Seasonal variations in leaf δ13C values: implications for different water-use strategies among species growing on continuous dolomite outcrops in subtropical China

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作者
Nie, Yun-peng [1 ,2 ]
Chen, Hong-song [1 ,2 ]
Wang, Ke-lin [1 ,2 ]
Ding, Ya-li [1 ,2 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Subtrop Agr, Key Lab Agroecol Proc Subtrop Reg, Changsha 410125, Hunan, Peoples R China
[2] Chinese Acad Sci, Huanjiang Observat & Res Stn Karst Ecosyst, Huanjiang 547100, Guangxi, Peoples R China
[3] Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
Karst; Shallow-soil habitat; Rock outcrop; Water-use efficiency; Carbon isotope; Seasonal drought; CARBON-ISOTOPE DISCRIMINATION; COMPETITIVE ABILITIES; NORTHWEST GUANGXI; PLANT-COMMUNITIES; USE EFFICIENCY; ROCK FISSURES; GAS-EXCHANGE; KARST REGION; SOIL; POPULATIONS;
D O I
10.1007/s11738-014-1628-3
中图分类号
Q94 [植物学];
学科分类号
071001 ;
摘要
Plant species growing in shallow-soil habitat are likely to experience water deficit especially in seasonally dry or arid regions. However, only scarce studies focused on their water-use strategies. The current study aimed to reveal water-use strategies of different species growing on continuous dolomite outcrops (a typical shallow-soil habitat) in subtropical China that relied on different water sources, and to investigate the differences between narrow endemic and widespread species, based on season variations in leaf delta C-13 values. Leaf samples of six plant species (Radermachera sinica, Sapium rotundifolium, Sterculia euosma, Schefflera octophylla, Alchornea trewioides, and Vitex negundo, in different life-forms and leaf phenologies) were collected for carbon isotope measurements in the wet and dry seasons, respectively. Contrary to the expectation, the evergreen big shrub species, S. octophylla, which always relied on deep water sources, exhibited the most positive delta C-13 values (high water-use efficiency, WUE), indicating more conservative water-use strategies. While the two deciduous small shrubs, A. trewioides and V. negundo, which always relied on shallow water sources, exhibited the most negative delta C-13 values (low WUE). This result was associated with their short life spans, indicating an opportunistic water-use strategy. Leaf delta C-13 values of almost all (except for S. octophylla) the selected species were significantly (P < 0.05) higher in the dry season than in the wet season. This indicated that it was a common strategy for species in rocky karst habitat to improve their WUE in dry season. Despite the similar water sources utilized by the selected three tree species, the widespread one (R. sinica) exhibited greater improvement in leaf delta C-13 values than the narrow endemic ones (S. rotundifolium and S. euosma). This suggested that the widespread tree species had more flexible water-use strategies. It was further speculated that broad spatial distribution of widespread species may contribute to their highly plastic responses to changes in environmental conditions rather than always maintaining high WUE.
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页码:2571 / 2579
页数:9
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