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Spatial pattern and interspecific association of Salicornia europaea and Suaeda salsa in Qinwangchuan wetland.

WANG Jian-liang, ZHAO Cheng-zhang*, ZHANG Wei-tao, YAO Wen-xiu, LI Qun   

  1. (Research Center of Wetland Resources Protection and Industrial Development Engineering of Gansu Province, College of Geography and Environmental Science, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070, China).
  • Online:2017-09-10 Published:2017-09-10

Abstract:

The spatial pattern and interspecific association of plant population are developed as a result of the longterm adaptation and selection of the ecological characteristics of plant population to environmental conditions. The spatial pattern and interspecific association of Salicornia europaea and Suaeda salsa were studied by using phytosociological methods and point pattern analysis in Qinwangchuan National Wetland Park. According to the density of S. europaea, the plots were divided into three density levels: high density (I, >800 plants·m-2), medium density (II, 400-800 plants·m-2), and low density (III, <400 plants·m-2). The results showed that, with the decrease of the density of S. europaea, the plant height and aboveground biomass of S. europaea decreased (P<0.05), while those of S. salsa increased (P<0.05). The S. europaea exhibited clumped distribution from very tiny scale to small scale in Plots I and III, and at all scales in Plots II. The S. salsa exhibited clumped distribution at all scales in Plots I, and from small scale to medium scale in Plots II and III. S. europaea and S. salsa showed negative and no correlations between each other in Plot I (P<0.05), and no correlation in Plot III, and negative to positive correlation in Plot II (P<0.05). The asymmetric competition under the regulatory mechanism of plant density in wetland caused the replacement of dominant species, reflecting the life history strategies of plants in adaption to the environment.
 

Key words: nitrogen stress, growth, nitrogen metabolism, purified humic acid, cucumber