Morphological and physiological plasticity in seedlings of Araucaria angustifolia and Cabralea canjerana is related to plant establishment performance in the rainforest

High phenotypic plasticity is an important characteristic that should have a tree species that is going to be used to restore degraded rainforests, as those are stressful and changing environments. Quantifying phenotypic plasticity is necessary to compare species and populations. At least 17 differe...

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Autores principales: Olguin, Flavia Y., Moretti, Ana Paula, Pinazo, Martin Alcides, Gortari, Fermín, Vera Bahima, José, Graciano, Corina
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/6768
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378112719321772
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.117867
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author Olguin, Flavia Y.
Moretti, Ana Paula
Pinazo, Martin Alcides
Gortari, Fermín
Vera Bahima, José
Graciano, Corina
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Graciano, Corina
Moretti, Ana Paula
Olguin, Flavia Y.
Pinazo, Martin Alcides
Vera Bahima, José
author_facet Olguin, Flavia Y.
Moretti, Ana Paula
Pinazo, Martin Alcides
Gortari, Fermín
Vera Bahima, José
Graciano, Corina
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description High phenotypic plasticity is an important characteristic that should have a tree species that is going to be used to restore degraded rainforests, as those are stressful and changing environments. Quantifying phenotypic plasticity is necessary to compare species and populations. At least 17 different indexes have been employed to measure phenotypic plasticity and most of them were analyzed in pot experiments. However, no studies that evaluate the degree of coincidence between plasticity indexes were applied in pot and field experiments. The aim of this work is to determine the importance of species acclimation and plasticity to the establishment of planted trees for rainforest restoration. We estimated and compared the plasticity and robustness in plants of Araucaria angustifolia and Cabralea canjerana acclimated to full sun and canopy shade in pots, with the slope of the reaction norm. Then, we described the plasticity in a continuum of coverage gradients in rainforest gaps, with environmentally standardized plasticity index for individual distances (ESPIid). Finally, we analyzed the relationship between plasticity and growth performance. C.canjerana had higher plasticity and robustness than A.angustifolia, both in the pot experiment and in the gap experiment. The light-demanding species had lower plasticity than the intermediate shade-tolerant species. The slope of the reaction norm and the ESPIid gave similar qualitative results in the comparison of the species. In C.canjerana, the trait with higher plasticity in the gaps was specific leaf area, which was the better predictor of height 42-months after planting. On the other hand, the prediction of A.angustifolia growth was better fitted with incident light. Growth in A.angustifolia, a species with low plasticity, can be predicted with environmental variables, while growth in C.canjerana, a species with high plasticity, is better predicted with plant traits. The species with higher plasticity in morpho-physiological traits established in all the microenvironments within the gaps, with high growth rate. Survivor of the species with low plasticity was lower in shaded microenvironments than in the positions with higher radiation and lightlimited its growth in the gaps. Knowing the plasticity and acclimation capacity of the native species is crucial to choose the better places to plant trees in rainforest restoration and to enhance performance of the young plants.
