植物生态学报 ›› 2023, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (1): 77-87.DOI: 10.17521/cjpe.2022.0151

• 研究论文 • 上一篇    下一篇

密度、物种比例对盐沼植物种子萌发阶段种内、种间相互作用的影响

史欢欢, 雪穷, 于振林, 汪承焕*()   

  1. 华东师范大学生命科学学院, 上海 200241
  • 收稿日期:2022-04-18 接受日期:2022-08-15 出版日期:2023-01-20 发布日期:2022-08-23
  • 通讯作者: *汪承焕,ORCID:0000-0003-0289-1487(chwang@bio.ecnu.edu.cn)
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金(31870405)

Effects of density and species proportion on intraspecific and interspecific interactions between salt marsh plants during seed germination

SHI Huan-Huan, XUE Qiong, YU Zhen-Lin, WANG Cheng-Huan*()   

  1. School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
  • Received:2022-04-18 Accepted:2022-08-15 Online:2023-01-20 Published:2022-08-23
  • Contact: *WANG Cheng-Huan,ORCID:0000-0003-0289-1487(chwang@bio.ecnu.edu.cn)
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China(31870405)

摘要:

种间相互作用是影响湿地植物群落构建的关键因子, 其形式、强度和机制可能随着生长发育的过程而发生改变。种子萌发是植物生命周期的关键环节, 一定程度上决定了植物种群分布和群落结构。野外种子萌发过程受到邻近同种或异种种子间相互作用的影响, 但对于种子萌发过程中种内、种间相互作用强度及其影响因素的了解仍十分有限。该研究通过培养皿萌发实验探讨了种子密度(每皿80粒、每皿160粒)及比例(单种、3:1混种、2:2混种、1:3混种)对互花米草(Spartina alterniflora)、海三棱藨草(Scirpus × mariqueter)、芦苇(Phragmites australis)种子萌发率、平均萌发时间的影响, 并采用相对邻株效应(RNE)评估了这3个物种的种内、种间相互作用强度。结果表明, 密度对互花米草、海三棱藨草、芦苇种子的萌发率均有一定的促进作用。与互花米草混种时, 芦苇种子在占比最低(25%)处理下的平均萌发时间显著长于单种及其他混种比例处理。3种植物种子的竞争能力没有明确的等级关系, 存在非传递性竞争, 萌发时海三棱藨草相对互花米草具有一定的竞争优势, 互花米草相对芦苇具有一定优势, 而芦苇的竞争能力则比海三棱藨草强。由于自然环境下的种子间相互作用更为复杂, 将室内控制实验结果推广到自然生态系统时存在一定的局限性。

关键词: 互花米草, 海三棱藨草, 芦苇, 密度, 种内相互作用, 种间相互作用, 盐沼, 非传递性竞争

Abstract:

Aims Interspecific interactions are a key determinant of wetland plant community assembly. As plant traits vary in different life history stages, the form, intensity and mechanisms of interspecific interactions may change with the ontogenetic process of plants. Seed germination is vital for plant life cycle and determines, to some extent, population distribution and community structure. In field sites, various seeds often appear in the same place, which makes the germination process affected by neighbouring conspecific or heterospecific seeds. Although some previous studies have discussed plant-to-seed and seed-to-seed interactions, the intensity of intra- and interspecific interactions during seed germination and the factors influencing these interactions are not well understood.
Methods We investigated the effects of density (80 seeds per dish, 160 seeds per dish) and seed proportion (monoculture, 3:1 mixture, 2:2 mixture, 1:3 mixture) on the germination rate and mean germination time of Spartina alterniflora, Scirpus × mariqueter and Phragmites australis seeds using petri dish experiments. In addition, the intensity of intra- and interspecific interactions under different species combinations was assessed by the relative neighbour effect (RNE) index.
Important findings The germination rates of Spartina alterniflora, Scirpus × mariqueter and Phragmites australis seeds increased at higher densities. When mixed with Spartina alterniflora seeds, the mean germination time of Phragmites australis seeds under the lowest proportion (25%) treatment was significantly longer compared to the other treatments. No competitive hierarchy was found among the seeds of these three plants, and there appeared to be intransitive competition. During seed germination, Scirpus × mariqueter had competitive dominance over Spartina alterniflora, and the latter was more competitive than Phragmites australis, which in turn, dominated Scirpus × mariqueter. Considering the complexity of intra- and interspecific seed-to-seed interactions in natural ecosystems, directly extrapolating the results from laboratory experiments to field environment may have constraints. Hence, further studies are needed to investigate the contribution of vegetative and sexual reproduction during regeneration stages via field surveys and manipulative experiments to improve our understanding of the assembly mechanisms of salt marsh plant communities.

Key words: Spartina alterniflora, Scirpus × mariqueter, Phragmites australis, density, intraspecific interaction, interspecific interaction, salt marsh, intransitive competition