Genet dynamics of a regenerating dwarf bamboo population across heterogeneous light environments in a temperate forest understorey.

ABSTRACT: Despite the advantage of plant clonality in patchy environments, studies focusing on genet demography in relation to spatially heterogeneous environments remain scarce. Regeneration of bamboos in forest understoreys after synchronous die-off provides an opportunity for assessing how they come to proliferate across heterogeneous light environments. In a Japanese forest, we examined genet demography of a population of Sasa kurilensis over a 7-year period starting 10 years after die-off, shortly after which some genets began spreading horizontally by rhizomes. The aboveground biomass was estimated, and genets were discriminated in 9-m2 plots placed under both canopy gaps and closed canopies. Overall, the results suggest that the survival and spread of more productive genets and the spatial ex

SUBMITTER: Matsuo A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5792577 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature