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González E, Martínez-Fernández V, Shafroth PB, Sher AA, Henry AL, Garófano-Gómez V, Corenblit D. Regeneration of Salicaceae riparian forests in the Northern Hemisphere: A new framework and management tool. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2018; 218:374-387. [PMID: 29704833 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.04.069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2017] [Revised: 04/09/2018] [Accepted: 04/15/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Human activities on floodplains have severely disrupted the regeneration of foundation riparian shrub and tree species of the Salicaceae family (Populus and Salix spp.) throughout the Northern Hemisphere. Restoration ecologists initially tackled this problem from a terrestrial perspective that emphasized planting. More recently, floodplain restoration activities have embraced an aquatic perspective, inspired by the expanding practice of managing river flows to improve river health (environmental flows). However, riparian Salicaceae species occupy floodplain and riparian areas, which lie at the interface of both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems along watercourses. Thus, their regeneration depends on a complex interaction of hydrologic and geomorphic processes that have shaped key life-cycle requirements for seedling establishment. Ultimately, restoration needs to integrate these concepts to succeed. However, while regeneration of Salicaceae is now reasonably well-understood, the literature reporting restoration actions on Salicaceae regeneration is sparse, and a specific theoretical framework is still missing. Here, we have reviewed 105 peer-reviewed published experiences in restoration of Salicaceae forests, including 91 projects in 10 world regions, to construct a decision tree to inform restoration planning through explicit links between the well-studied biophysical requirements of Salicaceae regeneration and 17 specific restoration actions, the most popular being planting (in 55% of the projects), land contouring (30%), removal of competing vegetation (30%), site selection (26%), and irrigation (24%). We also identified research gaps related to Salicaceae forest restoration and discuss alternative, innovative and feasible approaches that incorporate the human component.
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- Eduardo González
- Department of Biology, Colorado State University, 80523, Fort Collins, CO, USA; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Denver, 80208-9010, Denver, CO, USA.
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- Department of Natural Systems and Resources, E.T.S. Ingeniería de Montes, Forestal y del Medio Natural, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria s/n, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Fort Collins Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 80526 Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Denver, 80208-9010, Denver, CO, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Denver, 80208-9010, Denver, CO, USA
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- Institut d'Investigació per a la Gestió Integrada de Zones Costaneres (IGIC), Universitat Politècnica de València, Paranimf 1, 46730 Grau de Gandia, València, Spain; Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, GEOLAB, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, GEOLAB, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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Macaya-Sanz D, Heuertz M, Lindtke D, Vendramin GG, Lexer C, González-Martínez SC. Causes and consequences of large clonal assemblies in a poplar hybrid zone. Mol Ecol 2016; 25:5330-5344. [PMID: 27661461 DOI: 10.1111/mec.13850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2015] [Revised: 09/02/2016] [Accepted: 09/06/2016] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Asexual reproduction is a common and fundamental mode of reproduction in plants. Although persistence in adverse conditions underlies most known cases of clonal dominance, proximal genetic drivers remain unclear, in particular for populations dominated by a few large clones. In this study, we studied a clonal population of the riparian tree Populus alba in the Douro river basin (northwestern Iberian Peninsula) where it hybridizes with Populus tremula, a species that grows in highly contrasted ecological conditions. We used 73 nuclear microsatellites to test whether genomic background (species ancestry) is a relevant cause of clonal success, and to assess the evolutionary consequences of clonal dominance by a few genets. Additional genotyping-by-sequencing data were produced to estimate the age of the largest clones. We found that a few ancient (over a few thousand years old) and widespread genets dominate the population, both in terms of clone size and number of sexual offspring produced. Interestingly, large clones possessed two genomic regions introgressed from P. tremula, which may have favoured their spread under stressful environmental conditions. At the population level, the spread of large genets was accompanied by an overall ancient (>0.1 Myr) but soft decline of effective population size. Despite this decrease, and the high clonality and dominance of sexual reproduction by large clones, the Douro hybrid zone still displays considerable genetic diversity and low inbreeding. This suggests that even in extreme cases as in the Douro, asexual and sexual dominance of a few large, geographically extended individuals does not threaten population survival.
