Estimating plant responses to climate by direct gradient analysis and geographic distribution analysis

被引:28
作者
Retuerto, R [1 ]
Carballeira, A [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Santiago, Fac Biol, Area Ecol, Santiago 15071, Spain
关键词
climatic gradient; climatic response curve; ecological preferences; ecological profiles; indicator values;
D O I
10.1023/B:VEGE.0000021665.69774.26
中图分类号
Q94 [植物学];
学科分类号
071001 ;
摘要
We characterised the climatic behaviour of 53 woody species in terms of the climatic factors that play the main role in controlling species distribution in the study area. Floristic and climatic data were obtained from 150 stands in sites under climatic control (i.e. eu-climatopes). The sampling strategy used allowed a reliable match between floristic and climatic observations. Different methods of frequency analysis and goodness-of-fit tests were used to identify associations between species occurrence and climatic characteristics. The species' responses were summarised by statistics describing ecological preferences and amplitudes, and species were grouped accordingly. A Gaussian response model was fitted to the abundance data along the main climatic gradients for selected species and response surfaces were derived by spatial analysis for a set of indicator species. Frequency analysis methods detected 42 indicator taxa for the Baudiere's Qe drought index, and lower numbers, 34 and 22, respectively, for the mean minimum coldest-month temperature and the daily temperature range in the coldest month. Goodness-of-fit tests revealed a lower number of ecological profiles with statistically significant deviations from equidistribution. We discuss the relative performance of the different methods and suggest that the combined use of statistical tests and frequency analyses may improve estimation of the environmental requirements of species. We also recommend using the species' responses to key environmental factors as reliable criteria in the definition of plant functional types.
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页码:185 / 202
页数:18
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