期刊
PLANT AND SOIL
卷 420, 期 1-2, 页码 209-222出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-017-3390-y
关键词
Fine root biomass; NUE; WUE; Topography; Plant-soil feedback
资金
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)-CAS Core-University Program (Researches on Combating Desertification and Developmental Utilization in Inland China)
- JSPS-KAKENHI [15H05113]
- JSPS-Natural Science Foundation of China Bilateral Joint Research Projects [41411140035, 41,171,419]
- Arid Land Research Center Joint Research Program Fund at Tottori University
- JSPS through the Global Center of Excellence (COE) Program for Dryland Science
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [15H04617, 15H05113] Funding Source: KAKEN
The objective of this study was to investigate how plants maintain productivity under a limited supply of water and N along the topographical soil water and N gradients in semi-arid forests. We investigated forest structure and productivity, N cycling, and water and N use by plants at three different slope positions in a forested area near an arid boundary on a loess plateau in China. Net primary production (NPP) and aboveground N uptake decreased as soil water and/or N availability decreased on upper slopes; however, NPP and aboveground N uptake were only slightly lower than those of more humid forest ecosystems. Water use efficiency (WUE), N use efficiency (NUE), and fine root biomass increased as soil water and/or N supply decreased with altitude. High NUE was linked to higher N mean residence time, caused by higher N resorption efficiency rather than increasing N productivity. Our results suggest that NPP and N uptake can be maintained by increasing WUE and NUE and increasing fine root biomass in water and N co-limited semi-arid forest ecosystems near arid boundaries. Such changes in resource use and acquisition strategy can affect production and N cycling via plant-soil feedback systems.
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