植物生态学报 ›› 2012, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (1): 39-46.DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1258.2012.00039

所属专题: 青藏高原植物生态学:种群生态学

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青藏高原3种风毛菊属植物的繁殖分配与海拔高度的相关性

王一峰(), 刘启茜, 裴泽宇, 李海燕   

  1. 西北师范大学生命科学学院, 兰州 730070
  • 收稿日期:2011-03-04 接受日期:2011-10-09 出版日期:2012-03-04 发布日期:2012-01-05
  • 作者简介:*E-mail:wangyifeng6481@yahoo.com.cn

Correlation between altitude and reproductive allocation in three Saussurea species on China’s Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

WANG Yi-Feng(), LIU Qi-Qian, PEI Ze-Yu, LI Hai-Yan   

  1. College of Life Sciences, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070, China
  • Received:2011-03-04 Accepted:2011-10-09 Online:2012-03-04 Published:2012-01-05

摘要:

对产于青藏高原东缘的风毛菊属植物柳叶菜风毛菊(Saussurea epilobioides)、尖苞风毛菊(S. subulisquama)和钝苞雪莲(S. nigrescens)的30个居群的繁殖分配及其与海拔间的相关性进行了初步研究。通过采样调查法和烘干重量法, 检测了不同海拔3种风毛菊属植物的繁殖分配。结果显示: 1)海拔与植株个体大小呈负相关关系; 2)海拔与繁殖分配呈正相关关系, 将个体大小作为协变量, 去除其影响, 海拔与繁殖分配仍呈正相关关系; 3)个体大小与繁殖分配呈负相关关系, 将海拔作为协变量, 去除其影响, 个体大小和繁殖分配的相关性消失。研究表明, 海拔作为外界因子对繁殖分配有显著的影响, 这种影响不依赖于植物的内部因素(如个体大小的差异)。

关键词: 海拔, 相关性, 个体大小, 繁殖分配, 风毛菊属

Abstract:

Aims The study of reproductive allocation is important to understand the environmental factors that contribute to population differences and species evolution. Our objective is to examine variation in reproductive allocation among 30 populations representing three Saussurea species across an elevation gradient on China’s Qinghai- Tibetan Plateau.
Methods We used population means to evaluate sources of variation in reproductive allocation within species. In addition, we used the sample investigation method and dry weight to evaluate biomass.
Important findings Reproductive allocation is negatively correlated with mean plant size; however, this relationship is not statistically significant when the effect of elevation is controlled statistically. Among populations within species, reproductive allocation increases with elevation, and this relationship persists even when the effect of mean plant size is controlled statistically. Altitude is a main influence on reproductive allocation.

Key words: altitude, correlation, individual size, reproductive allocation, Saussurea