caa a22 4500 606164693 CHVBK 20210128100650.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10144-014-0462-1 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10144-014-0462-1 Family-specific responses in survivorship and phenotypic traits to different light environments in a seedling population of Fagus crenata in a cool-temperate forest [Elektronische Daten] [Takeshi Torimaru, Yuichi Takeda, Michinari Matsushita, Ichiro Tamaki, Junji Sano, Nobuhiro Tomaru] Natural plant populations consist of individuals that exhibit variation in their phenotypic traits and demographic parameters. Here we report a study on maternal effects and the effects of different light environments on intra-specific variation in survivorship and ecologically relevant phenotypic traits of Fagus crenata seedlings in a cool-temperate forest community. We collected 901 seedlings from the ground beneath five maternal trees and used microsatellite DNA markers to identify maternal siblings that germinated naturally in the forest community. Selected seedlings were planted at three sites--one under a closed canopy with low light availability, one under a canopy gap in the natural forest community with moderate light availability, and one in a common garden with high light availability. The proportion of seedlings that were correctly assigned to their putative mother ranged from 60.0 to 82.7% per maternal family, and 655 (72.7%) seedlings in total were used for the analysis of survivorship and phenotypic traits. Among-family differences in survivorship remained after correcting for the effects of initial stem size during the first year after planting. However, this difference in survivorship became less pronounced in subsequent years. Seedlings grown under the canopy gap and/or in the common garden exhibited better performance in terms of phenotypic traits such as stem, leaf, and root morphology. In addition, seedlings of different maternal origins grown in the same environments had different individual leaf areas. These findings suggest that phenotypic variation due to maternal effects was a significant source of intra-specific variation within the local population. The Society of Population Ecology and Springer Japan, 2014 Intra-specific variation nationallicence Light environment nationallicence Maternal effects nationallicence Phenotypic plasticity nationallicence Seedling population nationallicence Transplant experiment nationallicence Torimaru Takeshi Laboratory of Forest Ecology, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Science, Hirosaki University, 036-8561, Hirosaki, Japan aut Takeda Yuichi Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Chikusa, 464-8601, Nagoya, Japan aut Matsushita Michinari Laboratory of Forest Sciences, Department of Biological Environment, Akita Prefectural University, 010-0195, Akita, Japan aut Tamaki Ichiro Gifu Academy of Forest Science and Culture, 88 Sodai, Mino, 501-3714, Gifu, Japan aut Sano Junji Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Ecosystem Management, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, 680-8553, Tottori, Japan aut Tomaru Nobuhiro Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Chikusa, 464-8601, Nagoya, Japan aut Population Ecology Springer Japan 57/1(2015-01-01), 77-91 1438-3896 57:1<77 2015 57 10144 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10144-014-0462-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10144-014-0462-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Torimaru Takeshi Laboratory of Forest Ecology, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Science, Hirosaki University, 036-8561, Hirosaki, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Takeda Yuichi Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Chikusa, 464-8601, Nagoya, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Matsushita Michinari Laboratory of Forest Sciences, Department of Biological Environment, Akita Prefectural University, 010-0195, Akita, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Tamaki Ichiro Gifu Academy of Forest Science and Culture, 88 Sodai, Mino, 501-3714, Gifu, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sano Junji Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Ecosystem Management, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, 680-8553, Tottori, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Tomaru Nobuhiro Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Chikusa, 464-8601, Nagoya, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Population Ecology Springer Japan 57/1(2015-01-01), 77-91 1438-3896 57:1<77 2015 57 10144