Photosynthetic pathways, life forms, and reproductive types for forage species along the desertification gradient on Hunshandake desert, North China

Title:

Photosynthetic pathways, life forms, and reproductive types for forage species along the desertification gradient on Hunshandake desert, North China

Creator:

Wang, R. Z.

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:11a87b4a-19f3-4440-b81c-807cecb3cb9a
uuid:11a87b4a-19f3-4440-b81c-807cecb3cb9a
issn:0300-3604
doi:10.1023/A:1022623920812

Subject:

C3, C4, and CAM photosynthesis and sexual and clonal reproductions

Type:

model:article and TEXT

Format:

bez média and svazek

Description:

Floristic compositions, life forms, reproductive types for forage species, and their responses to desertification in Hunshandake desert were studied. 164 species, in 30 families and 94 genera, were identified with C3 (137 species), C4 (25 species), and CAM (2 species) photosynthesis. Of the 25 C4 species, 76 % were grasses and Chenopodiaceae species (hereafter chenopods). This suggests that the C4 species mainly occurred in a few families in the desert region. The reduction of C3 species and the increase of C4 species with desertification indicated that C4 species might have higher tolerance to environmental stresses (e.g. dry and poor soil). Relatively more hemicrytophyte and therophyte forms in the desert are related to the local temperate climate and vegetation dynamics. Relatively greater proportions of C4/C3 and clonal species/sexual species at mobile dune showed that the C4 species and clonal species could make greater contribution to sand land restoration in the Hunshandake desert.

Language:

Multiple languages

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
policy:public

Coverage:

321-329

Source:

Photosynthetica | 2002 Volume:40 | Number:3

Harvested from:

CDK

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