Root Architecture and Root:Shoot Allocation of Shrubs and Saplings in Two Lowland Tropical Forests: Implications for Life‐Form Composition 1
Root Architecture and Root:Shoot Allocation of Shrubs and Saplings in Two Lowland Tropical Forests: Implications for Life‐Form Composition 1
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根结构和根:两个低地热带森林中灌木和树苗的芽分配:对生命形式组成的影响 1
DOI:
10.1111/j.1744-7429.1999.tb00120.x
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发表时间:
1999
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影响因子:
2.1
通讯作者:
Razali Yahya
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作者:
P. Becker;N. Sharbini;Razali Yahya
Entire root systems of saplings of five canopy species and of six shrub and treelet species growing in lowland mixed dipterocarp forest at Andulau, Brunei were excavated and measured. Referring to a prior study at Gigante, Panama, two‐way, fixed‐factor ANOVAs were used to compare life–forms and sites. Rooting depth and the proportion of root surface area in the upper 20 cm of soil did not differ significantly between life‐forms because some treelets/shrubs at Andulau were deep‐rooted; all saplings studied were deep‐rooted. The root:leaf area ratios of both saplings and treelets/ shrubs at Andulau were significantly higher than those at Gigante. We attribute this strong difference to the lower soil content of available nutrients at Andulau where rainfall shortage is less severe and regular than at Gigante. Available data on life‐form composition and mortality rates in large plots are consistent with our proposal that shallow‐rooted shrubs and treelets are more vulnerable to drought than deep‐rooted life‐forms. We suggest that future studies of water use partitioning, wood anatomy, leaf morphology, and associations with neighboring plants would benefit from an explicit examination of their relation to rooting depth.
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发表时间:
2015
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作者:
Yeoh;S.H.;Satake;A.;Numata;S.;Ichie;T.;Leong;L.S.;Basherudin;N.;Muhammad;N.;Chen;Y.-Y.;Kosugi;Y.;Tani;M.;Tani;N.
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