Data from: Morphological responses of two plant species from different elevations in the Dongting Lake wetlands, China, to variation in water levels
Citation
Li, Youzhi et al. (2018), Data from: Morphological responses of two plant species from different elevations in the Dongting Lake wetlands, China, to variation in water levels, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.6j244cq
Abstract
Plants show strong zonation patterns in wetlands. Nevertheless, the mechanisms determining these patterns remain unclear. In the present study, growth and morphological responses to a water level gradient [-20 cm (i.e., water level 20 cm below soil surface), -10 cm, 0 cm, 10 cm, 20 cm] were compared between a higher elevation plant (Imperata cylindrica) and a lower elevation plant (Carex brevicuspis) in the Dongting Lake wetlands of China. The aboveground, belowground, and total biomass were greater at -10 cm than at any other water level for bot