Botanica Pacifica. A journal of plant science and conservation 2020. 9(1): 53-62
Article first published online: 09 APR 2020 | DOI: 10.17581/bp.2020.09109
Do patterns of intra-specific variability and community weighted-means of leaf traits correspond? An example from alpine plants
Vladimir G. Onipchenko1, Artem O. Rozhin1, Vadim E. Smirnov2,3, Asem A. Akhmetzhanova1, Tatiana G. Elumeeva1, Olga P. Khubieva4, Ksenia V. Dudova1, Nadezhda A. Soudzilovskaia5 & Johannes H.C. Cornelissen6
1 Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Biology, Dept. Ecology and Plant Geography, Moscow, Russia
2 Center for Forest Ecology and Productivity RAS, Moscow, Russia
3 Institute of Mathematical Problems of Biology RAS, Pushchino, Russia
4 North Caucasian State Academy, Cherkessk, KChR, Russia
5 Institute of Environmental Sciences CML, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
6 Department of Ecological Science, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Intraspecific variability of the traits is usually less than interspecific, but directions of inter- and intraspecific variation along environmental gradients are not well studied. For 17 alpine species we test a hypothesis that the direction of intraspecific variation in leaf traits among different communities along an environmental gradient coincides consistently with community weighted mean (CWM) trait variation at the community level along the same gradient. We obtained two groups of leaf traits according to their response to CWM and topographic (snow depth and snow melt) gradients. For leaf mass and area intraspecific variation corresponded to CWM variation among communities. SLA, water content and leaf thickness patterns within species changed directly among communities according to the toposequence (snowmelt gradient). These results are well expressed for forbs, but mostly they were not significant for graminoids. For leaf area we obtained opposite response of forbs and graminoids to snowmelt gradient. Forbs increased, but graminoids decreased leaf area when snow depth increased. Intraspecific trait variation across natural gradients does not necessarily follow that for interspecific or community-level variation.
Онипченко В.Г., Рожин А.О., Смирнов В.Э., Ахметжанова А.А., Елумеева Т.Г., Хубиева O.П., Дудова К.В., Судзиловская Н.А., Корнелиссен Х.Г. Cогласуются ли внутривидовая изменчивость и средневзвешенные значения признаков листа в сообществе (на примере альпийских растений)? Внутривидовое варьирование признаков, как правило, меньше, чем межвидовое, однако направления меж- и внутривидового варьирования по градиентам среды изучены недостаточно. Для 17 альпийских видов мы проверили гипотезу о том, что направление внутривидовой изменчивости по признакам листа между разными сообществами по градиенту среды последовательно совпадает со средневзвешенными значениями признаков в сообществах (CWM) по тому же градиенту. Мы выделили две группы признаков листа на основе выявленных связей с CWM и топографическими (глубина снежного покрова и время схода снега) градиентами. Для массы листа и его площади внутривидовое варьирование соответствует варьированию CWM среди сообществ. Удельная листовая поверхность, обводненность листа и его толщина внутри видов изменяются в соответствии с расположением сообществ на склоне (градиент времени снеготаяния). Эти результаты хорошо выражены для видов разнотравья, но в большинстве случаев не значимы для злаковых. Для площади листа мы показали противоположную реакцию этих двух групп (разнотравье и злаки) по градиенту снегонакопления. Площадь листа у видов разнотравья увеличивается, а злаков уменьшается при увеличении глубины снежного покрова. Таким образом, внутривидовое варьирование признаков по естественным градиентам не обязательно согласуется с изменчивостью межвидовой и варьированием на уровне сообществ.
Keywords: leaf functional traits, alpine plant communities, specific leaf area, community weighted mean, Caucasus, функциональные признаки листа, альпийские растительные сообщества, удельная листовая поверхность, взвешенное среднее сообщества, Кавказ
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