Nutrient allocation strategies of woody plants: an approach from the scaling of nitrogen and phosphorus between twig stems and leaves

doi:10.1038/srep20099

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	Nutrient allocation strategies of woody plants: an approach from the scaling of nitrogen and phosphorus between twig stems and leaves
	Yan, Zhengbing 2; Li, Peng 2; Chen, Yahan 3; Han, Wenxuan 1; Fang, Jingyun 2
刊名	SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
	2016
卷号	6
ISSN号	2045-2322
DOI	10.1038/srep20099
文献子类	Article
英文摘要	Allocation of limited nutrients, such as nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P), among plant organs reflects the influences of evolutionary and ecological processes on functional traits of plants, and thus is related to functional groups and environmental conditions. In this study, we tested this hypothesis by exploring the stoichiometric scaling of N and P concentrations between twig stems and leaves of 335 woody species from 12 forest sites across eastern China. Scaling exponents of twig stem N (or P) to leaf N (or P) varied among functional groups. With increasing latitude, these scaling exponents significantly decreased from >1 at low latitude to <1 at high latitude across the study area. These results suggested that, as plant nutrient concentration increased, plants at low latitudes showed a faster increase in twig stem nutrient concentration, whereas plants at high latitudes presented a faster increase in leaf nutrient concentration. Such shifts in nutrient allocation strategy from low to high latitudes may be controlled by temperature. Overall, our findings provide a new approach to explore plant nutrient allocation strategies by analysing the stoichiometric scaling of nutrients among organs, which could broaden our understanding of the interactions between plants and their environments.
学科主题	Multidisciplinary Sciences
出版地	LONDON
WOS关键词	LEAF NITROGEN ; GLOBAL PATTERNS ; SIZE SPECTRUM ; SOIL ; STOICHIOMETRY ; TEMPERATURE ; TRAITS ; GROWTH ; EVERGREEN ; CLIMATE
WOS研究方向	Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
语种	英语
出版者	NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
WOS记录号	WOS:000369382500001
资助机构	National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaNational Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [31321061, 31330012, 41173083]
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.ibcas.ac.cn/handle/2S10CLM1/24333]
专题	植被与环境变化国家重点实验室
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Bot, Beijing 100093, Peoples R China 2.Peking Univ, Coll Urban & Environm Sci, Dept Ecol, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China 3.Peking Univ, Minist Educ, Key Lab Earth Surface Proc, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China 4.China Agr Univ, Beijing Key Lab Biodivers & Organ Farming, Coll Resources & Environm Sci, Beijing 100193, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Yan, Zhengbing,Li, Peng,Chen, Yahan,et al. Nutrient allocation strategies of woody plants: an approach from the scaling of nitrogen and phosphorus between twig stems and leaves[J]. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS,2016,6.
APA	Yan, Zhengbing,Li, Peng,Chen, Yahan,Han, Wenxuan,&Fang, Jingyun.(2016).Nutrient allocation strategies of woody plants: an approach from the scaling of nitrogen and phosphorus between twig stems and leaves.SCIENTIFIC REPORTS,6.
MLA	Yan, Zhengbing,et al."Nutrient allocation strategies of woody plants: an approach from the scaling of nitrogen and phosphorus between twig stems and leaves".SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 6(2016).