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Insects affect relationships between plant species richness and ecosystem processes 总被引:10,自引:0,他引:10
This study examined whether insects can alter relationships between plant species diversity and ecosystem function in grassland communities, by (i) altering biomass across a plant diversity gradient, (ii) altering relative abundances of plant species, or (iii) altering ecosystem function directly. We measured herbivore damage on seminatural grassland plots planted with 1, 2, 4, 8, or 12 plant species, and compared plant biomass in a subset of these plots with replicates in which insect levels were reduced. Plant biomass and herbivore damage increased with species richness. Reducing insect populations resulted in greater evenness of relative plant species abundances and revealed a strong positive relationship between plant species richness and above-ground biomass. Reducing insects also changed the relationship between plant species richness and decomposition. Plant species mixtures and their relative abundances partially explained plant biomass results, but not decomposition results. These results suggest that insects can alter relationships between plant diversity and ecosystem processes through all three mechanisms. 相似文献
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A new graphical model for untangling complex relationships among environment, biodiversity, and ecosystem functioning 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Takeshi Miki 《Ecological Research》2009,24(4):937-941
Recent advances in the research field of ‘biodiversity-ecosystem functioning’ have successfully begun to reconcile the apparent controversy on relationships between productivity and species richness. By unifying new advances into a single framework, I propose a 3D graphical model connecting the relationships among resource availability, species richness, and ‘community productivity.’ An emergent pattern from this model predicts that the effect of species richness on community productivity is maximized at intermediate levels of resource availability. This model will contribute to better understanding the relationships among environment, biodiversity, and ecosystem functioning. 相似文献
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Question: Invasive alien plants can affect biomass production and rates of biogeochemical cycling. Do the direction and intensity of such effects depend upon the functional traits of native and alien species and upon the properties of the invaded habitat, with the same alien species having differing impacts in different habitats? Location: Lowlands of Switzerland. Methods: Fourteen grassland and wetland sites invaded by Solidago gigantea and widely differing in biomass production and soil P availability were surveyed. To determine whether the impact of the species was related to site fertility, we compared the invaded and native vegetation in terms of biomass, species composition, plant traits and soil properties. Results: S. gigantea generally increased the above‐ground biomass production of the vegetation and soil C content, while reducing nutrient concentrations in biomass and N availability in the soil. However, it had no significant effect on plant species richness, soil respiration, soil pH and P availability. Leaves of S. gigantea had a greater C content than those of native species; other leaf traits and root phosphatase activity did not differ significantly. Conclusions: Our results suggest that a conservative nutrient‐use strategy allows S. gigantea to invade a broad range of habitats. The observed effects of invasion did not vary according to biomass production of the invaded sites, but some effects did depend on soil P availability, being more pronounced at more P‐rich sites. Thus, the full range of invaded habitats should be considered in studying the potential impact of plant invasions on ecosystem processes. 相似文献
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更好地了解温度和湿度对土壤氮矿化过程的影响,从而估计森林生态系统土壤有机氮的矿化速率。在实验室条件下,控制土壤的温度与含水量。将不同含水量(0.12、0.20、0.28、0.35、0.40kg·kg-1)的土柱置于5℃、15℃、25℃和35℃条件下培养30d。分析培养前后的NH4+-N和NO3--N含量,确定土壤的净矿化速率和净硝化速率。结果表明:在5~25℃的温度范围内,氮的矿化速率和硝化速率与温度和湿度呈正相关。当温度超过25℃,含水量超过0.20kg·kg-1时,净矿化速率和净硝化速率随着温度和含水量的升高反而降低。温度和湿度对土壤的矿化和硝化过程存在比较明显的交互作用。我们建立了二维的方程(T,θ)来描述温度和湿度对土壤氮矿化速率的影响。暖温带土壤氮矿化的最佳条件是温度22.4℃、含水量0.40kg·kg-1。另外试验过程中,还观察到了比较明显的土壤氨挥发现象。 相似文献
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人类工程活动对多年冻土环境的影响是评价人类工程活动对冻土生态系统影响的重要组成部分.以修建青藏公路时的工程干扰带与非干扰带为对比,研究了人类工程活动对多年冻土环境及其融化层的影响.结果表明,干扰带的融化层厚度比非干扰带要小,在非工程干扰带内,融化层厚度随海拔高度的升高,总体上呈下降趋势;而在工程干扰带内,融化层厚度随海拔高度的变化无规律可循.植被类型对冻土融化层厚度的影响表现为:草原>灌丛>草甸.干扰带和非干扰带的土壤含水量垂直分布格局主要受海拔高度的影响,在海拔接近时,受植被状况的影响.人类工程活动对地温的影响表现为干扰带温度低于非干扰带温度. 相似文献
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Amy E. Miller Joshua P. Schimel James O. Sickman Thomas Meixner Allen P. Doyle John M. Melack 《Biogeochemistry》2007,84(3):233-245
Cold-season processes are known to contribute substantially to annual carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) budgets in continental high
