Journal
PLANT SOIL AND ENVIRONMENT
Volume 58, Issue 10, Pages 446-451Publisher
CZECH ACADEMY AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
DOI: 10.17221/6339-PSE
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litter decomposition; nitrogen limitation; nutrient availability; sandy grassland; species composition
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- Chinese Academy of Sciences [XDA05050401, KZCX2-YW-Q1-06]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [30800143]
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A factorial nitrogen (N) x phosphorus (P) addition experiment was conducted to evaluate responses of leaf nutrient resorption to increased soil N and P availability in a semiarid grassland in Keerqin Sandy Lands, China. Four plant species were selected, among which Artemisia scoparia and Chenopodium acuminatum were dominant species in the control and P-added plots, and Cannabis sativa and Phragmites communis were dominant in the N- and N + P-treated plots. Results showed that N and P resorption varied substantially among species (P < 0.01). A general trend of decrease in N resorption efficiency (NRE) and N resorption proficiency (NRP) was observed in response to increased soil N availability for all species, except P. communis only for NRE. Similarly, P resorption proficiency (PRP) decreased in response to P addition for all species, whereas P resorption efficiency (PRE) was not affected by P addition. Species responded differently in terms of PRE and PRP to N addition, whereas no changes in NRE and NRP occurred in response to P addition except P. communis for NRE. Our results suggest that increased soil nutrient availability can influence plant-mediated nutrient cycling directly by changing leaf nutrient resorption and indirectly by altering species composition in the sandy grassland.
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