植物生态学报 ›› 2017, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (6): 650-660.DOI: 10.17521/cjpe.2016.0376

• 研究论文 • 上一篇    下一篇

常绿和落叶阔叶物种当年生小枝茎长度和茎纤细率对展叶效率的影响

李俊慧1, 彭国全2, 杨冬梅1,,A;*   

  1. 1浙江师范大学化学与生命科学学院, 浙江金华 321004
    2西北农林科技大学林学院, 陕西杨陵 712100
  • 收稿日期:2017-04-05 接受日期:2016-12-12 出版日期:2017-06-10 发布日期:2017-07-19
  • 通讯作者: 杨冬梅
  • 作者简介:* 通信作者Author for correspondence (E-mail:sunzhiqiang1956@sina.com)
  • 基金资助:
    基金项目 国家自然科学基金(31000193)和浙江省自然科学基金(LQ16C030002)

Effect of stem length to stem slender ratio of current-year twigs on the leaf display efficiency in evergreen and deciduous broadleaved trees

Jun-Hui LI1, Guo-Quan PENG2, Dong-Mei YANG1,*   

  1. 1College of Chemistry and Life Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, Zhejiang 321004, China
    and
    2College of Forestry, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China;
  • Received:2017-04-05 Accepted:2016-12-12 Online:2017-06-10 Published:2017-07-19
  • Contact: Dong-Mei YANG
  • About author:KANG Jing-yao(1991-), E-mail: kangjingyao_nj@163.com

摘要:

枝和叶是组成树冠的两个最主要的结构单元, 枝条的结构特征及其与叶性状之间的变化关系决定了植物对光照、空间等资源的利用和适应策略。该研究以小枝茎长度和茎纤细率表征茎结构, 以叶面积比(即单位小枝茎干质量的总叶面积)、叶密度(即单位茎长度的叶数量)和叶茎生物量比(即单位小枝茎干质量的总叶干质量)表征展叶效率, 以浙江省清凉峰自然保护区25个常绿阔叶物种和60个落叶阔叶物种为对象, 探讨小枝茎结构变化对展叶效率的影响。结果显示, 展叶效率无论是用叶面积比、叶密度还是用叶茎生物量比表示, 常绿和落叶物种小枝的茎长结构性状均与展叶效率呈显著的负相关关系, 即随着小枝茎长度和茎纤细率的增加, 展叶效率逐渐降低, 可能反映了机械安全和光照限制的作用。同时, 尽管茎长度-展叶效率的斜率在常绿和落叶物种间无显著差异, 并且常绿物种叶密度与小枝茎结构性状之间的关系截距显著大于落叶物种, 即常绿物种具有较高的出叶强度。但由于单叶面积和比叶面积显著小于落叶物种, 在某一给定的小枝茎长结构下, 常绿物种每单位质量的茎生物量投资获得的总叶面积和总叶质量都比落叶物种少, 即常绿物种的展叶效率比落叶物种低。这可能反映了常绿物种高消耗慢收益的保守型策略。这些结果表明, 小枝茎长结构对展叶效率具有显著的影响, 并将随叶习性的不同而改变, 与植物对环境的适应策略密切相关。

关键词: 茎长度, 茎纤细率, 展叶效率, 常绿物种, 落叶物种

Abstract:

Aims Branches and leaves are the two main structural units of tree crown composition. Among the adaptive strategies of plants, the functional traits of branches and the relationships between branch traits and leaf traits determine the capacity of trees to access light and space. In this study, our objective is to test the hypothesis that leaf display efficiency is affected by the stem length to stem slender ratio within current-year twigs.Methods The stem length to stem slender ratios of current-year twigs were used as the proxy of stem structure traits. Leaf area ratio (total leaf area per stem mass), leaf density (leaf number per stem length) and leaf/stem mass ratio (total leaf mass per stem mass) were used as the proxies of leaf display efficiency. The relationship between stem structure traits and leaf display efficiency within current-year twigs were studied for 25 evergreen and 60 deciduous broadleaved woody species in Qingliang Mountain, Zhejiang, China. The standardized major axis estimation method was used to examine the scaling relationship between stem structural traits and leaf display efficiency within current-year twigs.Important findings The proxies of leaf display efficiency, measured by leaf area ratio, leaf density or leaf/stem mass ratio, were all significantly and negative correlated with stem length to stem slender ratio within current-year twigs in both evergreen and deciduous broadleaved woody species. This suggested that leaf display efficiency decreased with stem length to stem slender ratios within current-year twigs, which may reflect the role of mechanical safety and light within twigs. The slope of the relationship between leaf display efficiency and stem long-dimension structure traits in evergreen species was not significantly different from the one in deciduous species. In contrast, the y-intercept of the relationship between leaf density and stem long-dimension structure traits was significantly larger in evergreen species than in deciduous species, i.e. the leafing intensity of evergreen species was higher than that of deciduous species. Individual leaf area and specific leaf area were smaller in evergreen species than in deciduous species, which resulted in deciduous species have a larger leaf area per stem mass and leaf mass per stem mass at a given stem length to stem slender ratio compared to evergreen species. It may reflect the conservative adaptive strategy of high consumption and slow benefit in evergreen species. Our results demonstrated that leaf display efficiency could be affected by stem length, and would change with leaf life-span (deciduous versus evergreen).

Key words: stem length, stem slender ratio, leaf display efficiency, evergreen species, deciduous species