elevation and high-latitude soils, but their role in more temperate alpine ecosystems has seldom been characterized. We used
a 4-month lab incubation to describe temperature (−2, 0, 5°C) and moisture [50, 90% water-holding capacity (WHC)] effects
on soil C and N dynamics in two wet and one dry meadow soil from the Sierra Nevada, California. The soils varied in their
capacity to process N at and below 0°C. Only the dry meadow soil mineralized N at −2°C, but the wet meadow soils switched
from net N consumption at −2°C to net N mineralization at temperatures ≥0°C. When the latter soils were incubated at −2°C
at either moisture level (50 or 90% WHC), net NO3
− production decreased even as NH4
+ continued to accumulate. The same pattern occurred in saturated (90% WHC) soils at warmer temperatures (≥0°C), suggesting
that dissimilatory processes could control N cycling in these soils when they are frozen. 相似文献
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A.M. Kooijman 《植被学杂志》2010,21(2):248-261
Question: Do beech and hornbeam differ in undergrowth species diversity, and could these differences be explained by mass of the organic layer, pH or soil moisture? Could species richness under beech and hornbeam be explained by differences in N dynamics? Location: Ancient forests dominated by beech and hornbeam in Luxembourg, on decalcified and lime‐rich parent material. Methods: Species composition and soil characteristics, i.e. mass of the organic layer, pH, moisture content, bulk density and air‐filled pore space, were determined under beech and hornbeam on decalcified marl and limestone, and analysed with cluster analysis, correspondence analysis and ANOVA, with tree species and parent material as independent factors. Net N mineralization, nitrification and N in soil and microbial biomass were determined in a laboratory incubation experiment over a pH gradient, and correlated with species richness. Results: Species richness was lower under beech than under hornbeam on both decalcified marl and on limestone. Mass of the organic layer was higher under beech in all cases, but pH and soil moisture only differed between tree species on decalcified marl. Species richness increased with soil N, microbial N and nitrification in the mineral topsoil, but was not correlated with net N mineralization, and was negatively correlated with nitrification in the organic layer and with efficiency of N mineralization per unit microbe. Conclusion: Litter quality affected species richness on both limestone and decalcified marl via the organic layer, but only on decalcified marl in terms of pH or soil moisture. Species richness did not seem to be stimulated by high overall net N mineralization or high nitrate availability in the organic layer, but only by high nitrate in the mineral topsoil. 相似文献
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Impacts of warming and fertilization on nitrogen-fixing microbial communities in the Canadian High Arctic 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
The impacts of simulated climate change (warming and fertilization treatments) on diazotroph community structure and activity were investigated at Alexandra Fiord, Ellesmere Island, Canada. Open Top Chambers, which increased growing season temperatures by 1-3 degrees C, were randomly placed in a dwarf-shrub and cushion-plant dominated mesic tundra site in 1995. In 2000 and 2001 20N:20P2O5:20K2O fertilizer was applied at a rate of 5 gm(-2) year(-1). Estimates of nitrogen fixation rates were made in the field by acetylene reduction assays (ARA). Higher rates of N fixation were observed 19-35 days post-fertilization but were otherwise unaffected by treatments. However, moss cover was significantly positively associated with ARA rate. NifH gene variants were amplified from bulk soil DNA and analyzed by terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis. Non-metric multidimensional scaling was used to ordinate treatment plots in nifH genotype space. NifH gene communities were more strongly structured by the warming treatment late in the growing season, suggesting that an annual succession in diazotroph community composition occurs. 相似文献
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Water use efficiency and carbon isotope composition of plants in a cold desert environment 总被引:9,自引:0,他引:9
