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Título: | Seed-bank structure and plant-recruitment conditions regulate the dynamics of a grassland-shrubland Chihuahuan ecotone |
Autor: | Moreno-de-las-Heras, Mariano CSIC ORCID; Turnbull, Laura; Wainwright, John Peterj | Palabras clave: | Black grama Chihuahuan desert Creosotebush Seedling recruitment Sevilleta lter Shrub encroachment Soil seed bank |
Fecha de publicación: | 1-sep-2016 | Editor: | Wiley-Blackwell | Citación: | Ecology - Ecological Society of America 97 (9): 2303-2318 (2016) | Resumen: | Large areas of desert grasslands in the southwestern United States have shifted to sparse shrublands dominated by drought- Tolerant woody species over the last 150 yr, accompanied by accelerated soil erosion. An important step toward the understanding of patterns in species dominance and vegetation change at desert grassland-shrubland transitions is the study of environmental limitations imposed by the shrub-encroachment phenomenon on plant establishment. Here, we analyze the structure of soil seed banks, environmental limitations for seed germination (i.e., soil-water availability and temperature), and simulated seedling emergence and early establishment of dominant species (black grama, Bouteloua eriopoda, and creosotebush, Larrea tridentata) across a Chihuahuan grassland-shrubland ecotone (Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico, USA). Average viable seed density in soils across the ecotone is generally low (200-400 seeds/ m2), although is largely concentrated in densely vegetated areas (with peaks up to 800-1,200 seeds/m2 in vegetated patches). Species composition in the seed bank is strongly affected by shrub encroachment, with seed densities of grass species sharply decreasing in shrub-dominated sites. Environmental conditions for seed germination and seedling emergence are synchronized with the summer monsoon. Soil-moisture conditions for seedling establishment of B. eriopoda take place with a recurrence interval ranging between 5 and 8 yr for grassland and shrubland sites, respectively, and are favored by strong monsoonal precipitation. Limited L. tridentata seed dispersal and a narrow range of rainfall conditions for early seedling establishment (50-100 mm for five to six consecutive weeks) constrain shrub-recruitment pulses to localized and episodic decadal events (9-25 yr recurrence intervals) generally associated with late-summer rainfall. Re-establishment of B. eriopoda in areas now dominated by L. tridentata is strongly limited by the lack of seeds and decreased plant- Available. © 2016 by the Ecological Society of America. | Versión del editor: | 10.1002/ecy.1446 | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/151877 | DOI: | 10.1002/ecy.1446 |
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