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- David Macaya-Sanz
- Department of Forest Ecology and Genetics, INIA-Forest Research Centre, Madrid, 28040, Spain.,Department of Biology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, 26505, USA
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- Unit of Ecology and Evolution, Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, 1700, Switzerland.,Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
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- Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources, National Research Council, Sesto Fiorentino (Florence), 50019, Italy
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- Unit of Ecology and Evolution, Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, 1700, Switzerland.,Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Vienna, A-1030, Austria
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- Department of Forest Ecology and Genetics, INIA-Forest Research Centre, Madrid, 28040, Spain. .,BIOGECO, INRA, Univ. Bordeaux, Cestas, 33610, France.
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Kim D, Kupfer JA. Tri-Variate Relationships among Vegetation, Soil, and Topography along Gradients of Fluvial Biogeomorphic Succession. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0163223. [PMID: 27649497 PMCID: PMC5029874 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0163223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2016] [Accepted: 09/06/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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This research investigated how the strength of vegetation-soil-topography couplings varied along a gradient of biogeomorphic succession in two distinct fluvial systems: a forested river floodplain and a coastal salt marsh creek. The strength of couplings was quantified as tri-variance, which was calculated by correlating three singular axes, one each extracted using three-block partial least squares from vegetation, soil, and topography data blocks. Within each system, tri-variance was examined at low-, mid-, and high-elevation sites, which represented early-, intermediate-, and late-successional phases, respectively, and corresponded to differences in ongoing disturbance frequency and intensity. Both systems exhibited clearly increasing tri-variance from the early- to late-successional stages. The lowest-lying sites underwent frequent and intense hydrogeomorphic forcings that dynamically reworked soil substrates, restructured surface landforms, and controlled the colonization of plant species. Such conditions led vegetation, soil, and topography to show discrete, stochastic, and individualistic behaviors over space and time, resulting in a loose coupling among the three ecosystem components. In the highest-elevation sites, in contrast, disturbances that might disrupt the existing biotic-abiotic relationships were less common. Hence, ecological succession, soil-forming processes, and landform evolution occurred in tight conjunction with one another over a prolonged period, thereby strengthening couplings among them; namely, the three behaved in unity over space and time. We propose that the recurrence interval of physical disturbance is important to-and potentially serves as an indicator of-the intensity and mechanisms of vegetation-soil-topography feedbacks in fluvial biogeomorphic systems.
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- Daehyun Kim
- Biogeomorphology Research and Analysis Group, Department of Geography, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 40506, United States of America
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- Department of Geography, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 29208, United States of America
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Li X, Li Y, Zhang G, Wang L, Yoshikawa K. Regeneration properties of a Populus euphratica riparian forest located in the vicinity of the Ejina Oasis, Inner Mongolia, China. LANDSCAPE AND ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s11355-016-0302-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Rouifed S, Puijalon S, Viricel MR, Piola F. Achene buoyancy and germinability of the terrestrial invasiveFallopia×bohemicain aquatic environment: A new vector of dispersion? ECOSCIENCE 2015. [DOI: 10.2980/18-1-3397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Zhang N, Zhang JW, Yang YH, Li XY, Lin JX, Li ZL, Cheng LY, Wang JF, Mu CS, Wang AX. Effects of lead contamination on the clonal propagative ability of Phragmites australis (common reed) grown in wet and dry environments. PLANT BIOLOGY (STUTTGART, GERMANY) 2015; 17:893-903. [PMID: 25683495 DOI: 10.1111/plb.12317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2014] [Accepted: 01/21/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Clonal propagation is important for the survival and maintenance of the common reed Phragmites australis. Pot culture experiments were conducted to investigate the effects of lead (Pb) concentration (0, 500, 1500, 3000, 4500 mg·kg(-1) ) and water stress on the clonal reproductive ability of this species. The Pb concentration found in plant organs, in decreasing order, was roots >shoots >rhizomes. There was a negative relationship between the growth of clonal propagative modules (excluding axillary shoot buds) and Pb concentrations, which caused a decrease in biomass, rhizome growth and number of axillary and apical rhizome buds. Daughter axillary shoots exhibited a tolerance strategy, with no significant change in their number; the axillary and apical rhizome buds, daughter apical rhizome shoots and rhizomes exhibited compensatory growth during the late stage of Pb (excluding 4500 mg·kg(-1) ) treatment in a wet environment. Pb applications above 500 mg·kg(-1) reduced these parameters significantly in the drought treatment, except for the number of axillary shoot buds, which did not change. Our results indicate that clonal propagative resistance to Pb contamination can occur via tolerance strategies, compensatory growth and a Pb allocation strategy, enabling these reeds to maintain population stability in wet environments. However, clonal modular growth and reproductive ability were inhibited significantly by the interaction between drought and Pb, which would cause a decline in P. australis populations in a dry environment. Lead concentrations of 4500 and 500 mg·kg(-1) in soils might meet or exceed the Pb tolerance threshold of clonally propagated reeds in wet and dry environments, respectively.