Summary The effects of the availabilities of water and nitrogen on water use efficiency (WUE) of plants were investigated in a sagebrush steppe. The four species studied wereArtemisia tridentata (shrub),Ceratoides lanata (suffrutescent shrub),Elymus lanceolatus (rhizomatous grass), andElymus elymoides (tussock grass). Water and nitrogen levels were manipulated in a two-by-two factorial design resulting in four treatments: control (no additions), added water, added nitrogen, and added water and nitrogen. One instantaneous and two long-term indicators of WUE were used to testa priori predictions of the ranking of WUE among treatments. The short-term indicator was the instantaneous ratio of assimilation to transpiration (A/E). The long-term measures were 1) the slope of the relationship between conductance to water vapor and maximum assimilation and 2) the carbon isotope composition (13C) of plant material. Additional water decreased WUE, whereas additional nitrogen increased WUE. For both A/E and 13C, the mean for added nitrogen alone was significantly greater than the mean for added water alone, and means for the control and added water and nitrogen fell in between. This ranking of WUE supported the hypothesis that both water and nitrogen limit plant gas exchange in this semiarid environment. The short- and long-term indicators were in agreement, providing evidence in support of theoretical models concerning the water cost of carbon assimilation. 相似文献
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Soils provide many ecosystem services that are ultimately dependent on the local diversity and belowground abundance of organisms. Soil biodiversity is affected negatively by many threats and there is a perceived policy requirement for the effective biological monitoring of soils at the European level. The aim of this study was to evaluate and recommend policy relevant, cost-effective soil biological indicators for biodiversity and ecosystem function across Europe. A total of 18 potential indicators were selected using a logical-sieve based approach. This paper considers the use of indicators from the ‘top down’ (i.e. concerned with the process of indicator selection), rather than from the ‘bottom up’ detail of how individual indicators perform at specific sites and with specific treatments. The indicators assessed a range of microbial, faunal and functional attributes, newer nucleic acids based techniques, morphological approaches and process based measurements. They were tested at 6 European experimental sites already in operation and chosen according to land-use, climatic zone and differences in land management intensity. These were 4 arable sites, one each in Atlantic, Continental, Mediterranean and Pannonian climate zones, and 2 grassland sites, one each in Atlantic and Continental zones. At each site we sampled three replicated plots of contrasting management intensity and, while the treatments varied from site to site, their disturbance effects were quantified in terms of land use intensity. The field sampling and laboratory analysis were standardised through a combination of ISO protocols, or standard operating procedures if the former were not available. Sites were sampled twice, in autumn 2012 and spring or autumn 2013, with relative costs of the different indicators being determined each time. A breakdown of the cost effectiveness of the indicators showed the expected trade-off between effort required in the field and effort required in the laboratory. All the indicators were able to differentiate between the sites but, as no single indicator was sensitive to all the differences in land use intensity, we suggest that an indicator programme should be based upon a suite of different indicators. For monitoring under the European climatic zones and land uses of this study, indicators for ecosystem functions related to the services of water regulation, C-sequestration and nutrient provision would include a minimum suite of: earthworms; functional genes; and bait lamina. For effective monitoring of biodiversity all taxonomic groups would need to be addressed. 相似文献
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Andrea P. Castillo‐Monroy Matthew A. Bowker Fernando T. Maestre Susana Rodríguez‐Echeverría Isabel Martinez Claudia E. Barraza‐Zepeda Cristina Escolar 《植被学杂志》2011,22(1):165-174
Questions: To what degree do biological soil crusts (BSCs), which are regulators of the soil surface boundary, influence associated microbial communities? Are these associations important to ecosystem functioning in a Mediterranean semi‐arid environment? Location: Gypsum outcrops near Belmonte del Tajo, Central Spain. Methods: We sampled a total of 45 (50 cm × 50 cm) plots, where we estimated the cover of every lichen and BSC‐forming lichen species. We also collected soil samples to estimate bacterial species richness and abundance, and to assess different surrogates of ecosystem functioning. We used path analysis to evaluate the relationships between the richness/abundance of above‐ and below‐ground species and ecosystem functioning. Results: We found that the greatest direct effect upon the ecosystem function matrix was that of the biological soil crust (BSC) richness matrix. A few bacterial species were sensitive to the lichen community, with a disproportionate effect of Collema crispum and Toninia sedifolia compared to their low abundance and frequency. The lichens Fulgensia subbracteata and Toninia spp. also had negative effects on bacteria, while Diploschistes diacapsis consistently affected sensitive bacteria, sometimes positively. Despite these results, very few of the BSC effects on ecosystem function could be ascribed to changes within the bacterial community. Conclusion: Our results suggest the primary importance of the richness of BSC‐forming lichens as drivers of small‐scale changes in ecosystem functioning. This study provides valuable insights on semi‐arid ecosystems where plant cover is spatially discontinuous and ecosystem function in plant interspaces is regulated largely by BSCs. 相似文献
