Fluctuating saline conditions favor competition of Bolboschoenus planiculmis, a dominant species in inland salt marshes

• Published in: Ecological processes Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 67 - 12
• Main Authors: Wang, Lingxi, Zhang, Hongxiang, Tao, Yitong, Zhang, Tao, Li, Xiaoqing, Yu, Xiaoqian, Yan, An, He, Chunguang, Zheng, Wei, Gao, Yingzhi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.12.2025; Springer Nature B.V; SpringerOpen
• Subjects: Abiotic stress; Aquatic ecosystems; Aquatic plants; Biomass; Bolboschoenus planiculmis; Climate change; Community composition; Competition; Competition-to-stress hypothesis; Competitive response; Dominant species; Earth and Environmental Science; Ecosystems; Environment; Floods; Fluctuating salt; Freshwater plants; Habitats; Hypotheses; Interspecific; Marshes; Phragmites australis; Precipitation; Salinity; Salinity tolerance; Salt; Salt marshes; Saltmarshes; Seeds; Sodium chloride; Soil erosion; Suaeda salsa; Survival; Water levels; Wetland; Wetlands; China; Competition-to-stress hypothesis; Competitive response; Wetland; Fluctuating salt

Background The changing hydrological conditions in wetland ecosystems are often accompanied by salt fluctuations. However, how fluctuating salt conditions affect growth and interspecific competition of dominant plants in wetlands remains unclear. This study aims to investigate the response of growth...