Long-term coordinated morphological and hydrological traits of desert mosses in an arid temperate desert
文献类型： 外文期刊
作者： Wan, Yuchen 1 ; Gao, Yanhong 1 ; Wang, Zhanjun 4 ; Du, Jun 1 ; Zhao, Pengshan 1 ; Wu, Yongsheng 5 ; Jia, Rongliang 1 ;
作者机构： 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Northwest Inst Ecoenvironm & Resources, Key Lab Ecol Safety & Sustainable Dev Arid Lands, Lanzhou 730000, Peoples R China
2.Chinese Acad Sci, Northwest Inst Ecoenvironm & Resources, Shapotou Desert Res & Expt Stn, Lanzhou 730000, Peoples R China
3.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
4.Ningxia Acad Agr & Forestry Sci, Inst Forestry & Grassland Ecol, Yinchuan 750002, Peoples R China
5.Inner Mongolia Normal Univ, Coll Geog Sci, Hohhot 010020, Peoples R China
关键词： Desert mosses; hydrology; morphology; long-term succession; adaptive strategy
期刊名称：ANNALS OF BOTANY （ 影响因子：3.6； 五年影响因子：4.5 ）
ISSN： 0305-7364
年卷期： 2025 年 136 卷 1 期
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收录情况： SCI
摘要： Background and Amis The adaptive plasticity of xerophytic vegetation in response to hydrological fluctuations serves as a critical determinant of ecosystem stability in arid regions. However, it is still unclear how mosses respond to long-term changes in water availability.Methods We investigated Bryum argenteum, Didymodon vinealis and Syntrichia caninervis, which have sequentially colonized an arid revegetated area of the Tengger Desert (northern China). The study focused on altered above-ground morphological, physiological and hydrological traits at different periods of restoration (35, 41 and 66 years) of artificial sand-fixing vegetation.Results Bryum argenteum had the smallest shoot size, biomass, PSII quantum efficiency (Fv/Fm), non-structural carbohydrate (NSC) content and the highest population density. In contrast, D. vinealis and S. caninervis exhibited larger shoot size, greater biomass, higher Fv/Fm and NSC content but lower population densities. Moreover, for B. argenteum and D. vinealis, there was a trade-off between water absorption and retention. Bryum argenteum had the slowest water absorption and lowest dehydration rate, whereas D. vinealis exhibited greater water absorption and a faster dehydration rate. Syntrichia caninervis, however, had both high water absorption and a slow dehydration rate, which may have been facilitated by its awns.Conclusions Our findings revealed that the succession of moss species in a restored desert followed three sequential adaptive trajectory shifts: from species with small shoot sizes, prioritizing high-density colonization and conservative hydrological functions (low water absorption and strong water retention capacities), to those with larger shoot sizes, prioritizing low-density colonization and competitive hydrological functions (high water absorption and rapid dehydration), and finally to species with even larger shoot sizes, featuring morphological innovations (awns) that have excellent water-holding capacity (awn-mediated absorption-retention synergy). This study demonstrated that moss species can progressively optimize their adaptive strategies under prolonged ecological restoration.
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