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Genetic identity affects performance of species in grasslands of different plant diversity: an experiment with Lolium perenne cultivars.

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BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Recent biodiversity research has focused on ecosystem processes, but less is known about responses of populations of individual plant species to changing community diversity and implications of genetic variation within species. To address these issues, effects of plant community diversity on the performance of different cultivars of Lolium perenne were analysed. METHODS:Populations of 15 genetic cultivars of Lolium perenne were established in experimental grasslands varying in richness of species (from 1 to 60) and functional groups (from 1 to 4). Population sizes, mean size of individual plants, biomass of individual shoots and seed production were measured in the first and second growing season after establishment. KEY RESULTS:Population sizes of all cultivars decreased with increasing community species richness. Plant individuals formed fewer shoots with a lower shoot mass in more species-rich plant communities. A large proportion of variation in plant size and relative population growth was attributable to effects of community species and functional group richness, but the inclusion of cultivar identity explained additional 4-7 % of variation. Cultivar identity explained most variation (28-51 %) at the shoot level (biomass of individual tillers and reproductive shoots, seed production, heading stage). Coefficients of variation of the measured variables across plant communities were larger in cultivars with a lower average performance, indicating that this variation was predominantly due to passive growth reductions and not a consequence of larger adaptive plastic responses. No single cultivar performed best in all communities. CONCLUSIONS:The decreasing performance of Lolium perenne in plant communities of increasing species richness suggests a regulation of competitive interactions by species diversity. Genetic variation within species provides a base for larger phenotypic variation and may affect competitive ability. However, heterogeneous biotic environments (= plant communities of different species composition) are important for the maintenance of intra-specific genetic variation.

journal_name

Ann Bot

journal_title

Annals of botany

authors

Roscher C,Schumacher J,Weisser WW,Schulze ED

doi

10.1093/aob/mcn070

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2008-07-01 00:00:00

pages

113-25

issue

eissn

0305-7364

issn

1095-8290

pii

mcn070

journal_volume

102

pub_type

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Genetic identity affects performance of species in grasslands of different plant diversity: an experiment with Lolium perenne cultivars.