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- N Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education, Institute of Grassland Science, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China
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- Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education, Institute of Grassland Science, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China
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- Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education, Institute of Grassland Science, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China
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- Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Environment, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Science, Changchun, China
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- Alkali Soil Nature Environmental Science Center, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China
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- Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education, Institute of Grassland Science, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China
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- Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education, Institute of Grassland Science, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China
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- Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education, Institute of Grassland Science, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China
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- Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education, Institute of Grassland Science, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China
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Estimating the Annual Above-Ground Biomass Production of Various Species on Sites in Sweden on the Basis of Individual Climate and Productivity Values. FORESTS 2014. [DOI: 10.3390/f5102521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Lind L, Nilsson C, Polvi LE, Weber C. The role of ice dynamics in shaping vegetation in flowing waters. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 2014; 89:791-804. [PMID: 24393609 DOI: 10.1111/brv.12077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2013] [Revised: 11/18/2013] [Accepted: 12/03/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Lovisa Lind
- Landscape Ecology Group, Department of Ecology and Environmental Science; Umeå University; SE-901 87 Umeå Sweden
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- Landscape Ecology Group, Department of Ecology and Environmental Science; Umeå University; SE-901 87 Umeå Sweden
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- Landscape Ecology Group, Department of Ecology and Environmental Science; Umeå University; SE-901 87 Umeå Sweden
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- Eawag: Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology; CH-6047 Kastanienbaum Switzerland
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Ma QQ, Song HX, Zhou SQ, Yang WQ, Li DS, Chen JS. Genetic structure in dwarf bamboo (Bashania fangiana) clonal populations with different genet ages. PLoS One 2013; 8:e78784. [PMID: 24244360 PMCID: PMC3828345 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2013] [Accepted: 09/21/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) fingerprints were used to reveal genotypic diversity of dwarf bamboo (Bashania fangiana) clonal populations with two different genet ages (≤30 years versus >70 years) at Wolong National Natural Reserve, Sichuan province, China. We generated AFLP fingerprints for 96 leaf samples, collected at 30 m intervals in the two populations, using ten selective primer pairs. A total of 92 genotypes were identified from the both populations. The mean proportion of distinguishable genotypes (G/N) was 0.9583 (0.9375 to 0.9792) and Simpson's index of diversity (D) was 0.9982 (0.9973 to 0.9991). So, two B. fangiana populations were multiclonal and highly diverse. The largest single clone may occur over a distance of about 30 m. Our results demonstrated that the genotypic diversity and genet density of B. fangiana clonal population did not change significantly (47 versus 45) with genet aging and low partitioned genetic differentiation was between the two populations (Gst = 0.0571). The analysis of molecular variance consistently showed that a large proportion of the genetic variation (87.79%) existed among the individuals within populations, whereas only 12.21% were found among populations. In addition, the high level of genotypic diversity in the two populations implies that the further works were needed to investigate the reasons for the poor seed set in B. fangiana after flowering.
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- Qing-qing Ma
- School of Landscape Architecture, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Sichuan, China
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- School of Landscape Architecture, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Sichuan, China
- * E-mail: (HS); (JC)
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- China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wenchuan, Sichuan, China
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- Institute of Ecological Forestry, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Sichuan, China
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- China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wenchuan, Sichuan, China
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- College of Life Science, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, China
- * E-mail: (HS); (JC)
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Chong C, Edwards W, Pearson R, Waycott M. Sprouting and genetic structure vary with flood disturbance in the tropical riverine paperbark tree, Melaleuca leucadendra (Myrtaceae). AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY 2013; 100:2250-2260. [PMID: 24186959 DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1200614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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PREMISE OF THE STUDY Sprouting in woody plants promotes persistence in the face of disturbance, ultimately influencing population structure. Different disturbance regimes drive variable population responses, but there have been few direct tests of the relative differences in population structure to specific drivers. We measured population structure as genotypic diversity (clonality) as a function of hydrological regime for a riverine tree, Melaleuca leucadendra, a major structural component in flood landscapes in the Australian dry tropics. METHODS We estimated clonality, genotypic richness, and population allelic diversity. The relationship among disturbance, genetic estimates of clonality, and population distinctiveness was compared with flood regime, characterized by return frequencies and hydrological stress at individual river reaches. KEY RESULTS Two contrasting patterns of genotypic structure were detected and corresponded to order-of-magnitude differences in flood regime between sites. At mainstem locations characterized by greatest flood intensity, sprouting generated clonal structure to 17 m (30% ramets clonal). By contrast, clonality was atypical at lower-disturbance tributaries (0% clonal). Population allelic distributions showed extensive genetic exchange among mainstem locations, but strong genetic differentiation between mainstem and tributaries. CONCLUSIONS Population structure and distinctiveness in riverine Melaleuca are determined by differences in sprouting and recruitment responses that depend on localized hydrological regime. Sprouting contributes to population persistence via localized clonal growth. Resprouting following disturbance in M. leucadendra may help explain its numerical dominance in tropical river systems. This study, although preliminary, suggests that flood ecosystems may represent excellent experimental systems to develop a better understanding of whole-organism responses to environmental drivers.
