Effects of elevated carbon dioxide and nitrogen addition on foliar stoichiometry of nitrogen and phosphorus of five tree species in subtropical model forest ecosystems
2012
Huang, Wenjuan | Zhou, Guoyi | Liu, Juxiu | Zhang, Deqiang | Xu, Zhihong | Liu, Shizhong
The effects of elevated carbon dioxide (CO₂) and nitrogen (N) addition on foliar N and phosphorus (P) stoichiometry were investigated in five native tree species (four non-N₂ fixers and one N₂ fixer) in open-top chambers in southern China from 2005 to 2009. The high foliar N:P ratios induced by high foliar N and low foliar P indicate that plants may be more limited by P than by N. The changes in foliar N:P ratios were largely determined by P dynamics rather than N under both elevated CO₂ and N addition. Foliar N:P ratios in the non-N₂ fixers showed some negative responses to elevated CO₂, while N addition reduced foliar N:P ratios in the N₂ fixer. The results suggest that N addition would facilitate the N₂ fixer rather than the non-N₂ fixers to regulate the stoichiometric balance under elevated CO₂.
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