[1]MA Lu-sha,CHEN Ya-nan,ZHANG Xiang-ru,et al.Characteristics of Leaf Ecological Stoichiometry of Robinia pseudoacacia in Loess Plateau[J].Research of Soil and Water Conservation,2014,21(03):57-61,67.
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Research of Soil and Water Conservation[ISSN 1005-3409/CN 61-1272/P] Volume:
21
Number of periods:
2014 03
Page number:
57-61,67
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Public date:
2014-06-28
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Characteristics of Leaf Ecological Stoichiometry of Robinia pseudoacacia in Loess Plateau
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MA Lu-sha1, CHEN Ya-nan1, ZHANG Xiang-ru1, YANG Jia-jia1, AN Shao-shan1,2
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1. College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China;
2. State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Water Resources, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- Keywords:
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ecological stoichiometry; Loess Plateau; Robinia pseudoacacia; leaf nutrient; soil nutrient; geographic pattern
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S154.1
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- Abstract:
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The study of Robinia pseudoacacia leaf ecological stoichiometry in Loess Plateau can help to explain the effect of environmental factors on leaf nutrient and ecological stoichiometry. We determined contents of C, N, P and their ratios, spatial pattern in leaves of Robinia pseudoacacia and relationships between soil and leaf at 14 sites in Loess Plateau. The results show that the arithmetic means of leaf C, N, P contents were 454.63, 21.38, 2.09 mg/g, respectively. The arithmetic means of C/P, C/N, N/P were 226.51, 21.61, 10.73, respectively. There was no significant difference between the contents of these three elements in leaves on shade slope and those on sunny slope. Contents of C, N, P in leaves and their ratios had the same tendencies of geographic spatial pattern on shade slope and sunny slope. Leaf C increased at first and then decreased as latitude increased; leaf N, P increased as latitude increased and only leaf C was significantly correlated with latitude (0.01 < P < 0.05), others did not meet the significant level. In leaf nutrient content, only the C had a significant negative correlation relationship with soil C, N contents, N and P did not show significant changes with latitude and soil content. This illustrates that the leaf N, P element contents are conservative, and are less affected by environmental factors.