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- Caroline Chong
- School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia
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Miller KA, Webb JA, de Little SC, Stewardson MJ. Environmental flows can reduce the encroachment of terrestrial vegetation into river channels: a systematic literature review. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2013; 52:1202-1212. [PMID: 23954915 PMCID: PMC3825610 DOI: 10.1007/s00267-013-0147-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2012] [Accepted: 08/03/2013] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Encroachment of riparian vegetation into regulated river channels exerts control over fluvial processes, channel morphology, and aquatic ecology. Reducing encroachment of terrestrial vegetation is an oft-cited objective of environmental flow recommendations, but there has been no systematic assessment of the evidence for and against the widely-accepted cause-and-effect mechanisms involved. We systematically reviewed the literature to test whether environmental flows can reduce the encroachment of terrestrial vegetation into river channels. We quantified the level of support for five explicit cause-effect hypotheses drawn from a conceptual model of the effects of flow on vegetation. We found that greater inundation, variously expressed as changes in the area, depth, duration, frequency, seasonality, and volume of surface water, generally reduces riparian vegetation abundance in channels, but most studies did not investigate the specific mechanisms causing these changes. Those that did show that increased inundation results in increased mortality, but also increased germination. The evidence was insufficient to determine whether increased inundation decreases reproduction. Our results contribute to hydro-ecological understanding by using the published literature to test for general cause-effect relationships between flow regime and terrestrial vegetation encroachment. Reviews of this nature provide robust support for flow management, and are more defensible than expert judgement-based approaches. Overall, we predict that restoration of more natural flow regimes will reduce encroachment of terrestrial vegetation into regulated river channels, partly through increased mortality. Conversely, infrequent deliveries of environmental flows may actually increase germination and subsequent encroachment.
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- Kimberly A Miller
- Department of Infrastructure Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia,
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Lasso E. The importance of setting the right genetic distance threshold for identification of clones using amplified fragment length polymorphism: a case study with five species in the tropical plant genus Piper. Mol Ecol Resour 2013; 8:74-82. [PMID: 21585721 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2007.01910.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) has been widely used for clone identification, but numerous studies have shown that clonemates do not always present identical AFLP fingerprints. Pairwise AFLP distances that distinguish known clones from nonclones have been used to identify a threshold genetic dissimilarity distance below which samples are considered to represent a single clone. Most studies to date have reported threshold values between 2% and 4%. Here, I determine the consistency of the clonal threshold across five species in the tropical plant genus Piper, and evaluate the sensitivity of genetic diversity indices and estimates of frequency of clonal reproduction to the threshold value selected. I sampled multiple ramets per individual from widely distributed plants for each of the five Piper species to set a threshold at the point where the error rate of clonal assignments was lowest. I then sampled all individuals of each shade-tolerant species in a 1-ha plot, and of each light-demanding species in 25 × 35-m plot, to estimate the frequency of asexual recruitment in natural populations using a series of different thresholds including the threshold set with the preliminary sampling. Clonal threshold values for the different species ranged from 0% to 5% AFLP genetic dissimilarity distance. To determine the sensitivity of estimates of clonal reproduction, I calculated several clonal diversity indexes for the natural populations of each of the five species guided by the range in clonal threshold values observed across the five Piper species. I show that small changes in the value of the clonal threshold can lead to very different conclusions regarding the level of clonal reproduction in natural populations.
