VARIATION IN ROOT DIAMETER AMONG 45 COMMON TREE SPECIES IN TEMPERATE, SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FORESTS IN CHINA

doi:10.3773/j.issn.1005-264x.2008.06.005

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Aims Fine roots play an important role in plant functioning and ecosystem carbon and nutrient cycling. We studied root diameter across the first five branch orders of 45 tree species from three forest ecosystems in China, in order to: 1) examine fine root diameter distributions of various tree species in temperate, subtropical and tropical forests in China; 2) identify factors influencing the variations in root diameter; and 3) analyze the relationship between branch order and diameter.

Methods Fine roots of 45 tree species were sampled by branch order in temperate, subtropical and tropical forests in summers of 2006 and 2007. Study sites included Beijing Baihua, Shanxi Guandi, Shanxi Zhongtiao and Guangdong Dinghu Mountains and Yunnan Xishuangbanna. We excavated soil blocks of 20 cm×20 cm×10 cm to sample intact fine root branches containing at least the first five branch orders, dissected these intact root branches by order and measured the diameters of individual roots of each order.

Important findings Root diameter increases from first to fifth order, although the diameter of the same order varied markedly among species. On average, the diameter of tree species in the three forests is temperate < subtropical < tropical. Variations in diameter among species were different for the three forests: temperate < subtropical ≤ tropical. Branch order can explain 52% of diameter variations, species 33%, ecosystem 7% and life form 2%.

Key words: fine root, diameter, order, temperate, subtropical, tropical

CHANG Wen-Jing, GUO Da-Li. VARIATION IN ROOT DIAMETER AMONG 45 COMMON TREE SPECIES IN TEMPERATE, SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FORESTS IN CHINA[J]. Chin J Plant Ecol, 2008, 32(6): 1248-1257.

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地点 Site	经纬度 Longitude & latitude	海拔 (m) Altitude	树种 Species	种拉丁名 Latin
百花山 Bai Hua Mtain	115.3°~115.5° E 39.5°~39.9° N	700~2 000	春榆	Ulmus propingqua
			蒙椴	Tilia mongolica
			黄花柳	Salix caprea
			接骨木	Sambucus williamsii
			大叶白蜡	Fraxinus rhynchophylla
关帝山 Guan Di Mtain	111.4°~111.6° E 37.8°~37.9° N	500~2 000	白杄	Picea meyeri
			青杄	Picea wilsonii
			油松	Pinus tabulaeformis
			辽东栎	Quercus liaotungensis
			千金榆	Carpinus cordata
			华北落叶松	Larix principis-rupprechtii
中条山 Zhong Tiao Mtain	112.4°~112.5° E 35.2°~35.3° N	1 000~3 000	红桦	Betula albo-sinensis
			青杨	Populus cathayana
			青榨槭	Acer davidii
			华山松	Pinus armandii
鼎湖山 Ding Hu Mtain	112.5°~112.6° E 23.1°~23.2° N	100~600	藜蒴	Chenopodium serotinum
			樟树	Cinnamomum camphora
			红车木	Syzygium hancei
			毛柿	Diospyros strigosa
			柃木	Eurya japonica
			阴香	Cinnamomum burmannii
			山参子	Sanguisorba officinalis
			鸡毛松	Podocarpus imbricatus
			火力楠	Michelia macclurei
			密花树	Rapanea neriifolia
			香叶树	Lindera communis
			短序润楠	Machilus breviflora
			鼎湖血桐	Macaranga sampsonii
			黑叶谷木	Memecylon nigrescens
			黄果厚壳桂	Cryptocarya concinna
西双版纳 Xishuangbanna	99.5°~101.6° E 21.1°~22.4° N	200~500	橄榄	Canarium album
			玉蕊	Barringtonia racemosa
			萍婆	Sterculia nobilis
			山柚柑	Acronychia pedunculata
			假广子	Knema erratica
			葱臭木	Dysoxylum gobara
			大叶山楝	Aphanamixis grandifolia
			圆果罗伞	Ardisia depressa
			尖叶茜树	Randia oxyodonta
			瑞丽润楠	Machilus shweliensis
			披针叶楠	Phoebe lanceolata
			思茅蒲桃	Syzygium szemaoense
			华南石栎	Lithocarpus fenestratus
			椴叶山麻杆	Alchornea tiliaefolia
			大花哥纳香	Goniothalamus griffithii

