Plant N status in the alpine grassland of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau : base on the N: P stoichiometry

Plants from different functional groups show distinct response to nitrogen (N) addition, however, the patterns and underlying mechanisms across the natural N availability gradient remain unexplored. In present studies, effects of soil N fertility on aboveground N pools and production were examined, and the N: P stoichiometry was compared among forbs, graminoids, and legumes on an alpine grassland located in northeast of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Mean N: P ratios of the whole community in 2008 and 2009 were 9. 83 and 11.57, respectively, indicating that the sub-alpine grassland was mainly N-limited. The partial redundancy analysis (partial RDA) showed that the biomass percentage of forbs increased, while those of legumes and graminoids decreased with the soil N availability. It suggested that legumes and graminoids were more competitive than forbs in the natural N-limited grassland, which may be due to the N2-fixation ability and high nutrient use efficiency, respectively. Under the projected increasing N deposition, the vegetation tended to shift from graminoids and legumes to forbs. Significant relationships were found between the percentage of legumes biomass and N: P (phosphorus) ratio for the whole community and non-legumes, indicating that legumes could improve the community N status as well as non-legumes N status on the alpine grassland.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2014

Erschienen:

2014

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:35

Enthalten in:

Huan jing ke xue= Huanjing kexue - 35(2014), 3 vom: 30. März, Seite 1131-7

Sprache:

Chinesisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhang, Ren-Yi [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Dang-Hui [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Ling-Yun [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Gang [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

27YLU75U4W
Journal Article
N762921K75
Nitrogen
Phosphorus
Soil

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 16.06.2015

Date Revised 02.12.2018

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM238732339