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Invariant allometric relationship between aboveand below-ground biomass along a moisture gradient in North-West China

Cheng D., Wang G., Tang Q., Li T., Zhong Q.

Polish Journal of Ecology

2009

Vol. 57, nr 4

669-675

Biomass allocation pattern is an important plant characteristic which influences how plants respond to abiotic and biotic heterogeneity. Prior studies indicate that above-ground biomass scales nearly isometrically with respect to below-ground biomass regardless of environment or phyletic affinity. However, such rule has been mostly tested with data on trees and usually without drought stress. Given the importance of this predicted relationship, it should be evaluated for a wider range of species and environmental conditions. Variations of the above- and belowground biomass (M[A] and M[R], respectively) were determined from five sites in north-west China, which compose a natural moisture gradient (aridity index ranging from 0.95 to 1.98). Model Type II regression protocols were used to compare the numerical values of M[A] vs M[R] scaling exponents (i.e. slopes of log-log linear relationships). The resulting five scaling exponents were indistinguishable and had a similar, nearly isometric slope (i.e. M[A] [is proportional to] M[R] [is approximately equal to] 1.0). Significant variation was observed in the Y-intercepts of the five regression curves, because of the absolute differences in M[A] or M[R]. These results support prior allometric theory, which reveals an isometric relationship between above- and below-ground biomass, and may provide a suitable method to estimate the regional below-ground biomass based on the direct aboveground measurements.