Experimental sand burial affects seedling survivorship, morphological
traits, and biomass allocation of <i>Ulmus pumila</i> var. <i>sabulosa</i> in the Horqin Sandy Land, China

Tang, Jiao; Busso, Carlos Alberto; Jiang, Deming; Musa, Ala; Wu, Dafu; Wang, Yongcui; Miao, Chunping

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/se-7-1085-2016

Articles | Volume 7, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/se-7-1085-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/se-7-1085-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 7, issue 4

Research article

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18 Jul 2016

Research article |

| 18 Jul 2016

Experimental sand burial affects seedling survivorship, morphological traits, and biomass allocation of Ulmus pumila var. sabulosa in the Horqin Sandy Land, China

Jiao Tang, Carlos Alberto Busso, Deming Jiang, Ala Musa, Dafu Wu, Yongcui Wang, and Chunping Miao

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RC1: 'COMMENTS ON se-2016-55', Anonymous Referee #1, 05 Apr 2016
- AC1: 'Response to reviewer 1', Jiao Tang, 26 May 2016
RC2: 'se-2016-55', Anonymous Referee #2, 06 Apr 2016
- AC2: 'Response to reviewer 2', Jiao Tang, 26 May 2016
RC3: 'comments', Anonymous Referee #3, 06 Apr 2016
- AC3: 'Response to reviewer 3', Jiao Tang, 26 May 2016
RC4: 'Experimental sand burial affects seedling survivorship, morphological traits and biomass allocation of Ulmus pumila var. sabulosa in Horqin Sandy Land', Anonymous Referee #4, 18 Apr 2016
- AC4: 'Response to reviewer 4', Jiao Tang, 26 May 2016

Short summary

In order to test the tolerance of sandy elm after emergence, an experiment was conducted to evaluate the changes of survivorship, morphological traits and biomass allocation buried by various experimental burial depths. The results showed that partial sand burial did not influence survivorship but increased seedling height, diameter, taproot length, total biomass, and relative growth rates. It decreased total leaf area and changed biomass allocation, transferring more biomass to aboveground.