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- E Lasso
- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Unit 0948 APO AA 34002-0948, Panama, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 265 Morrill Hall, 505 Goodwin Ave, IL 61801, USA
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Thomas LK, Tölle L, Ziegenhagen B, Leyer I. Are vegetative reproduction capacities the cause of widespread invasion of Eurasian Salicaceae in Patagonian river landscapes? PLoS One 2012; 7:e50652. [PMID: 23226531 PMCID: PMC3514240 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2012] [Accepted: 10/24/2012] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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In recent decades, invasive willows and poplars (Salicaceae) have built dense floodplain forests along most of the rivers in Patagonia, Argentina. These invasion processes may affect Salix humboldtiana as the only native floodplain tree species in this region. It is assumed, that the property to reproduce vegetatively can play an important role in the establishment of invasive species in their new range. Thus, in order to contribute to a better understanding of willow and poplar invasions in riparian systems and to assess the potential impacts on S. humboldtiana the vegetative reproduction capacities of native and invasive Salicaceae were analysed. In a greenhouse experiment, we studied cutting survival and growth performance of the three most dominant invasive Salicaceae of the Patagonian Río Negro region (two Salix hybrids and Populus spec.), as well as S. humboldtiana, taking into account three different moisture and two different soil conditions. In a subsequent experiment, the shoot and root biomass of cuttings from the former experiment were removed and the bare cuttings were replanted to test their ability to re-sprout. The two invasive willow hybrids performed much better than S. humboldtiana and Populus spec. under all treatment combinations and tended to re-sprout more successfully after repeated biomass loss. Taking into account the ecology of vegetative and generative recruits of floodplain willows, the results indicate that the more vigorous vegetative reproduction capacity can be a crucial property for the success of invasive willow hybrids in Patagonia being a potential threat for S. humboldtiana.
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- Lisa K Thomas
- Department of Conservation Biology, Faculty of Biology, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
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Yan QL, Zhu JJ, Yu LZ. Seed regeneration potential of canopy gaps at early formation stage in temperate secondary forests, Northeast China. PLoS One 2012; 7:e39502. [PMID: 22745771 PMCID: PMC3382151 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2011] [Accepted: 05/25/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Promoting the seed regeneration potential of secondary forests undergoing gap disturbances is an important approach for achieving forest restoration and sustainable management. Seedling recruitment from seed banks strongly determines the seed regeneration potential, but the process is poorly understood in the gaps of secondary forests. The objectives of the present study were to evaluate the effects of gap size, seed availability, and environmental conditions on the seed regeneration potential in temperate secondary forests. It was found that gap formation could favor the invasion of more varieties of species in seed banks, but it also could speed up the turnover rate of seed banks leading to lower seed densities. Seeds of the dominant species, Fraxinus rhynchophylla, were transient in soil and there was a minor and discontinuous contribution of the seed bank to its seedling emergence. For Quercus mongolica, emerging seedling number was positively correlated with seed density in gaps (R = 0.32, P<0.01), especially in medium and small gaps (<500 m(2)). Furthermore, under canopies, there was a positive correlation between seedling number and seed density of Acer mono (R = 0.43, P<0.01). Gap formation could promote seedling emergence of two gap-dependent species (i.e., Q. mongolica and A. mono), but the contribution of seed banks to seedlings was below 10% after gap creation. Soil moisture and temperature were the restrictive factors controlling the seedling emergence from seeds in gaps and under canopies, respectively. Thus, the regeneration potential from seed banks is limited after gap formation.
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- Qiao-Ling Yan
- State Key Laboratory of Forest and Soil Ecology, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China
- Qingyuan Experimental Station of Forest Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Forest and Soil Ecology, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China
- Qingyuan Experimental Station of Forest Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Forest and Soil Ecology, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China
- Qingyuan Experimental Station of Forest Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China
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Radtke A, Mosner E, Leyer I. Vegetative reproduction capacities of floodplain willows--cutting response to competition and biomass loss. PLANT BIOLOGY (STUTTGART, GERMANY) 2012; 14:257-264. [PMID: 21972956 DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2011.00509.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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While several studies on regeneration in Salicaceae have focused on seedling recruitment, little is known about factors controlling their vegetative reproduction. In two greenhouse experiments, we studied the response of floodplain willows (Salix fragilis, S. viminalis, S. triandra) to competition with Poa trivialis, and to shoot and root removal when planted as vegetative cuttings. In the first experiment, growth performance variables were analysed in relation to full competition, shoot competition, root competition and control, taking into account two different water levels. After 9 weeks, shoots were removed and the resprouting capacity of the bare cuttings was recorded. In the second experiment, the cutting performance of the three floodplain and an additional two fen willow species (S. cinerea, S. aurita) was compared when grown in three different soil compositions and with two different water levels. After 9 weeks, shoot and root biomass was removed and the bare cuttings were replanted to test their ability to resprout. Cutting performance and secondary resprouting were negatively affected by full and shoot competition while root competition had no or weak effects. The floodplain species performed better than the fen species in all soil types and water levels. Secondary resprouting capacity was also higher in the floodplain species, which showed an additional strong positive response to the previous waterlogging treatment. The results contribute to understanding of the vegetative regeneration ecology of floodplain willows, and suggest that the use of vegetative plantings in restoration plantings could be an effective strategy for recovering floodplain forests.
