Interactive effects of nitrogen and water addition on competitive hierarchies between early- and late- successional plant species

• Autorzy: Jiang L. , Lan Z. , Liu G. , Kardol P.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Increased nitrogen (N) and water availability, resulting from global changes or ecosystem management, were predicted to promote plant productivity and change community composition through shifts in competition hierarchies. So far, however, it still remains unclear how competitive interactions respond to N and water additions, which will be important to understand how plant community composition changes. To test plant competition ability in different successional stages under N and water addition treatments, a pot experiment under field conditions was performed. Six dominant plant species, three early-successional species, Artemisia lavandulaefolia, Artemisia capillaris, and Pennisetum centrasiaticum versus three late-successional species, Stipa krylovii, Leymus chinensis, and Artemisia frigida, were grown in monocultures and in two-species mixtures under factorial combinations of N and water addition treatments. We found that (1) there were interactive effects of N addition, water addition and interspecific competition on plant biomass; (2) For a given species, competitive abilities were correlated with biomass difference of neighboring species; (3) N and water additions interactively increased competition intensity and shifted species competitive hierarchies; (4) Late- successional species had stronger competitive abilities in the N addition treatment, whereas early-successional species had stronger competitive abilities after water addition or N + water addition. Our results show that N and water additions increased the intensity and impact of interspecific competition on plant growth, which has great implications for community structures. Since interspecific differences in competitive abilities were not well explained by species biomass, species identity, such as plant functional traits, should be included to predict the impact of increased N and water availability on plant communities and ecosystem functions.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

nitrogen deposition; plant community; plant succession; plant biomass; water availability; interactive effect

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Polish Journal of Ecology
• Rocznik: 2014
• Tom: 62
• Numer: 4
• Opis fizyczny: p.665-678,fig.,ref.

Twórcy

autor

Jiang L.

• Key Laboratory of Alpine Ecology and Biodiversity, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China

autor

Lan Z.

• Center for Watershed Ecology, Institute of Life Science, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China

autor

Liu G.

• Agricultural College, Inner Mongolia University for the Nationalities, Tongliao, 028000, China

autor

Kardol P.

• Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 901 83 Umea, Sweden

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