Differences in below-ground bud bank density and composition along a climatic gradient in the temperate steppe of northern China | Zendy

Jianqiang Qian | Zendy; Zhengwen Wang | Zendy; Jitka Klimešová | Zendy; XiaoTao Lü | Zendy; Weng Kuang | Zendy; Zhimin Liu | Zendy; Xingguo Han | Zendy

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Differences in below-ground bud bank density and composition along a climatic gradient in the temperate steppe of northern China

Author(s) -

Jianqiang Qian,

Zhengwen Wang,

Jitka Klimešová,

XiaoTao Lü,

Weng Kuang,

Zhimin Liu,

Xingguo Han

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

annals of botany

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.567

H-Index - 176

eISSN - 1095-8290

pISSN - 0305-7364

DOI - 10.1093/aob/mcx072

Subject(s) - biology , temperate climate , arid , tussock , steppe , environmental gradient , dominance (genetics) , evergreen , herbaceous plant , vegetation (pathology) , ecology , agronomy , habitat , medicine , biochemistry , pathology , gene

Understanding the changes in below-ground bud bank density and composition along a climatic gradient is essential for the exploration of species distribution pattern and vegetation composition in response to climatic changes. Nevertheless, investigations on bud banks along climatic gradients are still scarce. The below-ground bud bank is expected to be reduced in size in arid conditions, and costly, bud-bearing organs with long spacers would be replaced by more compact forms with buds that are better protected than those found in moist conditions.

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