Evolution of germination strategy in the invasive species Ulex europaeus

作     者：Nathalie Udo Michèle Tarayre Anne Atlan 

作者机构：Laboratoire ECOBIOUMR 6553CNRSUniversitéde Rennes 1Bâtiment 14ACampus de Beaulieu263 avenue du Général Leclerc35042 Rennes CedexFrance 

出 版 物：《Journal of Plant Ecology》 (植物生态学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2017年第10卷第2期

页      面：375-385页

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学科分类：0710[理学-生物学] 071001[理学-植物学] 0830[工学-环境科学与工程（可授工学、理学、农学学位）] 07[理学] 0901[农学-作物学] 0902[农学-园艺学] 0713[理学-生态学] 

基　　金：French Society of Botany (SFB) Gaugy-Gentet donation (2014) the OSUR-University of Rennes (France) 

主　　题：Ulex europaeus invasive species germination physical dormancy 

摘      要：Aims The study of the adaptive potential of the germination patterns of invading species enables us to identify some traits linked with their capacity to colonize new sites,and to gain a better understanding of their area of *** aim of this study is to determine the germination pattern of Ulex europaeus,a cosmopolitan invasive species,in relation to temperature and to explore its potential evolu-tion and invasiveness in a tropical region,following its introduction from *** We studied the germination pattern of ***(the com-mon gorse)to test both physical dormancy and germination capacity within the range of temperatures found in the native and invasive *** understand its germination pattern and its evolution,the rate and the speed of germination,as well as the percentage of seeds that became mouldy during the experi-ment,have been compared between a native habitat,France and a habitat into which it has been introduced,the tropical island of La *** Findings The results show that gorse seeds germinate in large quantities,pos-sess the ability to germinate under a wide range of temperatures and they confirm the physical dormancy of the seeds(caused by seed coat impermeability).The decrease in germination from 25℃ upwards,coupled with an increase in the rate of moulding help to explain its restricted distribution at altitude in tropical *** scari-fied seeds,we have not detected any difference between the two regions,neither in the percentage of germinated seeds,nor in the per-centage of mouldy ***,seeds from Reunion germinate faster at 20℃ than seeds from France and a greater number of seeds from Reunion are able to germinate without scarification(10-60%for Reunion versus 0-10%for France).These results suggest that while preserving the advantages of the native habitat,in Reunion gorse develops a strategy which favours the rapid occupation of new sites.