文献类型：期刊文献

英文题名：Leaf nitrogen and phosphorus stoichiometry of Quercus species across China

作者：Wu, Tonggui[1] Dong, Yi[1] Yu, Mukui[1] Wang, G. Geoff[2] Zeng, De-Hui[3]

第一作者：吴统贵

通信作者：Yu, MK[1]

机构：[1]Chinese Acad Forestry, Res Inst Subtrop Forestry, Fuyang 311400, Zhejiang, Peoples R China;[2]Clemson Univ, Sch Agr Forestry & Environm Sci, Clemson, SC 29634 USA;[3]Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Appl Ecol, State Key Lab Forest & Soil Ecol, Shenyang 110164, Peoples R China

年份：2012

卷号：284

起止页码：116-123

外文期刊名：FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

收录：;WOS:【SCI-EXPANDED(收录号:WOS:000310945600013)】；

基金：The project was supported by the National Scientific and Technical Supporting Program Funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (No. 2009BADB2B03), the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province (No. LY12C16008) and the Research Institute of Sub-tropical Forestry Fund (No. RISF6154).

语种：英文

外文关键词：Quercus; Nitrogen (N); Phosphorus (P); N:P ratio; Geographic and climatic factors

摘要：Leaf stoichiometry patterns and their controlling factors at different scales, such as the global flora or single species/genus, are still poorly understood. Here, we analyzed a national-level dataset of leaf nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) concentrations and their stoichiometry for 13 Quercus species from 41 study sites in China, aiming to document the patterns of leaf N and P concentrations and N:P ratio to investigate how these patterns vary with geographic and climatic variables. The averages of leaf N and P concentrations and N:P ratio were 17.27 mg g(-1), 1.54 mg g(-1) and 13.96, respectively, across all Quercus species studied. Significant differences in leaf N and P concentrations were detected, while no significant difference in leaf N:P ratio was found among species. Leaf N and P concentrations and N:P ratio showed single-peak curves or linear patterns along the geographic and climatic gradients. Principal component analysis (PCA) revealed that the first PCA axis, which reflected the temperature and evaporation variations along the altitude and longitude, had good relationships with leaf N and P concentrations and N:P ratio. The second PCA axis, which reflected temperature and moisture variations along the latitude, only showed a significantly correlation with leaf N concentration. Leaf N:P ratio was well constrained to a relatively stable range for Quercus species and was less influenced by environmental variables. Leaf N and P concentrations were mainly driven by heat and water distribution induced through geographic variations. Leaf stoichiometry-geography relationships are more complicated than stoichiometry-climate relationships. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.