alder doug fir proposal
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A summary of our submitted National Science Foundation grantTRANSCRIPT
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Competition and facilitation over space and time: can N-fixing species increase forest
productivity?
Stephanie YelenikSteve PerakisDave Hibbs
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What structures plant communities?
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Competition: Negative interactions between individuals due to the simultaneous use of resources such as light, water, or nutrients
Facilitation: Positive interactions between individuals
The balance between competition and facilitation determines net interactions between species
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Low ←resource availability → High
CompetitionFacilitation
Low ←stress→ High
Stress Gradient HypothesisThe balance between competition and facilitation will change over environmental gradients
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The balance between competition and facilitation will also change over the lives of the plants
Plant Age
CompetitionFacilitation
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How does the relationship between competition and facilitation
change across environmental gradients and over time?
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+ = ?
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Potential for facilitation:• Many Douglas-fir forests are
nitrogen limited• N accretion rates under red
alder are high(50-100 kg N/ ha yr)
NNN4+NH4
+
NO3-
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Potential for competition:• Alder has higher growth rates than Douglas-fir
– Light limitation– Water limitation
Douglas-fir
red alder
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Potential for change in net balance across environmental gradients:
• N – limitation of Douglas-fir forests changes across the Pacific Northwest
• Baseline soil N levels heterogeneous • Water availability can drive alder N-fixation rates
Low ←soil N availability → High
CompetitionFacilitation
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Potential for change in net balance over time:• Alder quickly overtops Douglas-fir, but then its
growth rate slows down• Soil N levels under alder will increase over the life of
the stand
Plant Age
FacilitationCompetition
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This is important because:• Both species are valued for timber• Positive effects on various ecosystem services
– Overall production– Carbon sequestration– Biodiversity through trophic levels– Ecosystem nutrient retention
• Would be of ecological and economic value to know where and when red alder/Douglas-fir mixtures are likely to increase yields
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QUESTIONS:
Question 1: Does the NET outcome of competition and facilitation change across environmental gradients and over time in mixed stands of red alder and Douglas-fir?
Question 2: How does the provision of alder-derived N to Douglas-fir (facilitation) change across environmental gradients and over time?
Question 3: How does competition between Douglas-fir and red alder change across environmental gradients and over time?
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0.5 0.5
1.0 1.0= 1
0.6 0.40.6 0.6= 1.2
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Table 1: Descriptions of long-term study sites
H.J. Andrews Cascade Head
Longitude 122°10’W 124°00’W
Latitude 44°14’W 45°05’W
Elevation (m) 800 330
Soil Parent Material Andesite Basalt
Annual precipitation (cm) 230 250
Mean min. temperature (°C) -8.5 2.2
Mean max. temperature (°C) 26.9 20.9
Growing season (frost-free days) 134 180
Soil N concentration at 0 – 15cm (ppm) 1500 4200
Soil P concentration at 0 – 15cm (ppm) 1800 1600
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HJ Andrews Cascade Head
RA 1.8 × taller than DF
RA 1.4 × taller than DF
RA 4.4 × taller than DF
RA 2.7 × taller than DF
Already evidence that species interactions shift across sites, and over time.
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Question 1: Does the NET outcome of competition and facilitation change across environmental gradients and over time in mixed stands of red alder and Douglas-fir?
• Resample plots for tree height and dbh
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Question 2: How does the provision of alder-derived N to Douglas-fir (facilitation) change across environmental gradients and over time?
• Track alder-derived N into Douglas-fir and soils with stable isotopes
• Assess how quickly red alder can increase soil N cycling rates
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NH4+
NO3-
microbes
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NH4+
NO3-
microbes
NNN4+
N-FIXER
litterfall rates
N mineralization rates
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Question 3: How does competition between Douglas-fir and red alder change across environmental gradients and over time?
•Use tree rings and carbon and oxygen isotopes to look at competition for light, water, and nitrogen over the life of the experiment
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Water use efficiency = [Carbon gained] per [Water lost] = [Photosynthesis] / [Stomatal conductance] = A/gs
WUE = A/gs ∝ δ13C
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Changes in leaf-level physiology with different types of plant competition
Type of limitation
Change in A
Change in gs
Change in WUE
Nitrogenn/a
Light
Water
WUE = A/gs ∝ δ13C
gs ∝ δ18O
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0 % 0 %
100% Red Alder100% Douglas-fir
Stan
d A
ge
LIMITING RESOURCE:N : nitrogenW: waterL: light
W
N
L
L
Soil N increases
Douglas-fir resource limitation
Soil
N in
crea
ses SITE:
H.J. Andrews (lower N, W; higher L) Cascade Head (higher N, W; lower L)
• Resource limitation tells us when facilitation most likely to be important
• Can relate tree growth in given years to resource limitation:When individuals show strong resource limitation, but do
NOT show changes in growth, we expect to find a strong signal of alder-derived N (facilitation).