期刊
PLANT AND SOIL
卷 418, 期 1-2, 页码 267-276出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-017-3296-8
关键词
Niche differentiation; Nitrogen form; Plant phenology; Species coexistence; Stable isotope
资金
- State Key Basic Research and Development Plan [2007CB106802]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31421063]
Nitrogen (N) niche differentiations play an important role in community structure and biogeochemical cycling in terrestrial ecosystems. However, very few studies have examined how plant N strategies specialize via trade-offs between N acquisition and use abilities under natural field conditions. A field experiment was conducted to investigate N strategies by coexisting grass species using the in-situ stable isotope labeling technique. We injected N-15-labeled nitrate, N-15-labeled ammonium, and C-13-N-15-labeled glycine solutions in early and late vegetative growing seasons. Shoot delta N-15 and N concentration were measured to determine the N uptake and use abilities of 4 common species. All plant species preferred to take up nitrate (the dominant N form) over ammonium and glycine, and N-acquisition capacity varied with temporal variation of soil N. However, the dominant species was more N-conservative than less-dominant species and had lower overall N uptake rates (shoot N-15 excess 48 hours after injection) and higher N use efficiencies (aboveground biomass : N ratio). The different N strategies may reflect mixed effects of environmental filtering and interspecific competition and have significant implications for species coexistence as well as for ecosystem functions such as nutrient cycling.
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