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spelling INTA67682020-02-14T14:16:49Z Morphological and physiological plasticity in seedlings of Araucaria angustifolia and Cabralea canjerana is related to plant establishment performance in the rainforest Olguin, Flavia Y. Moretti, Ana Paula Pinazo, Martin Alcides Gortari, Fermín Vera Bahima, José Graciano, Corina Araucaria Angustifolia Plasticidad Morfología Vegetal Bosque Húmedo Plasticidad Fenotípica Sombra Plasticity Plant Morphology Rain Forests Phenotypic Plasticity Shade Cabralea canjerana High phenotypic plasticity is an important characteristic that should have a tree species that is going to be used to restore degraded rainforests, as those are stressful and changing environments. Quantifying phenotypic plasticity is necessary to compare species and populations. At least 17 different indexes have been employed to measure phenotypic plasticity and most of them were analyzed in pot experiments. However, no studies that evaluate the degree of coincidence between plasticity indexes were applied in pot and field experiments. The aim of this work is to determine the importance of species acclimation and plasticity to the establishment of planted trees for rainforest restoration. We estimated and compared the plasticity and robustness in plants of Araucaria angustifolia and Cabralea canjerana acclimated to full sun and canopy shade in pots, with the slope of the reaction norm. Then, we described the plasticity in a continuum of coverage gradients in rainforest gaps, with environmentally standardized plasticity index for individual distances (ESPIid). Finally, we analyzed the relationship between plasticity and growth performance. C.canjerana had higher plasticity and robustness than A.angustifolia, both in the pot experiment and in the gap experiment. The light-demanding species had lower plasticity than the intermediate shade-tolerant species. The slope of the reaction norm and the ESPIid gave similar qualitative results in the comparison of the species. In C.canjerana, the trait with higher plasticity in the gaps was specific leaf area, which was the better predictor of height 42-months after planting. On the other hand, the prediction of A.angustifolia growth was better fitted with incident light. Growth in A.angustifolia, a species with low plasticity, can be predicted with environmental variables, while growth in C.canjerana, a species with high plasticity, is better predicted with plant traits. The species with higher plasticity in morpho-physiological traits established in all the microenvironments within the gaps, with high growth rate. Survivor of the species with low plasticity was lower in shaded microenvironments than in the positions with higher radiation and lightlimited its growth in the gaps. Knowing the plasticity and acclimation capacity of the native species is crucial to choose the better places to plant trees in rainforest restoration and to enhance performance of the young plants. EEA Montecarlo Fil: Olguin, Flavia Y. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de Fisiología Vegetal. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Instituto de Fisiología Vegetal; Argentina Fil: Moretti, Ana Paula. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de Fisiología Vegetal. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Instituto de Fisiología Vegetal; Argentina Fil: Pinazo, Martin Alcides. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Montecarlo; Argentina Fil: Gortari, Fermín. Universidad Nacional de Misiones. Facultad de Ciencias Forestales; Argentina. Fil: Vera Bahima, José. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales; Argentina Fil: Graciano, Corina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de Fisiología Vegetal. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Instituto de Fisiología Vegetal; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales; Argentina 2020-02-14T14:14:33Z 2020-02-14T14:14:33Z 2020 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/6768 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378112719321772 0378-1127 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.117867 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess application/pdf Elsevier Forest Ecology and Management 460 : 117867 (2020)
spellingShingle Araucaria Angustifolia
Plasticidad
Morfología Vegetal
Bosque Húmedo
Plasticidad Fenotípica
Sombra
Plasticity
Plant Morphology
Rain Forests
Phenotypic Plasticity
Shade
Cabralea canjerana
Olguin, Flavia Y.
Moretti, Ana Paula
Pinazo, Martin Alcides
Gortari, Fermín
Vera Bahima, José
Graciano, Corina
Morphological and physiological plasticity in seedlings of Araucaria angustifolia and Cabralea canjerana is related to plant establishment performance in the rainforest
title Morphological and physiological plasticity in seedlings of Araucaria angustifolia and Cabralea canjerana is related to plant establishment performance in the rainforest
title_full Morphological and physiological plasticity in seedlings of Araucaria angustifolia and Cabralea canjerana is related to plant establishment performance in the rainforest
title_fullStr Morphological and physiological plasticity in seedlings of Araucaria angustifolia and Cabralea canjerana is related to plant establishment performance in the rainforest
title_full_unstemmed Morphological and physiological plasticity in seedlings of Araucaria angustifolia and Cabralea canjerana is related to plant establishment performance in the rainforest
title_short Morphological and physiological plasticity in seedlings of Araucaria angustifolia and Cabralea canjerana is related to plant establishment performance in the rainforest
title_sort morphological and physiological plasticity in seedlings of araucaria angustifolia and cabralea canjerana is related to plant establishment performance in the rainforest
topic Araucaria Angustifolia
Plasticidad
Morfología Vegetal
Bosque Húmedo
Plasticidad Fenotípica
Sombra
Plasticity
Plant Morphology
Rain Forests
Phenotypic Plasticity
Shade
Cabralea canjerana
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/6768
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378112719321772
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.117867
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