Journal
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
Volume 19, Issue 1, Pages 208-216Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12022
Keywords
carbon dioxide; N addition; N:P ratios; N-2 fixer; subtropical forests
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31 070 439]
- Chinese Academy of Sciences [KSCX2-EW-Q-8, KSCX2-EW-J-28, XDA05050208]
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Increased atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations and nitrogen (N) deposition induced by human activities have greatly influenced the stoichiometry of N and phosphorus (P). We used model forest ecosystems in open-top chambers to study the effects of elevated CO2 (ca. 700 mu mol mol(-1)) alone and together with N addition (100 kg N ha(-1) yr(-1)) on N to P (N : P) ratios in leaves, stems and roots of five tree species, including four non-N-2 fixers and one N-2 fixer, in subtropical China from 2006 to 2009. Elevated CO2 decreased or had no effects on N : P ratios in plant tissues of tree species. N addition, especially under elevated CO2, lowered N : P ratios in the N-2 fixer, and this effect was significant in the stems and the roots. However, only one species of the non-N-2 fixers showed significantly lower N : P ratios under N addition in 2009, and the others were not affected by N addition. The reductions of N : P ratios in response to elevated CO2 and N addition were mainly associated with the increases in P concentrations. Our results imply that elevated CO2 and N addition could facilitate tree species to mitigate P limitation by more strongly influencing P dynamics than N in the subtropical forests.
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