对植物功能性状之间权衡的研究揭示了植物在面对环境胁迫时如何战略性地平衡生长和生存。这项研究旨在评估在社区和个体物种水平上观察到的权衡是否可以表明洪水强度的适应性。这项研究是在三峡库区河岸带沿线约600公里的25个采样点进行的,中国。调查结果显示,沿着洪水梯度,整体河岸群落在叶和根性状之间没有表现出明显的权衡。检查三个广泛分布的优势物种(Cynodondactylon,苍术,和Abutilontheophrasti),多年生植物在低洪水强度下表现出明显的权衡,而一年生在中等和低洪水强度下表现出权衡。在与氮碳资源相关的性状中,权衡是明显的,例如特定的叶面积,根组织密度,和光合速率。然而,在强烈的洪水强度下,将所研究物种的叶和根性状之间的关系解耦。此外,该研究确定了中,低洪水强度下土壤氮与权衡性状之间的显着相关性。整合CSR的结果(竞争对手,应力公差,Ruderals)战略模型,物种生态位呼吸分析,和氮调节的权衡,研究表明,面对高洪水强度,多年生物种(C.dactylon)采用S策略,通过保守的资源分配来证明容忍度,从而解耦叶根协调。年度物种(X。strumarium和A.theophrasti),另一方面,沿着洪水梯度展示生态位专业化,采用不同的策略(R-和C-策略)。随着洪水胁迫的减少和土壤氮水平的降低,工厂策略倾向于转向R策略,争夺减少的N资源。总之,该研究强调了土壤氮和洪水强度作为物种生长和耐受性的双重决定因素的关键作用。生长耐受性平衡的这些动态在具有不同生活史的单个植物物种的叶和根性状之间的多种权衡中很明显。强调河岸植物在洪水强度梯度上采用的一系列适应性策略。
The investigation into trade-offs among plant functional traits sheds light on how plants strategically balance growth and survival when facing environmental stress. This study sought to evaluate whether trade-offs observed at both community and individual species levels could indicate adaptive fitness across an intensity of flooding intensity. The study was conducted at 25 sampling sites spanning approximately 600 km along the riparian zone in the Three Gorges Reservoir area, China. The findings revealed that, along the flooding gradient, the overall riparian community did not exhibit significant trade-offs between leaf and root traits. Examining three broadly distributed dominant species (Cynodon dactylon, Xanthium strumarium, and Abutilon theophrasti), perennial plants showed pronounced trade-offs under low flooding intensity, while annuals exhibited trade-offs under moderate and low flooding intensity. The trade-offs were evident in traits related to nitrogen-carbon resources, such as specific leaf area, root tissue density, and photosynthetic rate. However, under strong flooding intensity, the relationship between leaf and root traits of the species studied was decoupled. Furthermore, the study identified a significant correlation between soil nitrogen and the trade-off traits under moderate and low flooding intensity. Integrating results from the CSR (Competitors, Stress-tolerators, Ruderals) strategy model, species niche breath analysis, and nitrogen-regulated trade-off, the study revealed that, in the face of high flooding intensity, perennial species (C. dactylon) adopts an S-strategy, demonstrating tolerance through a conservative resource allocation that decouples leaf-root coordination. Annual species (X. strumarium and A. theophrasti), on the other hand, exhibit niche specialization along the flooding gradient, employing distinct strategies (R- and C-strategy). As flooding stress diminishes and soil nitrogen level decreases, plant strategies tend to shift towards an R-strategy with a competition for reduced N resources. In conclusion, the study highlighted the pivotal roles of soil nitrogen and flooding intensity acting as the dual determinants of species growth and tolerance. These dynamics of growth-tolerance balance were evident in the diverse trade-offs between leaf and root traits of individual plant species with different life histories, underscoring the array of adaptive strategies employed by riparian plants across the flooding intensity gradient.