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Elevation filters seed traits and germination strategies in the eastern Tibetan Plateau
Ecography ( IF 5.9 ) Pub Date : 2020-11-17 , DOI: 10.1111/ecog.04972
Xuejing Wang 1 , Mariano Alvarez 2 , Kathleen Donohue 2 , Wenjing Ge 1 , Yueqian Cao 3 , Kun Liu 1 , Guozhen Du 1 , Haiyan Bu 1
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Seeds are the colonizing propagules for many plants and may therefore contribute to the filtering of species during the process of colonization and community assembly. Environmental filtering of seed traits may occur among species and influence community composition, or within species and influence the environmental breadth that a given species inhabits. To test for evidence of such filtering of seed traits, we measured morphological and germination traits of seeds of 408 angiosperm species collected across an elevational gradient in the eastern Tibetan Plateau grasslands. We tested for elevational filtering of traits at the species level, as well as within 22 of those species that occurred at different elevations, in order to test whether within‐species variation reflected among‐species patterns. Elevational patterning occurred in both seed morphology and seed germination. Seeds were smaller, more elongated and had a higher surface area:volume ratio and shorter germination times at higher elevation. Seed morphology was associated with germination such that more elongated and smaller seeds with a higher surface area:volume ratio germinated faster, leading to earlier germination in seeds from high elevation. Within species, elevational variation in seed traits was observed in several species, but species differed in how those traits were distributed across elevation. These results suggest that taxonomic differences in seed traits may contribute to elevational variation in the species composition of plant communities, but that seed traits may be variably selected by elevation within species.

中文翻译:

高程过滤青藏高原东部的种子性状和发芽策略

种子是许多植物的定殖繁殖体,因此可能在定殖和群落组装过程中有助于物种的过滤。种子性状的环境过滤可能发生在物种之间并影响群落组成,或物种内部并影响给定物种居住的环境广度。为了测试这种种子特征过滤的证据,我们测量了青藏高原东部草原地区海拔高度上收集的408个被子植物种子的形态和发芽特性。我们测试了在物种级别以及在不同海拔高度出现的那些物种中的22个性状的特征的海拔过滤,以测试物种内部的变异是否反映了物种之间的模式。种子形态和种子萌发均发生了高空模式。种子更小,更细长,并且具有更高的表面积:体积比和更高海拔下的萌发时间。种子的形态与发芽有关,从而使更长,更小,表面积和体积比更高的种子发芽更快,从而导致高海拔种子更早发芽。在物种内部,在几种物种中观察到种子性状的海拔变化,但是物种在这些特性在海拔上的分布方式上有所不同。这些结果表明,种子性状的分类学差异可能会导致植物群落物种组成的海拔变化,但种子性状可能会因物种内的海拔变化而变化。伸长率更高,表面积和体积比更高,更高海拔时发芽时间更短。种子的形态与发芽有关,从而使更长,更小,表面积和体积比更高的种子发芽更快,从而导致高海拔种子更早发芽。在物种内部,在几种物种中观察到种子性状的海拔变化,但是物种在这些特性在海拔上的分布方式上有所不同。这些结果表明,种子性状的分类学差异可能导致植物群落物种组成的海拔变化,但种子性状可能因物种内的海拔变化而不同。更高的伸长率和更大的表面积:体积比和更高的发芽时间更短。种子的形态与发芽有关,从而使更长,更小,表面积和体积比更高的种子发芽更快,从而导致高海拔种子更早发芽。在物种内部,在几种物种中观察到种子性状的海拔变化,但是物种在这些特性在海拔上的分布方式上有所不同。这些结果表明,种子性状的分类学差异可能会导致植物群落物种组成的海拔变化,但种子性状可能会因物种内部的海拔变化而不同。种子的形态与发芽有关,从而使更长,更小,表面积和体积比更高的种子发芽更快,从而导致高海拔种子更早发芽。在物种内部,在几种物种中观察到种子性状的海拔变化,但是物种在这些特性在海拔上的分布方式上有所不同。这些结果表明,种子性状的分类学差异可能会导致植物群落物种组成的海拔变化,但种子性状可能会因物种内部的海拔变化而不同。种子的形态与发芽有关,从而使更长,更小,表面积和体积比更高的种子发芽更快,从而导致高海拔种子更早发芽。在物种内部,在几种物种中观察到种子性状的海拔变化,但是物种在这些特性在海拔上的分布方式上有所不同。这些结果表明,种子性状的分类学差异可能会导致植物群落物种组成的海拔变化,但种子性状可能会因物种内部的海拔变化而不同。但是物种在这些特征如何跨海拔分布方面有所不同。这些结果表明,种子性状的分类学差异可能会导致植物群落物种组成的海拔变化,但种子性状可能会因物种内部的海拔变化而不同。但是物种在这些特征如何跨海拔分布方面有所不同。这些结果表明,种子性状的分类学差异可能会导致植物群落物种组成的海拔变化,但种子性状可能会因物种内部的海拔变化而不同。
更新日期:2020-11-17
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