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Effects of neighborhood tree species diversity on foliar nitrogen-phosphorus stoichiometry of Cunninghamia lanceolata
Received date: 2022-04-08
Accepted date: 2022-10-11
Online published: 2022-10-11
Supported by
The National Natural Science Foundation of China(31930077);The National Natural Science Foundation of China(31625007);The National Natural Science Foundation of China(31901162);The China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2020T130100)
Aims Biodiversity loss threatens ecosystem functions. Investigating the effect of biodiversity on the ecological stoichiometry of plant nutrients, therefore, can help reveal the mechanisms of the effect of biodiversity on ecosystem functions.
Methods Using a tree species diversity experiment in subtropical China, Cunninghamia lanceolatafrom plots with different tree species richness (1, 4, 8, 16, 32) were selected as focal tree species. The effects of neighborhood species richness (NSR), functional trait dissimilarities between neighborhood tree species and the focal tree, neighborhood competition index (NCI) on foliar nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) content and N:P of C. lanceolata were investigated.
Important findings (1) The results showed that the dissimilarity in specific root length (SRL_diss) between neighborhood trees and focal trees significantly increased the foliar P content of C. lanceolata, while the dissimilarity in root tissue density (RTD_diss) significantly decreased the foliar N content of C. lanceolata. (2) Neighborhood competition significantly decreased the foliar N content and N:P of C. lanceolata. (3) The interaction effects of NCI and SRL_diss, as well as the interaction between NSR and SRL_diss significantly reduced the foliar P content of C. lanceolata. The result indicates that the positive effect of SRL_diss on the foliar P content of C. lanceolata decreased with increasing NSR, and the positive effect of SRL_diss on the foliar P content of C. lanceolata decreased with increasing NCI. (4) The interaction between NSR and phylogenetic dissimilarity (NP_diss) significantly increased foliar N:P of C. lanceolata, demonstrating that the negative effect of NP_diss on the foliar N:P content of C. lanceolata decreased with increasing NSR. Our results indicated that the foliar P content of C. lanceolata was significantly enhanced by mixing with tree species with different trait dissimilarities, while foliar N content of C. lanceolata was decreased by neighborhood competition. Tree species richness can help mitigate the adverse effects of interspecific competition on C. lanceolata through niche complementation when mixing with species that have greater trait dissimilarity.
RAN Song-Song, YU Zai-Peng, WAN Xiao-Hua, FU Yan-Rong, ZOU Bing-Zhang, WANG Si-Rong, HUANG Zhi-Qun . Effects of neighborhood tree species diversity on foliar nitrogen-phosphorus stoichiometry of Cunninghamia lanceolata[J]. Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology, 2023 , 47(7) : 932 -942 . DOI: 10.17521/cjpe.2022.0128
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