The roles of stomatal morphologies in transpiration and nutrient transportation between grasses and forbs in a temperate steppe

文献类型： 外文期刊

第一作者： Chen, Zhuo

作者： Chen, Zhuo;Zhang, Wen-Hao;Wang, Baolan;Chen, Zhuo;Zhang, Wen-Hao;Li, Hongbo

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关键词： ecophysiology; functional groups; mineral nutrients; stomatal morphology; temperate steppe; transpiration; water-use efficiency

期刊名称：ANNALS OF BOTANY （ 影响因子：4.2； 五年影响因子：4.9 ）

ISSN： 0305-7364

年卷期： 2023 年 132 卷 2 期

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摘要： Background and Aims Grasses and forbs are dominant functional groups in temperate grasslands and display substantial differences in many biological traits, especially in root and stomatal morphologies, which are closely related to the use of water and nutrients. However, few studies have investigated the differences in nutrient accumulation and stomatal morphology-mediated transportation of water and nutrients from roots to shoots comparatively between the two functional groups. Methods Here, we explored the patterns of accumulation of multiple nutrients (N, P, K, Ca, Mg and S) in leaves and roots, transpiration-related processes and interactions between nutrients and transpiration at functional group levels by experiments in a temperate steppe and collection of data from the literature. Key Results The concentrations of all the examined nutrients were obviously higher in both leaves and roots of forbs than those in grasses, especially for leaf Ca and Mg concentrations. Grasses with dumbbell-shaped stomata displayed significantly lower transpiration and stomatal conductance than forbs with kidney-shaped stomata. In contrast, grasses showed much higher water-use efficiency (WUE) than forbs. The contrasting patterns of nutrient accumulation, transpiration and WUE between grasses and forbs were less sensitive to varied environments. Leaf N, P and S concentrations were not affected by transpiration. In contrast, leaf Mg concentrations were positively correlated with transpiration in forb species. Furthermore, linear regression and principal component analysis showed that leaf Ca and Mg concentrations were positively correlated with transpiration between the two functional groups. Conclusions Our results revealed contrasting differences in acquisition of multiple nutrients and transpiration between grasses and forbs, and that stomatal morphologies are an important driver for the distinct WUE and translocation of Ca and Mg from roots to leaves between the two functional groups in temperate steppes. These findings will contribute to our understanding of the important roles of functional traits in driving water and nutrient cycling.

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