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- Title
Seasonal variation in photosynthesis in relation to differing environmental factors of dominant plant species in three successional communities in Hangzhou Bay Wetlands, East China.
- Authors
Wu, Tonggui; Yu, Mukui; Wu, Ming; Xiao, Jianghua
- Abstract
We investigated the ecophysiology (physiological ecology) of plant succession within a coastal wetland community. The photosynthetic characteristics of six plants were studied; Scirpus mariqueter and Carex scabrifolia in early successional communities, Phragmites communis and Tamarix chinensis in mid successional communities, and Salix matsudana and Imperata cylindrica in later successional communities. Environmental factors were concurrently determined for each community. Relationships between photosynthetic and environmental factors were analyzed by path analysis, and the dependence of photosynthesis on particular environmental factors was shown to vary between plants in the differing successional communities. Ability to cope with irradiation appears to be one of the most important factors influencing plant succession. The increasing stratification of plant communities following colonization of new coastal land necessitates differing physiological strategies and photosynthetic dynamics in the later colonizing plants.
- Subjects
CHINA; SEASONAL effects on wildlife; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS -- Environmental aspects; PLANT succession; PHRAGMITES australis; COGON grass; PLANT communities
- Publication
Russian Journal of Ecology, 2011, Vol 42, Issue 6, p471
- ISSN
1067-4136
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1134/S1067413611060191