NDLI: Tree seedling survivorship, growth, and allocation in the Cross Timbers ecotone of Oklahoma, USA

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Author	Myster, Randall W.
Copyright Year	2009
Abstract	In order to better understand tree dynamics and maintenance of the ecotone between eastern deciduous forest and tallgrass prairie, I planted seedlings of five different species into a Cross Timbers area in North West Oklahoma for one-year. The seedlings were planted in four different patch-types under two different herbivore treatments. I found that (1) out of the original 200 seedlings, 58 survived after one-year with lacebark elm (Ulmus parrifolia), osage orange (Maclura pomifera), and eastern redbud (Cercis canadensis) surviving the most and protection from herbivores increasing survivorship by more than an order of magnitude, (2) elm (Ulmus parrifolia) showed the slowest stem growth but protection from herbivory increased stem growth rate by approximately 50%, leaf area ratio was largest for elm (Ulmus parrifolia) but seedlings growing in sumac (Rhus copallina) patches had the smallest values, specific leaf area was the largest for orange (Maclura pomifera) seedlings with tree seedlings growing in grass patches showing greater values than those grown in other patches, and (3) leaf mass ratio was largest for elm (Ulmus parrifolia) with seedlings grown in sumac (Rhus copallina) patches showing the smallest values and rough-leaf dogwood (Cornus drummondii) had the most root biomass relative to shoot biomass compared to all other species. Results suggest tree invasion and establishment across this ecotone is influenced both by species identity and by the variation in resources associated with the distribution and patch dynamics of vegetation from both eastern deciduous forest and tallgrass prairie.
Starting Page	193
Ending Page	199
Page Count	7
File Format	PDF
ISSN	13850237
Journal	Plant Ecology
Volume Number	205
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	15735052
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2009-05-02
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Tallgrass prairie Eastern deciduous forest Plant Sciences
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Ecology Plant Science

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