Species richness mediates within-species nutrient resorption: Implications for the biodiversity-productivity relationship | |
Lu, Xiao-Tao1; Hu, Yan-Yu1,2; Wolf, Amelia A.3; Han, Xing-Guo1,2,4 | |
Corresponding Author | Lu, Xiao-Tao(lvxiaotao@iae.ac.cn) |
2019-09-01 | |
Source Publication | JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
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ISSN | 0022-0477 |
Volume | 107Issue:5Pages:2346-2352 |
Abstract | 1. Between-species variation in nutrient resorption is one of the mechanisms explaining the positive relationship between biodiversity and primary productivity. Yet, the role of within-species variations in nutrient resorption in mediating the relationship between biodiversity and productivity remains unclear. 2. We examined how within-species nutrient resorption, and ultimately productivity, respond to changes in species richness by using four traits related to nitrogen and phosphorus use in four dominant species from different plant functional groups in a biodiversity removal experiment in the temperate steppe. 3. Nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations in both green and senesced leaves in all species significantly decreased with increasing plant species richness, suggesting that plants used those limiting nutrients more efficiently with increasing biodiversity. Plants in higher diversity communities resorbed more nutrients during senescence, which may facilitate reproduction and vegetative regrowth in the next year. 4. Synthesis. Our results highlight the importance of considering within-species variation in nutrient resorption as an important underlying mechanism explaining the positive effects of biodiversity on primary productivity and ecosystem carbon accumulation. |
Keyword | biodiversity loss ecosystem functioning intraspecific variation litter quality plant functional trait plant-soil feedback species complementarity |
Funding Organization | National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Basic Research Program of China ; Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ; CAS ; Youth Innovation Promotion Association CAS |
DOI | 10.1111/1365-2745.13180 |
Indexed By | SCI |
Language | 英语 |
Funding Project | National Natural Science Foundation of China[31822006] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[31770503] ; National Basic Research Program of China[2016YFC0500601] ; National Basic Research Program of China[2015CB150802] ; Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences[XDB15010403] ; Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences[XDA23070103] ; CAS[QYZDB-SSW-DQC006] ; Youth Innovation Promotion Association CAS[2014174] |
WOS Research Area | Plant Sciences ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
WOS Subject | Plant Sciences ; Ecology |
WOS ID | WOS:000484311000025 |
Publisher | WILEY |
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Document Type | 期刊论文 |
Identifier | http://ir.imr.ac.cn/handle/321006/135426 |
Collection | 中国科学院金属研究所 |
Corresponding Author | Lu, Xiao-Tao |
Affiliation | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Appl Ecol, CAS Key Lab Forest Ecol & Management, Erguna Forest Steppe Ecotone Res Stn, Shenyang, Liaoning, Peoples R China 2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China 3.Univ Texas Austin, Dept Integrat Biol, Austin, TX 78712 USA 4.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Bot, State Key Lab Vegetat Environm Change, Beijing, Peoples R China |
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Lu, Xiao-Tao,Hu, Yan-Yu,Wolf, Amelia A.,et al. Species richness mediates within-species nutrient resorption: Implications for the biodiversity-productivity relationship[J]. JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY,2019,107(5):2346-2352. |
APA | Lu, Xiao-Tao,Hu, Yan-Yu,Wolf, Amelia A.,&Han, Xing-Guo.(2019).Species richness mediates within-species nutrient resorption: Implications for the biodiversity-productivity relationship.JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY,107(5),2346-2352. |
MLA | Lu, Xiao-Tao,et al."Species richness mediates within-species nutrient resorption: Implications for the biodiversity-productivity relationship".JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY 107.5(2019):2346-2352. |
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