DECOMPOSITION OF SUB‐ARCTIC PLANTS WITH DIFFERING NITROGEN ECONOMIES: A FUNCTIONAL ROLE FOR HEMIPARASITES

By Helen M. Quested, J. Cornelissen, Malcolm C. Press, Terry V. Callaghan, Rien Aerts, Frank Trosien, P. Riemann, D. Gwynn-Jones, A. Kondratchuk, Sven Jonasson. 2003

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Subfields: Agronomy and Crop Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science

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• Linking physiological traits to impacts on community structure and function: the role of root hemiparasitic Orobanchaceae (ex‐Scrophulariaceae) (2005, background): “Quested et al. (2003b) observed that growth of Betula nana and Poa alpina seedlings was greater by up to 51% and 41%, respectively (with up to a twofold increase in foliar nitrogen concentration), when grown with a supply of Bartsia alpina litter compared with growth on litter of co-occurring…”
• Which is a better predictor of plant traits: temperature or precipitation? (2014, unknown): “( Wright et al. 2004; Wright et al. 2006) 3 (Quested et al. 2003; Cornelissen et al. 2004) 4 (Cornelissen et al. 2004) 6 (Cornelissen 1996; Cornelissen et al. 2003) 15 (Craine et al. 2009) 16 (Cornelissen et al. 2003) 26 (Shipley & Vu 2002) 29 (Pyankov et al. 1999) 32 (Shipley 1995) 35 (Kazakou et…”
• Evidence of the ‘plant economics spectrum’ in a subarctic flora (2010, background): “…et al. 1998; Wright et al. 2006; Chave et al. 2009) and roots alone (e.g. Ryser & Lambers 1995; Reich et al. 1998; Roumet, Urcelay & Dı́az 2006), the role of integrated interspecific variation in leaf, stem and root traits still needs to be tested comprehensively (Westoby&Wright 2006).”
• Parasitic plants as facilitators: more Dryad than Dracula? (2009, background): “Moreover, the seedlings grown with parasite litter had almost double the concentration of N and P. Results from the grass trial were similar: plants grown inB. alpina litter attained 23–46% greater biomass than those grown in the litter of three dwarf shrubs (Quested et al. 2003b).”
• Plant traits, litter quality and decomposition in a Mediterranean old-field succession (2007, unknown): “For example, life-form and deciduous versus evergreen habit (Cornelissen 1996; Pérez-Harguindeguy et al. 2000; Quested et al. 2003; Dorrepaal et al. 2005), leaf life span, foliar nutrient content, components of leaf structure (Gillon et al.”
• Linkages between plant functional composition, fine root processes and potential soil N mineralization rates (2009, result): “These results are consistent with those of previous studies that compared leaf litter decomposition across plant functional groups in grassland systems at different latitudes (Cornelissen & Thompson 1997; Cornelissen et al. 1999; Quested et al. 2003).”
• TRY – a global database of plant traits (2011, background): “…& Sheffield Database J. H. C. Cornelissen Cornelissen (1996), Cornelissen et al. (1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003a, 2004), CastroDiez et al. (1998, 2000), Quested et al. (2003) 33 Jasper Ridge Californian Woody Plants Database W. K. Cornwell, D. D. Ackerly Cornwell et al. (2006), Preston et al.…”
• An experimental comparison of chemical traits and litter decomposition rates in a diverse range of subarctic bryophyte, lichen and vascular plant species (2009, unknown): “These changes in turn might lead to production of plant litter of different quality and, consequently, different decomposition and mineralization rates (Hobbie 1996; Quested et al. 2003).”
• Leaf digestibility and litter decomposability are related in a wide range of subarctic plant species and types (2004, methodology): “The explanatory power of [N] alone in relation to litter decomposability was still weaker (r = 0·36; N = 30; ln-transformed [N]) and non-significant, which probably resulted from interspecific variation in N resorption from senescing leaves (Aerts 1996; Quested et al. 2003).”
• Soil nitrogen cycling rates in low arctic shrub tundra are enhanced by litter feedbacks (2010, background): “…studies have found that litter C:N content is a good inverse predictor of decomposition rates, and deciduous shrub litter loses mass faster than graminoid or evergreen shrub litter (Aerts and Chapin 2000; Aerts et al. 2006; Cornwell et al. 2008; Quested et al. 2003; Taylor et al. 1989).”
• The freezer defrosting: global warming and litter decomposition rates in cold biomes (2006, methodology): “This was clearly shown by Quested et al. (2003), who performed a standardized comparative decomposition study in litter beds (cf. Cornelissen 1996) in subarctic Sweden with leaf litter of 72 plant species from nine PFTs. Differences in decomposition rates among growth forms (up to 40% after 2…”
• Ecosystem feedbacks and cascade processes: understanding their role in the responses of Arctic and alpine ecosystems to environmental change (2009, background): “, 2005), but these differences are not usually maintained in litter because of more efficient withdrawal of N from senescing leaves by deciduous plants (Quested et al., 2003).”
• Nitrogen and phosphorus resorption efficiency and proficiency in six sub‐arctic bog species after 4 years of nitrogen fertilization (2003, background): “Mass-based nutrient resorption proficiency is directly related to decomposition characteristics (in the form of litter nutrient concentration) (cf. Quested et al. 2003) and, together with litter quantity, determines the amount of nutrients returned to the soil.”