Variations in Leaf Morphological Traits of Quercus guyavifolia (Fagaceae) were Mainly Influenced by Water and Ultraviolet Irradiation at High Elevations on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China

	Variations in Leaf Morphological Traits of Quercus guyavifolia (Fagaceae) were Mainly Influenced by Water and Ultraviolet Irradiation at High Elevations on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China
	Sun, Mei 1,2; Su, Tao 1; Zhang, Shi-Bao3 ; Li, Shu-Feng 1,2; Anberree-Lebreton, Julie 1,2; Zhou, Zhe-Kun1,3
	2016
发表期刊	INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE AND BIOLOGY
卷号	18 期号:2 页码:266-273
摘要	Leaf morphological traits vary along elevational gradients so that plants can adapt to their surrounding habitat. However, the abiotic factors that shape those traits are still debatable, especially for plants at high elevations where the environment can be very harsh. Quercus guyavifolia H. Leveille (Fagaceae) is a woody plant found along the southeastern boundary of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Distribution elevations of the species range from 2000 m to 4500 m approximately, providing an excellent opportunity to explore correlations among leaf traits and environmental factors. We used multiple-regression models to investigate spatial trends in leaf morphology and their environmental determinants. As elevation increased, values for leaf area, length, width, the ratio of leaf length to width, shape factor, and petiole length and width decreased significantly and all were positively correlated with mean annual precipitation. Leaf length, the ratio of leaf length to width, and petiole length were negatively correlated with the daily mean maximum intensity of ultraviolet (UV)-B irradiation during the growing season. Our results indicated that the amounts of both precipitation and UV irradiation largely shape the leaf morphology in Q. guyavifolia along the elevation gradient. This study provides evidence for the adaptive plasticity of leaves in response to environments in regions at high elevations. (C) 2016 Friends Science Publishers
关键词	Leaf Morphology Plasticity Precipitation Qinghai-tibet Plateau Quercus Uv-b
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000373479800005
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.kib.ac.cn/handle/151853/26200
专题	资源植物与生物技术所级重点实验室
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Trop Forest Ecol, Xishuangbanna Trop Bot Garden, Mengla 666303, Yunnan, Peoples R China 2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 3.Kunming Inst Bot, Chinese Acad Sci, Kunming 650204, Yunnan, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Sun, Mei,Su, Tao,Zhang, Shi-Bao,et al. Variations in Leaf Morphological Traits of Quercus guyavifolia (Fagaceae) were Mainly Influenced by Water and Ultraviolet Irradiation at High Elevations on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China[J]. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE AND BIOLOGY,2016,18(2):266-273.
APA	Sun, Mei,Su, Tao,Zhang, Shi-Bao,Li, Shu-Feng,Anberree-Lebreton, Julie,&Zhou, Zhe-Kun.(2016).Variations in Leaf Morphological Traits of Quercus guyavifolia (Fagaceae) were Mainly Influenced by Water and Ultraviolet Irradiation at High Elevations on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China.INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE AND BIOLOGY,18(2),266-273.
MLA	Sun, Mei,et al."Variations in Leaf Morphological Traits of Quercus guyavifolia (Fagaceae) were Mainly Influenced by Water and Ultraviolet Irradiation at High Elevations on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China".INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE AND BIOLOGY 18.2(2016):266-273.

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