Molecular markers reveal extensive intraspecific below-ground overlap of silver fir fine roots

被引：18

作者：

Brunner, I ^{[1
]}

Ruf, M ^{[1
]}

Lüscher, P ^{[1
]}

Sperisen, C ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Swiss Fed Inst Forest Snow & Landscape Res, CH-8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland

来源：

MOLECULAR ECOLOGY | 2004年 / 13卷 / 11期

关键词：

Abies alba; below-ground competition; fine root distribution; molecular identification; plastid microsatellites; tree individuals;

D O I：

10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02328.x

中图分类号：

Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];

学科分类号：

071010 ; 081704 ;

摘要：

Fine roots are expected to be important determinants of plant competition, but very little is known about the extent of root system overlap. Here, we describe the application of two highly variable plastide microsatellites to study the fine root distribution of tree individuals in a silver fir forest. We demonstrate that the spread of fine roots exceeds the width of above-ground parts, and that fine root overlaps among neighbouring trees are extensive both laterally and in depth. This approach will help to improve models of below-ground competition and will facilitate estimations of fine root biomass and thus of below-ground C pools.

引用

页码：3595 / 3600

页数：6

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