Differences in physiological integration between invasive and noninvasive introduced clonal species of Carpobrotus

查看全文 作　　者：Sergio [1]R.Roiloa;Peter [2]Alpert;Rodolfo [1]Barreiro

机构地区：[1]BioCost Group,Biology Department,Universidade da Coruña,A Coruña,Spain;[2]Biology Department,University of Massachusetts,Amherst,MA 01003,USA

出　　处：《Journal of Plant Ecology》索引2019年第12卷第6期,共10页

基　　金：This work was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness(Grant CGL2013-44519-R to S.R.R.). 摘　　要：Aims Clonal growth is associated with invasiveness in introduced plant species,but few studies have compared invasive and noninvasive introduced clonal species to investigate which clonal traits may underlie invasiveness.To test the hypothesis that greater capacity to increase clonal growth via physiological integration of connected ramets increases invasiveness in clonal plants,we compared the effects of severing connections on accumulation of mass in the two species of the creeping,succulent,perennial,herbaceous genus Carpobrotus that have been introduced on sand dunes along the Pacific Coast of northern California,the highly invasive species Carpobrotus edulis and the co-occurring,noninvasive species Carpobrotus chilensis.Methods Pairs of ramets from four mixed populations of the species from California were grown in a common garden for 3 months with and without severing the stem connecting the ramets.To simulate the effect of clones on soils in natural populations,the older ramet was grown in sand amended with potting compost and the younger in sand alone.Important Findings Severance decreased net growth in mass by~60%in C.edulis and~100%in C.chilensis,due mainly to the negative effect of severance on the shoot mass of the younger ramet within a pair.Contrary to the hypothesis,this suggests that physiological integration increases growth more in the less invasive species.However,severance also decreased allocation of mass to roots in the older ramet and increased it in the younger ramet in a pair,and the effect on the younger ramet was about twice as great in C.edulis as in C.chilensis.This indicates that the more invasive species shows greater phenotypic plasticity in response to physiological integration,in particular greater capacity for division of labor.This could contribute to greater long-term growth and suggests that the division of labor may be a trait that underlies the association between clonal growth and invasiveness in plants. 关键词：biomass allocation Carpobrotus clonal growth physiological integration plant invasions

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