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- A Radtke
- Department of Biology, Conservation Biology Group, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
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Bottollier-Curtet M, Charcosset JY, Poly F, Planty-Tabacchi AM, Tabacchi E. Light interception principally drives the understory response to boxelder invasion in riparian forests. Biol Invasions 2011. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-011-0170-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The influence of floods and precipitation on Tamarix establishment in Grand Canyon, Arizona: consequences for flow regime restoration. Biol Invasions 2011. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-011-0139-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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Ferreira CS, Piedade MTF, de Oliveira Wittmann A, Franco AC. Plant reproduction in the Central Amazonian floodplains: challenges and adaptations. AOB PLANTS 2010; 2010:plq009. [PMID: 22476067 PMCID: PMC3000700 DOI: 10.1093/aobpla/plq009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2010] [Revised: 04/09/2010] [Accepted: 06/17/2010] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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BACKGROUND The Central Amazonian floodplain forests are subjected to extended periods of flooding and to flooding amplitudes of 10 m or more. The predictability, the length of the flood pulse, the abrupt transition in the environmental conditions along topographic gradients on the banks of major rivers in Central Amazonia, and the powerful water and sediment dynamics impose a strong selective pressure on plant reproduction systems. SCOPE In this review, we examine how the hydrological cycle influences the strategies of sexual and asexual reproduction in herbaceous and woody plants. These are of fundamental importance for the completion of the life cycle. Possible constraints to seed germination, seedling establishment and formation of seed banks are also covered. Likewise, we also discuss the importance of river connectivity for species propagation and persistence in floodplains. CONCLUSIONS The propagation and establishment strategies employed by the highly diversified assortment of different plant life forms result in contrasting successional stages and a zonation of plant assemblages along the flood-level gradient, whose species composition and successional status are continuously changing not only temporally but also spatially along the river channel.
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- Cristiane Silva Ferreira
- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Projeto INPA/Max-Planck, CP 478, Manaus, Amazonas 69011, Brazil
- Departamento de Botânica, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF 70904-970, Brazil
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- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Projeto INPA/Max-Planck, CP 478, Manaus, Amazonas 69011, Brazil
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- Departamento de Botânica, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF 70904-970, Brazil
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Budde KB, Gallo L, Marchelli P, Mosner E, Liepelt S, Ziegenhagen B, Leyer I. Wide spread invasion without sexual reproduction? A case study on European willows in Patagonia, Argentina. Biol Invasions 2010. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-010-9785-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Vonlanthen B, Zhang X, Bruelheide H. Clonal structure and genetic diversity of three desert phreatophytes. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY 2010; 97:234-42. [PMID: 21622383 DOI: 10.3732/ajb.0800329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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The objective of this paper was to assess clone sizes of three perennial desert plant species with AFLP markers and to relate them to clonal and genetic diversity and to hydroecology. The study was carried out at the southern rim of the Taklamakan Desert, where sexual regeneration is only possible shortly after rare flooding events, resulting in rarely established cohorts with subsequent extensive vertical growth and horizontal clonal spread. In this environment, repeated seedling establishment is excluded. We expected decreasing clonal and genetic diversity with increasing clone size and increasing distance to the groundwater table and a common response pattern among all study species. Maximum sizes of Populus euphratica and Alhagi sparsifolia clones were 121 ha and 6.1 ha, respectively, while Tamarix ramosissima clones reached a maximum size of only 38 m(2). In P. euphratica and A. sparsifolia, clonal diversity declined with increasing clone size and increasing distance to the groundwater table, while genetic diversity remained unaffected. Tamarix ramosissima differed from the other species because of a much smaller clonality. Clone size and clonal diversity were found to be good proxy variables for clone age. Despite the considerable age of the clones, genetic diversity is maintained in the populations.
