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Convergent responses of nitrogen and phosphorus resorption to nitrogen inputs in a semiarid grassland

文献类型:SCI/SSCI论文

作者Yu Q.
发表日期2013
关键词ecological stoichiometry foliar nutrient concentration intraspecific variation nitrogen addition nutrient resorption plant-soil feedback resorption ratio temperate steppe nutrient resorption terrestrial ecosystems inner-mongolia limitation deposition availability stoichiometry proficiency patterns plants
英文摘要Human activities have significantly altered nitrogen (N) availability in most terrestrial ecosystems, with consequences for community composition and ecosystem functioning. Although studies of how changes in N availability affect biodiversity and community composition are relatively common, much less remains known about the effects of N inputs on the coupled biogeochemical cycling of N and phosphorus (P), and still fewer data exist regarding how increased N inputs affect the internal cycling of these two elements in plants. Nutrient resorption is an important driver of plant nutrient economies and of the quality of litter plants produce. Accordingly, resorption patterns have marked ecological implications for plant population and community fitness, as well as for ecosystem nutrient cycling. In a semiarid grassland in northern China, we studied the effects of a wide range of N inputs on foliar nutrient resorption of two dominant grasses, Leymus chinensis and Stipa grandis. After 4years of treatments, N and P availability in soil and N and P concentrations in green and senesced grass leaves increased with increasing rates of N addition. Foliar N and P resorption significantly decreased along the N addition gradient, implying a resorption-mediated, positive plant-soil feedback induced by N inputs. Furthermore, N:P resorption ratios were negatively correlated with the rates of N addition, indicating the sensitivity of plant N and P stoichiometry to N inputs. Taken together, the results demonstrate that N additions accelerate ecosystem uptake and turnover of both N and P in the temperate steppe and that N and P cycles are coupled in dynamic ways. The convergence of N and P resorption in response to N inputs emphasizes the importance of nutrient resorption as a pathway by which plants and ecosystems adjust in the face of increasing N availability.
出处Global Change Biology
19
9
2775-2784
收录类别SCI
语种英语
ISSN号1354-1013
源URL[http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/30356]  
专题地理科学与资源研究所_历年回溯文献
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Yu Q.. Convergent responses of nitrogen and phosphorus resorption to nitrogen inputs in a semiarid grassland. 2013.

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来源:地理科学与资源研究所

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