DEMOGRAPHY OF ALPINE SHORT-LIVED PLANTS, LONGEVITY AND ONTOGENY STAGE DURATIONS
https://doi.org/10.18470/1992-1098-2016-2-95-107
Abstract
The aim - to evaluate lifespan (full cycle) and ontogeny stage durations of nine alpine short-lived North- West Caucasus plants.
Methods. For calculation we used a new method which was developed and suggested earlier by us. This method is based on a discrete ontogeny description and on the probability theory and random processes. The data on the monitoring of the marked individuals were collected during six years.
Results. We found out that the lifespan of Anthyllis vulneraria is 2.6±0.3 years (hereinafter “±” is Standard error), Draba hispida – 4.5±0.3, Murbeckiella huetii – 4.6±1.1, Carum meifolium – 7.8±1.4, Eritrichium caucasicum – 9.1±1.4, Trifolium badium – 10.3±2.6, Sedum tenellum – 11±2.05, Androsace albana – 12.1±2.5, Minuartia recurva – 22.9±4.5. Also we demonstrated the matrix population models for studied plants, which show the probability of transition of individuals from one ontogeny stage to another in time interval (in our experiment – 1 year).
Conclusion. Mortality of seedlings and juvenile plants, except Murbeckiella huetii, is around and more than 50%. Two years is the minimal amount of time that is necessary for full cycle of short-lived alpine plants, as it was shown for Anthyllis vulneraria, Murbeckiella huetii и Trifolium badium. A 3-12 years lifespan was calculated for other studied species. Persistence of Eritrichium caucasicum and Androsace albana populations provided by resistance of adult vegetative plants.
About the Authors
E. S. Kazantseva
Geobotany Department of M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
2The Main Botanical Garden named after N.V. Tsitsin of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Phd student from the Geobotany Department of M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, researcher at the Main Botanical Garden named after N.V. Tsitsin of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Address: Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Biology, Russia, 119991, Moscow, 1-12 Leninskie Gory. Tel.: +7(916)3681455
V. G. Medvedev
Department of Biomechanics, Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism; Moscow, Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
PhD, Senior Lecturer, Department of Biomechanics, Federal State Educational Establishment of Higher Professional Education «Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism (SCOLIPE)», Moscow, Russia
V. G. Onipchenko
Geobotany Department of M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Doctor, Professor, Head of Department of Geobotany, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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