Effects of Water Addition on Reproductive Allocation of Dominant Plant Species in Inner Mongolia Steppe.

ABSTRACT: Extreme events such as extreme drought and precipitation are expected to increase in intensity and/or duration in the face of climate change. Such changes significantly affect plant productivity and the biomass allocation between reproductive and vegetation organs (i.e., reproductive allocation). Our aims are to test the effects of water addition on the trade-offs in allocation of plant biomass and whether such effects are modified by species. A manipulative experiment was conducted from May 2000 to October 2001, where four dominant plant species (i.e., Leymus chinensis, Stipa grandis, Artemisia frigida, and Potentilla acaulis) in the Inner Mongolia steppe in China were treated with 8 levels of water addition. Results demonstrated that water addition significant

SUBMITTER: Liu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7701291 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature