The biology and ecology of „Betula pendula” Roth on post-industrial waste dumping grounds: the variability range of life history traits

Izabella Franiel

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Franiel, Izabella. The biology and ecology of „Betula pendula” Roth on post-industrial waste dumping grounds: the variability range of life history traits. Red. . Katowice: Uniwersytet Śląski, 2012, 146 s. ISBN 978-83-8012-526-1

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Celem pracy była ocena właściwości populacji B. pendula rosnącej w warunkach zróżnicowanej antropopresji z uwagi na: wybrane cechy life history (np.: parametry wielkości, biomasy osobników, ocena płodności osobników), określenie kond...

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ISBN/ISSN:

978-83-8012-526-1

DOI:

Wydawnictwo:

Uniwersytet Śląski

Rok wydania:

2012

Liczba stron:

146

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ONIX MARC21

ContentsAcknowledgements /7
Introduction and the research objectives /9
Part OneTheoretical overview /9
Adaptation as an expression of adjustment by a species to environmental conditions /11
Responses of plants to stress-related factors /12
Spatial organization of populations /15
Part TwoEuropean white birch (Betula pendula ROTH) — general characterization of the species /23
The developmental biology of birch and adaptation capabilities of the species /23
Part ThreeDescription of the study areas /31
The zinc-lead dump /31
The mine waste dump /33
The research site in Mirów /34
The research site in Łodygowice /35
Climatic conditions of the studied areas /36
Part FourMaterial and study methods /39
The research material and period /39
Field studies /40
Laboratory tests /41
Geostatistical method /42
The spatial variability of B. pendula seedlings /45
Statistical methods /47
Part FiveResults /49
The content of chlorophyll a in birch leaves /49
The photosynthetic apparatus of birch /49
The content of chlorophyll b in birch leaves /52
The content of carotenoids in birch leaves /54
The ratio of chlorophyll a to chlorophyll b /57
The number of birch leaves on selected twigs /59
The surface area of a lamina /62
Biometric characteristics of generative organs /65
The number of staminate inflorescences /65
The number of pistillate inflorescences /68
The length of staminate inflorescences /70
The length of pistillate inflorescences /73
The length of fructification axes /76
The number of nuts per fructification /78
The number of empty nuts per fructification /81
The number of full nuts per fructification /83
Efficiency of pollen germination /86
Germination capacity /87
Germination of birch seeds /87
Germination energy expressed by the Pieper coefficient /90
Correlation analysis of the obtained results /91
Geostatistical analysis /92
Visualization of variables /92
Preliminary analysis of the collected data /95
Calculation of empirical variograms and selection of theoretical variograms /97
Envelopes of a variogram /103
Statistical analysis of biometric parameters /106
Discussion /109
Influence of environmental stress-related factors on the content of photosynthetic pigments /109
Generative reproduction of silver birch and factors affecting reproduction success /114
Influence of the selected habitat factors (moisture, solar radiation intensity) on the shape of spatial structure of seedlings /119
Characteristics of biometric parameters of specimens growing in different parts of the postindustrial dumping ground and in the area relatively free of post-industrial contamination /123
Part SevenConclusions /127
References /129
Streszczenie /139
Zusammenfassung /141

Thisdefinition,despiteitsuniversalapplicability,providesnumerousinterpretation

difficulties.

Itisnotcleartowhatextentthestressshouldbeinterpretedonlyashaving

thecapabilityofinducingthechangesintheresponseofaplant,ortowhatextent

asafactoractuallyinducingagivenchange.Thusitisnotknownwhetherthiskind

ofchangeispossibleonlypotentially,orisitanecessaryeffectofstress.

Anotherdifficultyinunderstandingthenotionofstressresultsfromthefactthat

itisnotalwayspossibletodefinepreciselywhatisoptimalforplants.Thisdifficulty

isrelatedtothesecondpartoftheLevitt’sdefinition,whichsaysthatachange

(strain)inducedbystressispotentiallyharmfulforplants.Itisquestionablewhether

achangeresultingfromthestresscausesonlyadverseeffectsoralsoadaptation

effects,conducivetoadaptationforenvironmentalconditions.Severalobserved

changesdonothaveexplicitlyharmfuloradaptivenature.

Yetanotherissuewithinthemeaningoftheconceptofstressisthefactthat

stress-relatedfactorsusuallydonotoccuralone,andnumerousinteractionsbetween

themarenormalphenomena(Etherington1988;Barnesetal.2007).

Moreover,stresscanexertclearlydiverseinfluencedependingonparticular

phasesofaplant’slifecycle.Complexityofanorganism’sresponsetostressresults

inthefactthatseparationofstressfromitseffectintermsofacauseandaneffect

isoftenverydifficultorevenimpossible(Woźny1995;Wójcik,Tukendorf1995).

Inthediscussionofplants’responsestostress,alsothewordadaptationoften

appears.Itisusedintwoconcepts:inrelationtothesignificanceofagiventraitfor

thesurvivalintheenvironment(fitness)andinrelationtotheevolutionaryoriginof

agiventrait.Thelattermeaningassumesthattheprocessofadaptationconsistsin

theinheritanceofastructuralorfunctionalmodification.

Onecouldsaythattheadaptationtotheenvironmentisconditionedbyhaving

anoptimalcombinationoftraitsbyagivenorganism,whichminimizestheadverse

influenceandmaximizesthepositiveimpactsoftheenvironment.

Strategiesofplants’responsestostress

AccordingtoLevitt,thetoleranceofplantstostressmightbemanifestedintwo

strategies:escape(escapestress)andresistancetostress(resiststress)(Woźny1995).

Theformerconsistsinthedevelopmentofphysicalorchemicalbarriersreducing

theprobabilityofaccessofastressfactortocellsofanorganismandinducing

theinjuries.Thisstrategyisimplementedwhentheintensityofastressfactor

fluctuateswithcertaincyclicity,andtheactivestageofaplant’slifecyclecoincides

withadevelopmentperiodmostfavourableforaplant.Ephemeralplantscouldbe

anexample,forwhichperiodicwaterdeficiencyisastressfactor.Inanothercase,

aplantcanavoidanycontactwithastressfactorthroughamechanismconsistingin

itsabilitytomodifyahabitat(Owen1990).

AccordingtoLevitt,withinthesecondstrategy,weshoulddistinguish

theavoidanceofanadversephysicalorchemicalchangecausedbystress(stress

avoidance)andthetolerancetowardsthestressaffectingaplant(stresstolerance),

(Levitt1980).Initsavoidanceofastress-inducedchange,aplantdonotrevealany

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