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- Beatrix Vonlanthen
- Institute of Biology/Geobotany and Botanical Garden, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Am Kirchtor 1 06108 Halle (Saale), Germany
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Opperman JJ, Meleason M, Francis RA, Davies-Colley R. “Livewood”: Geomorphic and Ecological Functions of Living Trees in River Channels. Bioscience 2008. [DOI: 10.1641/b581110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Ky-Dembele C, Tigabu M, Bayala J, Ouédraogo SJ, Odén PC. Comparison between clonal and sexual plantlets ofDetarium microcarpumGuill. & Perr., a savanna tree species in Burkina Faso. Afr J Ecol 2008. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2007.00912.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Rood SB, Goater LA, Mahoney JM, Pearce CM, Smith DG. Floods, fire, and ice: disturbance ecology of riparian cottonwoodsThe review is one of a selection of papers published in the Special Issue on Poplar Research in Canada. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007. [DOI: 10.1139/b07-073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Cottonwoods are poplar trees that are well adapted to dynamic riparian, or streamside, zones throughout the Northern Hemisphere. Here we assess the influences of three prominent physical disturbances, floods, fire, and ice, on cottonwood population ecology. We emphasize cottonwoods along rivers from the “Crown of the Continent”, the central Rocky Mountain zone around the Canada – United States border, where five Populus species overlap and four hybridize. Moderate to major floods scour banks and deposit bars, creating barren and moist colonization sites that are essential for cottonwood seedling recruitment. Floods also scarify shallow roots, thus promoting clonal suckering, especially for the section Tacamahaca species: narrowleaf cottonwood ( Populus angustifolia James), balsam poplar ( Populus balsamifera L.), and black cottonwood ( Populus trichocarpa Torr. & A. Gray). Fire would naturally be less frequent in some riparian zones because of the moist conditions and firebreaks provided by the streams, but with human use, floodplain forest fires have probably increased. Following fire, regrowth through clonal root and shoot suckers can be prolific for the Tacamahaca species, but is limited for the section Aigeiros , prairie cottonwood ( Populus deltoides Bartr.). River ice, and especially ice drives that accompany winter or spring break-up, provide powerful riparian disturbances that have often been neglected. Ice drives generate barren sites for seedling colonization, shear shoots, and scarify roots promoting shoot and root suckering, and sever branches, enabling dispersive clonal branch propagation. Following studies along many regional rivers, we conclude that: (i) riparian cottonwoods are tolerant of, and dependent upon, occasional physical disturbance for population rejuvenation; (ii) differing disturbance responses contribute to niche differentiation across the Populus species; (iii) different disturbances enable varied spatial and temporal patterns of cottonwood establishment, including fringe, general, and patch recruitment; and (iv) natural disturbance regimes probably favor native cottonwoods and disfavor some invasive, woody plants. River damming and flow regulation often attempt to attenuate flood and ice disturbance, a management objective that may hinder the perpetuation of native floodplain forests. We recommend that river resource managers seek to allow flood and ice disturbance, and additionally, fire may provide a managed disturbance that could rejuvenate overmature cottonwood groves along some regulated rivers.
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- Stewart B. Rood
- Department Biological Sciences, The University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB T1K 3M4, Canada
- Alberta Environment, Lethbridge, AB T1J 4L1, Canada
- Department of Geography, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5C2, Canada
- Department of Geography, The University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Department Biological Sciences, The University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB T1K 3M4, Canada
- Alberta Environment, Lethbridge, AB T1J 4L1, Canada
- Department of Geography, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5C2, Canada
- Department of Geography, The University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Department Biological Sciences, The University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB T1K 3M4, Canada
- Alberta Environment, Lethbridge, AB T1J 4L1, Canada
- Department of Geography, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5C2, Canada
- Department of Geography, The University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Department Biological Sciences, The University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB T1K 3M4, Canada
- Alberta Environment, Lethbridge, AB T1J 4L1, Canada
- Department of Geography, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5C2, Canada
- Department of Geography, The University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Department Biological Sciences, The University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB T1K 3M4, Canada
- Alberta Environment, Lethbridge, AB T1J 4L1, Canada
- Department of Geography, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5C2, Canada
- Department of Geography, The University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
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Nakamura M, Ohgushi T. Willow regrowth after galling increases bud production through increased shoot survival. ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY 2007; 36:618-22. [PMID: 17540073 DOI: 10.1603/0046-225x(2007)36[618:wragib]2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Insect herbivory can negatively or positively affect plant performance. We examined how a stem gall midge Rabdophaga rigidae affects the survival, growth, and bud production of current year shoots of the willow Salix eriocarpa. In mid-May, the gall midge initiates stem galls on the apical regions of shoots. The following spring, galled shoots had thicker basal diameters and more lateral shoots than ungalled shoots. Although galled shoots were on average 1.6 times longer than ungalled shoots, there were no significant differences in shoot length or in the numbers of reproductive, vegetative, and dormant buds per shoot. However, the subsequent survival of galled shoots was significantly higher than that of ungalled shoots, probably because of the thicker basal diameter. This increased shoot survival resulted in approximately two times greater reproductive, vegetative, and dormant bud production on galled shoots compared with ungalled shoots in the following spring. These results suggest that the willow regrowth induced by galling can lead to an increase in bud production through increased shoot survival.
