Growth and carbon allocation of Agropyron desertorum following autumn defoliation
Growth and carbon allocation of Agropyron desertorum following autumn defoliation
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秋季落叶后沙草的生长和碳分配
DOI:
10.1007/bf00317153
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发表时间:
1992
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影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
J. Rose
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作者:
Richard Miller;J. Rose
Growth and carbon allocation of a cool season tussock grass,Agropyron desertorum, following defoliation of newly initiated tillers in the autumn of 1988 and 1989 were investigated. Tiller density and mortality, reproductive shoot density, root density, biomass, individual tiller weight, carbon allocation, and soil water depletion were used to evaluate the response ofA. desertorumto autumn grazing. Tiller recruitment was lower in the autumn-defoliated treatment in both years compared with the control because of the cessation of tiller development following autumn defoliation. Autumn defoliation also significantly reduced the movement of13C to the roots in 1988 but not in 1989. Soils were cooler and drier in 1989. Other plant growth measurements and soil water depletion rates were not different between treatments. Autumn defoliation in 1988 did not influence tiller recruitment in the following autumn. Two consecutive years of autumn defoliation did not affect tiller overwinter mortality or peak standing crop in 1990.