Determinants of change in subtropical tree diameter growth with ontogenetic stage

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• 作者：Yong Shen (1) (2)
  Louis S. Santiago (3) (4)
  Hao Shen (1)
  Lei Ma (1) (2)
  Juyu Lian (1)
  Honglin Cao (1)
  Huanping Lu (1) (2)
  Wanhui Ye (1)
  
• 关键词：Relative growth rate ; Soil nutrient availability ; Specific leaf area ; Topography ; Wood density
• 刊名：Oecologia
• 出版年：2014
• 出版时间：August 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：175
• 期：4
• 页码：1315-1324
• 全文大小：747 KB
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• 作者单位：Yong Shen (1) (2)
  Louis S. Santiago (3) (4)
  Hao Shen (1)
  Lei Ma (1) (2)
  Juyu Lian (1)
  Honglin Cao (1)
  Huanping Lu (1) (2)
  Wanhui Ye (1)
  
  1. Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510650, People’s Republic of China
  2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 10049, People’s Republic of China
  3. Botany and Plant Sciences Department, University of California, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA
  4. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Balboa, Ancon, Panama, Republic of Panama
  
• ISSN：1432-1939

文摘

We evaluated the degree to which relative growth rate (RGR) of saplings and large trees is related to seven functional traits that describe physiological behavior and soil environmental factors related to topography and fertility for 57 subtropical tree species in Dinghushan, China. The mean values of functional traits and soil environmental factors for each species that were related to RGR varied with ontogenetic stage. Sapling RGR showed greater relationships with functional traits than large-tree RGR, whereas large-tree RGR was more associated with soil environment than was sapling RGR. The strongest single predictors of RGR were wood density for saplings and slope aspect for large trees. The stepwise regression model for large trees accounted for a larger proportion of variability (R 2?=?0.95) in RGR than the model for saplings (R 2?=?0.55). Functional diversity analysis revealed that the process of habitat filtering likely contributes to the substantial changes in regulation of RGR as communities transition from saplings to large trees.