植物生态学报 ›› 2011, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (2): 119-124.DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1258.2011.00119

所属专题: 稳定同位素生态学 生态学研究的技术和方法

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中国区域478种C3植物叶片碳稳定性同位素组成与水分利用效率

任书杰*(), 于贵瑞**()   

  1. 中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所生态系统网络观测与模拟重点实验室, CERN综合研究中心, 北京 100101
  • 收稿日期:2010-03-03 接受日期:2010-05-17 出版日期:2011-03-03 发布日期:2011-01-21
  • 通讯作者: 于贵瑞
  • 作者简介:**E-mail: yugr@igsnrr.ac.cn
    * E-mail: renshujie1656@163.com

Carbon isotope composition (δ13C) of C3 plants and water use efficiency in China

REN Shu-Jie*(), YU Gui-Rui**()   

  1. Synthesis Research Center of Chinese Ecosystem Research Network, Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
  • Received:2010-03-03 Accepted:2010-05-17 Online:2011-03-03 Published:2011-01-21
  • Contact: YU Gui-Rui

摘要:

目前, 在中国区域关于植物碳稳定性同位素组成(δ13C)已经有了很多的研究, 同时, δ 13C作为植物水分利用效率(WUE)的替代指标, 得到了越来越广泛的应用。而这些研究多集中在站点或小的区域尺度, 那么在整个中国区域尺度上, δ13C能否作为植物WUE的替代指标值得探讨。该文通过对文献资料的收集整理, 研究了中国区域187个采样点478种C3植物叶片的δ13C, 统计分析结果表明δ13C的变化范围为-33.50‰- -22.00‰, 均值为-(27.10 ± 1.70)‰。在乔木、灌木和草本3种不同的生活型间, 叶片δ13C的差异达到极显著水平, 其中以草本的δ13C最高, 乔木最低, 这与在站点或小的区域尺度上的研究结果不同。对不同系统发育类型的植物而言, 种子植物的δ13C极显著地大于蕨类植物; 祼子植物与被子植物间的差异未达到显著水平; 单子叶植物极显著地大于双子叶植物。叶片δ13C值随经度的变化没有明显的规律, 但是随纬度的增加, δ 13C极显著地升高。随年均温度和年均降雨量的降低, 叶片δ13C值极显著升高。年均降雨量与δ13C间的这种极显著的负相关关系, 与WUE和降水量间的关系一致, 这表明在大的区域尺度上, δ13C可以作为植物WUE的指示指标。

关键词: C3植物, 生活型, 降雨量, 稳定性同位素, 水分利用效率

Abstract:

Aims There have been many studies of carbon isotope composition (δ13C) of C3 plants in China, and δ13C has been widely used as an index of water use efficiency (WUE); however, most studies focused on single sites or small regions. Therefore, our objective was to study the spatial pattern of δ13C, the relationships between δ 13C and climate factors and whether δ 13C can represent WUE in large regions.
Methods We obtained leaf δ 13C for 478 C3 species from 187 sites in China based on the literature.
Important findings The range of δ13C was from -33.50‰ to -22.00‰, and the mean was -(27.10‰ ± 1.70)‰. There were significant differences among δ13C of grasses, shrubs and trees, with grasses having the highest value and trees the lowest. The result was different from studies in single sites and small regions. For different phylogenic plants, δ 13C of seed plants was significantly higher than ferns, the difference between gymnosperms and angiosperms was not statistically significant and monocotyledons had significantly higher values than dicotyledons. Leaf δ 13C had irregular variation with increasing longitude, but significantly increased with increasing latitude. Leaf δ 13C significantly increased with mean annual temperature and decreasing mean annual precipitation. The relationship between δ 13C and precipitation was similar to that of WUE and precipitation, so we conclude that δ 13C of C3 plants can be used as an index of WUE in large regions as well as in single sites or small regions.

Key words: C3 plant, life-form, precipitation, stable isotope, water use efficiency