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Nutrient resorption of coexistence species in alpine meadow of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau explains plant adaptation to nutrient-poor environment | |
Jiang, Chunming1,2; Yu, Guirui2; Li, Yingnian3; Cao, Guangmin3; Yang, ZhaoPing4; Sheng, Wenping2; Yu, Wantai1 | |
2012-07-01 | |
发表期刊 | ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
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ISSN | 0925-8574 |
卷号 | 44页码:1-9 |
文章类型 | Article |
摘要 | Nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) resorption from senescing organs are important plant nutrient conservation mechanisms. However, whether nutrient resorption can indicate plant adaptation to nutrient-poor environment remains a controversy. We quantified nutrient resorption efficiency of major species in an alpine meadow of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. N and P resorption for these species averaged 65.2% and 67.4%, respectively, which was at the high end of the values of global scale. Among three life forms, sedges contained least N and P and had highest resorption efficiency, indicating sedges had a competitive advantage over grasses and forbs in this nutrient-poor environment. This result was consistent with the fact that sedge was the typically dominant plant functional group in Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. By fitting the allometric equations ([ nutrient](senescent) = A([nutrient](live))(B)) separately for N and P, we found much smaller B (N) than B (P), which suggested that relative to the resorption from senescent leaves, the cost of N uptake from soils increased more quickly than that of P as resource availability decreased. This phenomenon was contrary to the corresponding N and P acquisition pattern of the tropical ecosystem, which matched the large geographical gradients of N vs. P limitation (N for alpine ecosystem, while P for tropical ecosystem). This study suggests that surveying leaf nutrient concentration and resorption could provide indicative information about plant adaptation to nutrient-poor soil within and across ecosystems. Our finding offers insights to nutrient management and ecosystem restoration in nutrient-poor environment and delivers information for upcoming meta-studies and model simulation of global leaf nutrient resorption. Crown Copyright (C) 2012 Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.; Nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) resorption from senescing organs are important plant nutrient conservation mechanisms. However, whether nutrient resorption can indicate plant adaptation to nutrient-poor environment remains a controversy. We quantified nutrient resorption efficiency of major species in an alpine meadow of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. N and P resorption for these species averaged 65.2% and 67.4%, respectively, which was at the high end of the values of global scale. Among three life forms, sedges contained least N and P and had highest resorption efficiency, indicating sedges had a competitive advantage over grasses and forbs in this nutrient-poor environment. This result was consistent with the fact that sedge was the typically dominant plant functional group in Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. By fitting the allometric equations ([ nutrient](senescent) = A([nutrient](live))(B)) separately for N and P, we found much smaller B (N) than B (P), which suggested that relative to the resorption from senescent leaves, the cost of N uptake from soils increased more quickly than that of P as resource availability decreased. This phenomenon was contrary to the corresponding N and P acquisition pattern of the tropical ecosystem, which matched the large geographical gradients of N vs. P limitation (N for alpine ecosystem, while P for tropical ecosystem). This study suggests that surveying leaf nutrient concentration and resorption could provide indicative information about plant adaptation to nutrient-poor soil within and across ecosystems. Our finding offers insights to nutrient management and ecosystem restoration in nutrient-poor environment and delivers information for upcoming meta-studies and model simulation of global leaf nutrient resorption. Crown Copyright (C) 2012 Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
关键词 | Leaf Nutrient Concentration Nutrient Resorption Allometric Equations Alpine Meadow Qinghai-tibetan Plateau |
WOS标题词 | Science & Technology ; Life Sciences & Biomedicine ; Technology |
关键词[WOS] | ORGANIC NITROGEN ; PHOSPHORUS STOICHIOMETRY ; LEAF NITROGEN ; FUNCTIONAL-SIGNIFICANCE ; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS ; MINERAL-NUTRITION ; GRASSLAND BIOMES ; SCALE PATTERNS ; ARCTIC PLANTS ; WILD PLANTS |
收录类别 | SCI |
语种 | 英语 |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Engineering |
WOS类目 | Ecology ; Engineering, Environmental ; Environmental Sciences |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000305443100001 |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://210.75.249.4/handle/363003/3648 |
专题 | 中国科学院西北高原生物研究所 |
作者单位 | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Appl Ecol, Shenyang 110016, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, Key Lab Ecosyst Network Observat & Modeling, Synth Res Ctr Chinese Ecosyst Res Network, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, NW Plateau Inst Biol, Xining 810008, Peoples R China 4.Minist Environm Protect, Nanjing Inst Environm Sci, Nanjing 210042, Jiangsu, Peoples R China |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Jiang, Chunming,Yu, Guirui,Li, Yingnian,et al. Nutrient resorption of coexistence species in alpine meadow of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau explains plant adaptation to nutrient-poor environment[J]. ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING,2012,44:1-9. |
APA | Jiang, Chunming.,Yu, Guirui.,Li, Yingnian.,Cao, Guangmin.,Yang, ZhaoPing.,...&Yu, Wantai.(2012).Nutrient resorption of coexistence species in alpine meadow of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau explains plant adaptation to nutrient-poor environment.ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING,44,1-9. |
MLA | Jiang, Chunming,et al."Nutrient resorption of coexistence species in alpine meadow of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau explains plant adaptation to nutrient-poor environment".ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING 44(2012):1-9. |
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