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Utsumi S, Ohgushi T. Plant regrowth response to a stem-boring insect: a swift moth-willow system. POPUL ECOL 2007. [DOI: 10.1007/s10144-007-0042-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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STOKES KATEE, CUNNINGHAM SAULA. Predictors of recruitment for willows invading riparian environments in south-east Australia: implications for weed management. J Appl Ecol 2006. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2006.01203.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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McBain MC, Warland JS, McBride RA, Wagner-Riddle C. Laboratory-scale measurements of N2O and CH4 emissions from hybrid poplars (Populus deltoides x Populus nigra). WASTE MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH : THE JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOLID WASTES AND PUBLIC CLEANSING ASSOCIATION, ISWA 2004; 22:454-65. [PMID: 15666448 DOI: 10.1177/0734242x04048832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/01/2023]
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The purpose of this study was to determine whether or not young hybrid poplar (Populus deltoides x Populus nigra) could transport landfill biogas internally from the root zone to the atmosphere, thereby acting as conduits for landfill gas release. Fluxes of methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) from the seedlings to the atmosphere were measured under controlled conditions using dynamic flux chambers and a tunable diode laser trace gas analyser (TDLTGA). Nitrous oxide was emitted from the seedlings, but only when extremely high soil N2O concentrations were applied to the root zone. In contrast, no detectable emissions of CH4 were measured in a similar experimental trial. Visible plant morphological responses, characteristic of flood-tolerant trees attempting to cope with the negative effects of soil hypoxia, were observed during the CH4 experiments. Leaf chlorosis, leaf abscission and adventitious roots were all visible plant responses. In addition, seedling survival was observed to be highest in the biogas 'hot spot' areas of a local municipal solid waste landfill involved in this study. Based on the available literature, these observations suggest that CH4 can be transported internally by Populus deltoides x Populus nigra seedlings in trace amounts, although future research is required to fully test this hypothesis.
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- M C McBain
- Department of Land Resource Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
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Douhovnikoff V, Cheng AM, Dodd RS. Incidence, size and spatial structure of clones in second-growth stands of coast redwood, Sequoia sempervirens (Cupressaceae). AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY 2004; 91:1140-6. [PMID: 21653469 DOI: 10.3732/ajb.91.7.1140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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The ecology and evolutionary potential of coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) is significantly influenced by the important role clonal spread plays in its reproduction and site persistence. In nine second-growth stands, amplified fragment length polymorphisms (AFLPs) were used to identify redwood clonal architecture. Clones (multistem genets) dominated sites by representing an average of 70% of stems measured, ranging in size from two to 20 stems. As a result, a relatively small number of genets can monopolize a disproportionate amount of site resources, are more likely to persist over time, and have greater on-site genetic representation. Clones were not limited to fairy-ring structures, but consisted of a wide range of shapes including concentric rings, ring chains, disjunct, and linear structures. Between-ramet distances of up to 40 m were measured, indicating that clonal reproduction is not limited to basal stump resprouting. Clonal structure in second-growth stands was similar to earlier reports from old growth, emphasizing the importance of site persistence and long-term, gradual site development. Smaller ramet numbers per genet in old growth is probably due to local within-genet self thinning. Management and conservation of redwoods will benefit from a better understanding of the dynamics and structure of clonal spread in these forests.
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- Vladimir Douhovnikoff
- Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-3112 USA
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