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Within-population variability in morphology and life history of Plantago major L. ssp. pleiosperma Pilger in relation to environmental heterogeneity (1990)

Lotz, L. A. P. ; Olff, H. ; Tienderen, P. H.

Springer

Oecologia 84 (1990), S. 404-410

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ISSN: 1432-1939

Keywords: Selection ; Morphology ; Life-history characteristics ; Phenotypic plasticity ; Genetic differentiation

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Topics: Biology

Notes: Summary An attempt was made to relate variation in life-history characteristics within a population of Plantago major ssp. pleiosperma to small-scale environmental variability. At a beach plain, embanked in 1966, a mosaic environment was distinguished with spatial variability in vegetation structure as well as in nutrient availability and water content of the soil. Differences between three subsites in comtemporary selection were demonstrated, e.g. in shoot morphology and allocation to reproductive tissue. The effects of nutrient supply and waterlogging on morphology and life history were studied on lines from the three subsites in a greenhouse. For most of the traits high levels of phenotypic plasticity were observed, covering almost entirely the observed phenotypic variability at the beach plain. In all treatments lines from the shrubs had, however, a higher leaf-area ratio as well as delayed flowering when compared to lines from more open subsites. In addition, in a reciprocal transplant experiment it was demonstrated that lines from the shrubs had larger shoots with e.g. broader leaves in the shady environment of the shrubs than other lines. From the experiments no indications were obtained that lines from any subsite were especially adapted to specific levels of nutrient supply or water content of the soil. With respect to these environmental factors P. major ssp. pleisoperma might occur and reproduce at all subsites by means of phenotypic plasticity, e.g. in plant form. However, it is suggested that spatial variability in vegetation structure caused a population subdivision in allocation patterns, leaf form and life history at the beach plain, over distances of about 15–25 m. This differentation occurred during primary succession over a period of twenty years.

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URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00329767

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Plasticity in life-history traits of Plantago major L. ssp. pleiosperma Pilger (1986)

Lotz, L. A. P. ; Blom, C. W. P. M.

Springer

Oecologia 69 (1986), S. 25-30

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ISSN: 1432-1939

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Topics: Biology

Notes: Summary Plasticity in life-history characteristics was investigated in three populations of Plantago major L. ssp. pleiosperma (Pilger), a self-compatible, wind pollinated species with a high self-fertilization rate. The populations studied were selected for their marked differences in biomass accumulation and habitat characteristics such as nutrient availability and interspecific interaction. Plants, raised from seeds collected at three sites, were grown in a greenhouse at three nutrient levels. In addition, a reciprocal transplant experiment was carried out. In both experiments variances in variables of growth and reproduction were largely due to environmental factors. Besides this overall result, population and population x environment interaction effects existed for most of the variables. Differences in plasticity between populations were further analysed. In the greenhouse experiment plants from a river-side population showed a high degree of plasticity in reproductive effort, whereas plants from two other populations, one series from a beach plain and the other from a salt meadow, showed a high degree of plasticity in shoot-root ratio. Plasticity in biomass allocation to either vegetative or generative parts is suggested to be an important response to selective forces related to either interspecific competition or temporal variability.

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URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00399033

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Temporal and spatial variability in soil nutrient status of a former beach plain (1990)

Troelstra, S. R. ; Lotz, L. A. P. ; Wagenaar, R. ; [et al.]

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Plant and soil 127 (1990), S. 1-12

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ISSN: 1573-5036

Keywords: ammonium ; labile organic P ; nitrate ; N mineralization ; phosphorus ; Plantago major L. ssp. pleiosperma ; soil nutrient availability ; soil nutrient pools ; spatial variation ; temporal variation

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Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition

Notes: Abstract As part of a research project on the variation in life-history characteristics within a population of Plantago major L. ssp. pleiosperma, seasonal and spatial variability in the availability of macronutrients (N, P, and K) were examined on a small scale in the 0–25 cm soil depth at a primary beach plain site, embanked since 1966. On the basis of distinct differences, among other things, in plant biomass, an a priori division into three different types of microhabitat occurring in a mosaic distribution pattern was made: an overall low-lying area (subsite 1) with slightly elevated patches of 0.5 to 1.5 m in diameter (subsite 2) and rather large patches, 20 to 40 m in diameter, of sea buckthorn shrubs, with small and relatively open spots (subsite 3) in the transitional zone from lower area into scrub. All three subsite types were studied within a total area of approximately 2000 m2. Three methods of analysis were applied: an inventory survey (sampling once at the start of the growing season), an analysis of the seasonal variation (sampling at approximately monthly intervals during the period April-November), and an assessment of nitrogen mineralization potentials in the laboratory (sampling once at the beginning of the growing season). All three procedures clearly demonstrated the occurrence of differences in the availability of nutrients over very short distances, i.e. a pronounced spatial variability among subsites. Particularly the availability of N and P appeared to have increased at the subsites 2 and 3, when compared to subsite 1. This small-scale differentiation in soil properties has occurred in an essentially homogeneous parent material (e.g. in texture and carbonate content) over a period of about 20 years. Besides a spatial variability, statistically significant temporal fluctuations were observed in the availability of N, P, and K. Relative fluctuations of mineral N (as indicated by the range/mean ratio) were especially large at the subsites 2 and 3.

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URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00010831

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