地点 Site	经纬度 Longitude & latitude	海拔 (m) Altitude	树种 Species	种拉丁名 Latin
百花山 Bai Hua Mtain	115.3°~115.5° E 39.5°~39.9° N	700~2 000	春榆	Ulmus propingqua
			蒙椴	Tilia mongolica
			黄花柳	Salix caprea
			接骨木	Sambucus williamsii
			大叶白蜡	Fraxinus rhynchophylla
关帝山 Guan Di Mtain	111.4°~111.6° E 37.8°~37.9° N	500~2 000	白杄	Picea meyeri
			青杄	Picea wilsonii
			油松	Pinus tabulaeformis
			辽东栎	Quercus liaotungensis
			千金榆	Carpinus cordata
			华北落叶松	Larix principis-rupprechtii
中条山 Zhong Tiao Mtain	112.4°~112.5° E 35.2°~35.3° N	1 000~3 000	红桦	Betula albo-sinensis
			青杨	Populus cathayana
			青榨槭	Acer davidii
			华山松	Pinus armandii
鼎湖山 Ding Hu Mtain	112.5°~112.6° E 23.1°~23.2° N	100~600	藜蒴	Chenopodium serotinum
			樟树	Cinnamomum camphora
			红车木	Syzygium hancei
			毛柿	Diospyros strigosa
			柃木	Eurya japonica
			阴香	Cinnamomum burmannii
			山参子	Sanguisorba officinalis
			鸡毛松	Podocarpus imbricatus
			火力楠	Michelia macclurei
			密花树	Rapanea neriifolia
			香叶树	Lindera communis
			短序润楠	Machilus breviflora
			鼎湖血桐	Macaranga sampsonii
			黑叶谷木	Memecylon nigrescens
			黄果厚壳桂	Cryptocarya concinna
西双版纳 Xishuangbanna	99.5°~101.6° E 21.1°~22.4° N	200~500	橄榄	Canarium album
			玉蕊	Barringtonia racemosa
			萍婆	Sterculia nobilis
			山柚柑	Acronychia pedunculata
			假广子	Knema erratica
			葱臭木	Dysoxylum gobara
			大叶山楝	Aphanamixis grandifolia
			圆果罗伞	Ardisia depressa
			尖叶茜树	Randia oxyodonta
			瑞丽润楠	Machilus shweliensis
			披针叶楠	Phoebe lanceolata
			思茅蒲桃	Syzygium szemaoense
			华南石栎	Lithocarpus fenestratus
			椴叶山麻杆	Alchornea tiliaefolia
			大花哥纳香	Goniothalamus griffithii

变异来源 Source of variation	df	直径 Diameter F	p
根序 Order	4	47.42	< 0.01
树种 Species	44	2.25	< 0.01
生态系统类型 Ecosystem type	2	6.13	< 0.01
根序×树种 Order×species	224	104.82	< 0.01
根序×生态系统类型 Order×ecosystem type	224	133.94	< 0.01
树种×生态系统类型 Species×ecosystem type	224	10.94	< 0.01
根序×树种×生态系统类型 Order×species×ecosystem type	224	73.56	< 0.01

变异来源 Source of variation	df	直径 Diameter F	p
根序 Order	4	47.42	< 0.01
树种 Species	44	2.25	< 0.01
生态系统类型 Ecosystem type	2	6.13	< 0.01
根序×树种 Order×species	224	104.82	< 0.01
根序×生态系统类型 Order×ecosystem type	224	133.94	< 0.01
树种×生态系统类型 Species×ecosystem type	224	10.94	< 0.01
根序×树种×生态系统类型 Order×species×ecosystem type	224	73.56	< 0.01

根序 Order	根序 Order
根序 Order	1	2	3	4	5
温带 Temperate
1	1.00
2	0.97^**	1.00
3	0.92^**	0.95^**	1.00
4	0.85^**	0.87^**	0.94^**	1.00
5	0.19	0.27	0.33	0.51^*	1.00
亚热带 Subtropical
1	1.00
2	0.80^**	1.00
3	0.70^**	0.95^**	1.00
4	0.61^*	0.85^**	0.88^**	1.00
5	0.49	0.52^*	0.58^*	0.78^**	1.00
热带 Tropical
1	1.00
2	0.99^**	1.00
3	0.98^**	0.99^**	1.00
4	0.93^**	0.94^**	0.97^**	1.00
5	0.93^**	0.94^**	0.93^**	0.90^**	1.00