The understory fern Dicranopteris dichotoma facilitates the overstory Eucalyptus trees in subtropical plantations. Issue 5 (6th May 2014)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- The understory fern Dicranopteris dichotoma facilitates the overstory Eucalyptus trees in subtropical plantations. Issue 5 (6th May 2014)
- Main Title:
- The understory fern Dicranopteris dichotoma facilitates the overstory Eucalyptus trees in subtropical plantations
- Authors:
- Wan, Songze
Zhang, Chenlu
Chen, Yuanqi
Zhao, Jie
Wang, Xiaoli
Wu, Jianping
Zhou, Lixia
Lin, Yongbiao
Liu, Zhanfeng
Fu, Shenglei - Abstract:
- Abstract : Plant–plant interactions are important not only for understanding biodiversity maintenance and plant community assembly but also for forest conservation and management. However, our knowledge about how plant species of different functional groups interact in forests is limited. For example, understory removal is thought to enhance tree growth in subtropical plantations but such enhancement has not been experimentally confirmed. In the present study, we conducted an understory removal experiment combined with nutrient addition to examine how the understory fern Dicranopteris dichotoma interacts with overstory Eucalyptus trees and how fertilization affects that interaction in subtropical plantations. Our results demonstrate that the understory fern D. dichotoma facilitates the overstory Eucalyptus trees and that the facilitative effect is enhanced by nutrient addition. In addition to illustrating the complex interactions among plant functional groups and the importance of plant traits in predicting plant–plant interactions, our findings counter the traditional view that understory ferns primarily compete with trees for resources in subtropical Eucalyptus plantations. This information should help in the development of sustainable management practices.
- Is Part Of:
- Ecosphere. Volume 5:Issue 5(2014)
- Journal:
- Ecosphere
- Issue:
- Volume 5:Issue 5(2014)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 5, Issue 5 (2014)
- Year:
- 2014
- Volume:
- 5
- Issue:
- 5
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2014-0005-0005-0000
- Page Start:
- 1
- Page End:
- 12
- Publication Date:
- 2014-05-06
- Subjects:
- Eucalyptus plantation -- facilitative effects -- fertilization -- plant functional group -- understory fern
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577.05 - Journal URLs:
- http://bibpurl.oclc.org/web/50453 ↗
http://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)2150-8925/ ↗
http://www.esajournals.org/loi/ecsp ↗
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1890/ES14-00017.1 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 2150-8925
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