The adaptation mechanisms of plants living in gypsiferous soils and the effects on community distribution

Abstract

In this study, the less known physical, chemical and anatomical adaptation mechanisms of plants which have lived in gypsiferous soils and their effects on the distribution of communities were explained. Soils with high gypsum content support specific vegetation, indicating a habitat to which gypsophile plants have adapted. Gypsum soils are a specific physical and chemical environment for plant life. In this review, it was first described the physical and chemical properties of gypsum soils, then summarized the physical, chemical and anatomical adaptation mechanisms of gypsophily in plants and it was finished the review by providing an overview of the distribution of communities on gypsum substrates.

Keywords

• Adaptation
• Ecophysiology
• Gypsum
• Gypsophile
• Community distribution

JİPSLİ TOPRAKLARDA YAŞAYAN BİTKİLERDE ADAPTASYON MEKANİZMALARI VE KOMÜNİTE DAĞILIŞINA ETKİLERİ

Abstract

Bu çalışmada jipsli topraklarda yaşayan bitkilerin az bilinen fiziksel, kimyasal, anatomik uyum mekanizmaları ve komünite dağılışına etkileri açıklanmıştır. Özel bir bitki örtüsünü destekleyen yüksek jips içerikli topraklar jipsofil bitkilerin uyum sağladığı habitatı göstermektedir. Jips içeren topraklar bitki yaşamı için özel bir fiziksel ve kimyasal çevredir. Bu derlemede, öncelikle jipsli toprakların fiziksel ve kimyasal özellikleri açıklanmış, sonra bitkilerdeki jipsofilliğin fiziksel, kimyasal, anatomik uyum mekanizmalarıyla devam edilmiş ve jipsli substratlarda komünitelerin
dağılışı hakkında genel bir bakışla derleme bitirilmiştir. 

Keywords

• Adaptasyon
• Ekofizyoloji
• Jips
• Jipsofil
• Komünite dağılışı

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