Trampling, defoliation and physiological integration affect growth, morphological and mechanical properties of a root-suckering clonal tree

L Xu, FH Yu, E van Drunen, F Schieving… - Annals of …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Aims Grazing is a complex process involving the simultaneous
occurrence of both trampling and defoliation. Clonal plants are a common feature of heavily …

荒漠草原带盐碱地优势植物生态位与种间联结

张东梅, 赵文智, 罗维成 - 生态学杂志, 2018 - cje.net.cn
盐碱地是荒漠草原带常见的生境类型之一. 本文采用生态位测度, 方差比率法, 基于2× 2
列联表的χ 2 检验和Ochiai 指数的方法, 研究了位于荒漠草原带的陕西定边花马池盐湖附近植物 …

The invasive plant Alternanthera philoxeroides benefits from clonal integration in response to defoliation

W You, D Yu, D Xie, C Han, C Liu - Flora-Morphology, Distribution …, 2014 - Elsevier
Many notorious alien invasive plants have the capacity for vigorous clonal growth, and
clonal integration may contribute to their invasiveness in response to various disturbances …

Grazing intensity alters leaf and spike photosynthesis, transpiration, and related parameters of three grass species on an alpine steppe in the qilian mountains

J Li, F Hou, J Ren - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
The effect of grazing on leaf photosynthesis has been extensively studied. However, the
influence of grazing on photosynthesis in other green tissues, especially spike, has …

Effects of clonal integration on the invasive clonal plant Alternanthera philoxeroides under heterogeneous and homogeneous water availability

WH You, CM Han, CH Liu, D Yu - Scientific Reports, 2016 - nature.com
Many notorious invasive plants are clonal, living in heterogeneous or homogeneous
habitats. To understand how clonal integration affects the performance of these plants in …

Moderate clipping stimulates over-compensatory growth of Leymus chinensis under saline-alkali stress through high allocation of biomass and nitrogen to shoots

H Ma, C Zheng, Y Gao, CC Baskin, H Sun… - Plant Growth …, 2020 - Springer
Leymus chinensis, a dominant species in the Songnen Plain of northeast China, has a
strong ability to resist grazing and tolerate saline-alkali stress. Compensatory growth is a …

Changes induced by parental neighboring untouched in the clonal plant Glechoma longituba depend on the light environment

L Xing, J Quan, S Zhang, X Liu, H Bai… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Touch by neighboring plants is a common but overlooked environmental
variable for plants, especially in dense vegetation. In addition, shade is inevitable for …

Clonal dominant grass Leymus chinensis benefits more from physiological integration in sexual reproduction than its main companions in a meadow

J Guo, H Li, Y Yang, X Yang - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The bioecological characteristics of plants determine their status and role in the community.
The advantages of dominant species in the community compared with companion species in …

Effect of the population density on belowground bud bank of a rhizomatous clonal plant Leymus secalinus in Mu Us sandy land

D Zhang, W Zhao, W Luo - Journal of plant research, 2019 - Springer
Clonal propagation is the main strategy for clonal plants to adapt to wind-sand habitat, and
underground bud bank could reflect the potential ability of clonal propagation. However, the …

The Zoige pioneer plant Leymus secalinus has different endophytic bacterial community structures to adapt to environmental conditions

Y Xia, R He, W Xu, J Zhang - PeerJ, 2023 - peerj.com
Background Leymus secalinus is a pioneer plant grown in the Zoige desertified alpine
grassland and it is also one of the dominant plant species used for environmental …