because steep climatic gradients (e.g., dryness and high temperature decreased with elevation). We investigated the leaf size and structure of Campylotropis polyantha occurring in five 80-100 m elevational bands from 1650 m to 2200 m in this arid valley. Plants growing at higher elevations had larger leaves, epidermal cell and leaf thickness with thicker spongy mesophyll and epidermis, but had lower epidermal cell density and cutin thickness. These variations in leaf size and spongy mesophyll as well as cutin and total leaf thickness were mainly associated with annual precipitation and soil water content, while epidermal cell dimensions were associated with temperature. We conclude that water-related factors are the main mechanisms underlying leaf variations across elevations. High air temperature during the growing season imposes multiple stresses on plants at low elevations. The larger leaf size of high elevation plants is related more to their larger spongy mesophyll and epidermal cell sizes than to their larger palisade cell. These results provide a new understanding of functional ecology and the anatomical plasticity of plants in varying environments with different elevations. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
| 学科主题 | Ecology; Environmental Sciences |
| 收录类别 | SCI |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 公开日期 | 2016-02-26 |
| 源URL | [http://210.75.237.14/handle/351003/26505]  |
| 专题 | 成都生物研究所_生态研究 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Li, F. L.,Bao, W. K.. Elevational trends in leaf size of Campylotropis polyantha in the arid Minjiang River valley, SW China[J]. JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS,2014,108(2014):42013. |
| APA | Li, F. L.,&Bao, W. K..(2014).Elevational trends in leaf size of Campylotropis polyantha in the arid Minjiang River valley, SW China.JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS,108(2014),42013. |
| MLA | Li, F. L.,et al."Elevational trends in leaf size of Campylotropis polyantha in the arid Minjiang River valley, SW China".JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS 108.2014(2014):42013. |
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