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Differences in below-ground bud bank density and composition along a climatic gradient in the temperate steppe of northern China
- 1.0487232 - BÚ 2018 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Qian, J. - Wang, Z. - Klimešová, Jitka - Lü, X. - Kuang, W. - Liu, Z. - Han, X.
Differences in below-ground bud bank density and composition along a climatic gradient in the temperate steppe of northern China.
Annals of Botany. Roč. 120, č. 5 (2017), s. 755-764. ISSN 0305-7364. E-ISSN 1095-8290
R&D Projects: GA ČR GB14-36079G
Institutional support: RVO:67985939
Keywords : Bud Bank * Precipitation gradient * Stepic vegetation
OECD category: Ecology
Impact factor: 3.646, year: 2017
Below-ground bud bank density and composition was studied along a climatic gradient. Bud bank is known to buffer effect climatic variability on biomass production in grasslands. Belowground bud bank density decreases towards the dry, hot end of the climatic gradient. Based on the distribution of bud types along the climatic gradient, bulb buds and tiller buds of tussock grasses seem to be more resistant to environmental stress than rhizome buds. The dominance of annual species and smaller bud banks in arid region implies that plant reproductive strategies and vegetation composition will be shifted in scenarios of increased drought under future climate change.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0281909
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