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1997 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Species diversity in grassland plant communities

Research Project

Project/Area Number 08044192
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for international Scientific Research

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
SectionJoint Research
Research Field 生態
Research InstitutionHOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY

Principal Investigator

HARA Toshihiko  Hokkaido Univ., Inst. of Low Temp. Sci., Prof., 低温科学研究所, 教授 (80183094)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) HERBEN Tomas  Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Institute of Botany, Research Fellow, 植物学研究所, 研究員
KRAHULEC Frantisek  Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Institute of Botany, Director, 植物学研究所, 所長
SUZUKI Jun-ichirou  Hokkaido Univ., Inst.of Low Temp.Sci., Ass.Prof., 低温科学研究所, 助手 (00291237)
STORCHOVA Helena  Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Institute of Botany, Research Fellow, 植物学研究所, 研究員
Project Period (FY) 1996 – 1997
Keywordsclonal growth / DNA-RAPD / mountain grassland / species diversity / maintenance mechanism of a population / Krkonose Mountains in the Czech Republic / population dynamics / genetic structure of a population
Research Abstract

The dynamics of growth, mortality, reproduction and the size and spatial distributions of genets of Anthoxanthum alpinum, Deschampsia flexuosa, Nardus stricta, Festuca rubra were investigated in a mountain grassland of the Krkonose Mountains in the Czech Republic. Based on the field and experimental results, maintenance mechanisms of species and genetic diversity were theoretically investigated. We extracted DNA from about 2000 sampled leaves and identified size and spatial position of each individual genet by using a DNA-RAPD method. We found 450-750 genets per 1mィイD12ィエD1 of Festuca rubra. Its mean genet size was about 22 cmィイD12ィエD1. The clonal growth rate of Festuca rhizomes was 0.2-0.3/year. The mortality rate of shoot was also 0.2-0.3/year. It is almost impossible to measure genet natality in a non-destructive way. Therefore, we developed a new model to estimate genet natality from the above-mentioned demographic parameters. It was suggested that the Festuca population can persist stably if the genet natality rate is 4-10genets/1mィイD12ィエD1 year. The clonal growth and mortality rates of Festuca shoots showed only small variations in the field. Genet natality may be most greatly affected by environmental variations. When the clonal growth and mortality rates of Festuca shoots are in the range of the values given above, the Festuca shoot population is stable even if the genet natality is greatly varied due to environmental variations. It was also revealed that genetic structure played a more important role than competition between species for the dynamics of grassland plant community studied here.

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All Publications (12 results)

  • [Publications] Skalova, H.: "Within population genetic differentiation in traits affecting clonal growth : Festuca rubra in a mountain grassland"Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 10. 383-406 (1997)

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  • [Publications] Hara, T.: "Shoot growth dynamics and size-dependent shoot fate of a clonal plant, Festuca rubra, in a mountain grassland"Researches on Population Ecology. 39. 83-93 (1997)

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  • [Publications] Suzuki, J.: "Size and spatial pattern of Festuca rubra genets in a mountain grassland : its relevance to genet establishment and dynamics"Journal of Ecology. (in press). (1999)

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  • [Publications] Herben, T.: "Genetic diversity, competitive ability and neighbourhood structure of grassland communities"Journal of Vegetation Science. (in press). (1999)

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  • [Publications] Suzuki, J.: "The Ecology and Evolution of Clonal Plants (H. de Kroon & J. van Groenendael. Eds), Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands."Interactions between shoots in clonal plants and the effects of stored resources on the structure of shoot populations.. 311-329 (1997)

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  • [Publications] Herben, T: "The Ecology and Evolution of Clonal Plants (H. de Kroon & J. van Groenendael. Eds), Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands."Competition and spatial dynamics of clonal plants.. 331-357 (1997)

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  • [Publications] Skalova, H., Pechackova, S., Suzuki, J., Herben, T., Hara, T.,Hadincova. V. & Krahulec, F.: "Within population genetic differentiation in traits affecting clonal growth : Festuca rubra in a montain grassland"Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 10. 383-406 (1997)

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  • [Publications] Hara, T. & Herben, T.: "Shoot growth dynamics and size-dependent shoot fate of a clonal plant, Festuca rubra, in a mountain grassland"Researches on Population Ecology. 39. 83-93 (1997)

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  • [Publications] Suzuki, J., Herben, T.Krahulec, F. & Hara, T.: "Size and spatial pattern of Festuca rubra genets in a mountain grassland : its relevance to genet establishment and dynamics"Journal of Ecology. (in press). (1999)

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  • [Publications] Herben, T., Hadincova, V., Hara, T., Krahulec, F., Pechackova, S., Skalova, H. & Suzuki, J.: "Genetic diversity, competitive ability and neighbourhood structure of grassland communities"Journal of Vegetation Science. (in press). (1999)

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  • [Publications] Suzuki, J. & Hutchings, M.J.: "Interactions between shoots in clonal plants and the effects of stored resources on the structure of shoot populations"The Ecology and Evolution of Clonal Plants (H.de Kroon & J.van Groenendael Eds), Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands. 311-329 (1997)

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  • [Publications] Herben, T. & Hara, T.: "Competition and spatial dynamics of clonal plants"The Ecology and Evolution of Clonal Plants (H.de Kroon & J.van Groenendael Eds), Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands. 331-357 (1997)

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