Root traits and plasticity differences explain complementarity between co-existing species in phosphorus-limited grassland

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第一作者： Ji, Hui

作者： Ji, Hui;Jing, Jingying;Zhou, Na;Li, Hongbo;Rengel, Zed;Rengel, Zed

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关键词： Biodiversity; Functional diversity; Phosphorus supply; Morphological and physiological traits; Over-yielding; Species mixture

期刊名称：PLANT AND SOIL （ 影响因子：4.9； 五年影响因子：5.2 ）

ISSN： 0032-079X

年卷期： 2024 年

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Background and AimsThe complementarity and selection effects are important in the diversity-productivity relationship. The diversity of functional traits among species has an important effect on complementarity. However, it remains to be explored which root functional traits play a central role in explaining biomass production and whether the variation in trait plasticity caused by environmental changes affects the interspecific complementarity effects.MethodsWe characterized three leaf and 10 root traits related to P acquisition in four temperate grassland species with various resource foraging strategies in a study featuring monocultures and two-species mixtures in a greenhouse with two P-limited (20 mg P kg-1 soil as C6H6Na12O24P6 or KH2PO4) and one P-adequate (200 mg P kg-1 soil as KH2PO4) environments.ResultsMajority of mixed communities produced significant net biodiversity and complementarity effects that varied among species combinations and P supplies. In the two P-limited treatments, the functional dispersion of single root traits (root volume, root diameter, root:shoot ratio, or exudation of acid phosphatase or organic acid anions) and plasticity difference in single traits (root length, root volume, root surface area, or exudation of organic acid anions) among the species explained the variation in the complementarity effect. However, the difference in the multi-trait space based on all 13 traits and their plasticity had no correlation with the complementarity effect regardless of P supply.ConclusionOur results suggested that differences in key root traits and plasticity among species played an important role in driving complementarity effects between plant species.

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