The characteristics of intraspecific functional traits variation
and their effects on population stability of Corispermum lehmannianum
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(1 College of Life Sciences, Shihezi University, Shihezi 832003, China； 2 Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Regimental Farm
224, Agricultural Production Division 14, Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, Hetian, Xinjiang 848116, China)
Corispermum lehmannianum is the dominant specie in the Gurbantunggut Desert, and its importance was next to the
Haloxylon ammodendron and Haloxylon persicum. We studied the relationship between intraspecific functional trait variation and
the stability of the population, and analyzed the mechanism of the population persistence through the observation of the
permanent quadrats at different partitions in dune. The results showed that there was a common intraspecific trait variation
(ITV) in the population. The coefficient of variation (CV) of plant height and canopy area increased first and then decreased
during the growth. On the spatial scale, the CV under the shrubs' canopy areas was significantly higher than that in the bare
area at the same dune partition (P<0.05). The value as well as the CV of plant height and canopy area at the top of the dune
was significantly different from that at other partitions except germination period (P<0.05). The ITV was strongly influenced by
different slope positions, there were significantly differences in population density and germination among different dune
partitions. The population density and germination quantity were minimum at the top of the dune, but were maximum at the
middle of the dune, both germination and mortality decreased with time. The results highlight that the population stability of C.
lehmannianum is strongly affected by microenvironment such as different slope positions and different canopy coverage in arid
desert area, and the intraspecific trait variation plays an important role for plants to adapt to the desert environment and
contributes to the population persistence.
Tang Jingguang , Liu Tong , ZHOU Juan , Cui Xiangyang.
The characteristics of intraspecific functional traits variation
and their effects on population stability of Corispermum lehmannianum. Journal of Shihezi University. 2017, 35(4): 499-505 https://doi.org/10.13880/j.cnki.65- 1174/n.2017.04.018
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