Plant litter feedback and population dynamics in an annual plant, Cardamine pensylvanica.

Abstract:

:The presence of litter has the potential to alter the population dynamics of plants. In this paper, we explore the effects of litter on population dynamics using a simple experimental laboratory system with populations of the annual crucifer, Cardamine pensylvanica. Using a factorial experiment with four densities and three litter levels, we determined the effect of litter on biomass and plant fecundity, and the life stages responsible for these changes in yield. Although litter had significant effects on seed germination and on seedling survivorship, we show, using a population dynamics model, that these effects were not demographically significant. Rather, the potential effect of litter on population dynamics resulted almost entirely from its effect on biomass. Persistent litter suppressed plant biomass and apparently removed the direct density effect present in the absence of litter. Thus, litter changed the shape of the recruitment curve from slightly humped to asymptotic. In addition to changing the shape of the recruitment curve, litter reduced the carrying capacity of the populations. Thus, the population dynamics model indicated that not all statistically significant responses were dynamically significant. Given the potential complexity of litter effects, simple population models provide a powerful tool for understanding the potential consequences of short-term responses.

journal_name

Oecologia

journal_title

Oecologia

authors

Molofsky J,Lanza J,Crone EE

doi

10.1007/PL00008877

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2000-09-01 00:00:00

pages

522-528

issue

4

eissn

0029-8549

issn

1432-1939

pii

10.1007/PL00008877

journal_volume

124

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