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The seasonal dynamics of amino acids and other nutrients in Alaskan Arctic tundra soils 总被引:4,自引:0,他引:4
Past research strongly indicates the importance of amino acids in the N economy of the Arctic tundra, but little is known about the seasonal dynamics of amino acids in tundra soils. We repeatedly sampled soils from tussock, shrub, and wet sedge tundra communities in the summers of 2000 and 2001 and extracted them with water (H2O) and potassium sulfate (K2SO4) to determine the seasonal dynamics of soil amino acids, ammonium (NH4+), nitrate (NO3–), dissolved organic nitrogen (DON), dissolved organic carbon (DOC), and phosphate (PO42–). In the H2O extractions mean concentrations of total free amino acids (TFAA) were higher than NH4+ in all soils but shrub. TFAA and NH4+ were highest in wet sedge and tussock soils and lowest in shrub soil. The most predominant amino acids were alanine, arginine, glycine, serine, and threonine. None of the highest amino acids were significantly different than NH4+ in any soil but shrub, in which NH4+ was significantly higher than all of the highest individual amino acids. Mean NO3– concentrations were not significantly different from mean TFAA and NH4+ concentrations in any soil but tussock, where NO3– was significantly higher than NH4+. In all soils amino acid and NH4+ concentrations dropped to barely detectable levels in the middle of July, suggesting intense competition for N at the height of the growing season. In all soils but tussock, amino acid and NH4+ concentrations rebounded in August as the end of the Arctic growing season approached and plant N demand decreased. This pattern suggests that low N concentrations in tundra soils at the height of the growing season are likely the result of an increase in soil N uptake associated with the peak in plant growth, either directly by roots or indirectly by microbes fueled by increased root C inputs in mid-July. As N availability decreased in July, PO42– concentrations in the K2SO4 extractions increased dramatically in all soils but shrub, where there was a comparable increase in PO42– later in the growing season. Previous research suggests that these increases in PO42– concentrations are due to the mineralization of organic phosphorus by phosphatase enzymes associated with soil microbes and plant roots, and that they may have been caused by an increase in organic P availability. 相似文献
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Paul F. Hendrix 《Biodiversity and Conservation》1996,5(2):223-234
An important aspect of biodiversity is the relative importance of species in the functioning of ecosystems; this is particularly so for the soil biota which regulate organic matter and nutrient dynamics in soil. This paper explores some of the relationships between biodiversity and ecosystem processes, using the example of the nearctic earthworm fauna in the glacial refugium of the southern USA. Competitive exclusion of nearctic earthworm species by exotic species has been postulated but there is little direct evidence of it; habitat alteration is the likely cause of native species decline. Reduced earthworm diversity may or may not strongly affect certain ecosystem processes, but more diverse assemblages may more effectively exploit soil resources and influence a wider array of processes. Nearctic species may be better adapted than exotics to local conditions and thus more strongly influence ecosystem processes. Earthworm communities provide a clear case for the union of functional and taxonomic biodiversity studies, because of the recognized ecological strategies of many species. However, some nearctic taxa may deviate from these strategies. Earthworms utilize course woody debris in forests both as a refuge and a resource, while enhancing the decomposition of wood. Management strategies to maintain or increase biodiversity of soil biota should include residual wood on the forest floor. An important task for ecosystem management is to restore biodiversity in degraded ecosystems; introduction programmes and techniques such as periodic burning may increase the abundance and diversity of native earthworm species. Whole ecosystem conservation and management are probably the most practical ways to conserve biodiversity generally and may be the only ways to maintain soil biodiversity. 相似文献
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We analyzed soil water data from three sites with different soil textures in the shortgrass steppe of northeastern Colorado, USA. Our objective was to evaluate the relationship between the occurrence of plant functional types and the effect of soil texture on soil water availability. Soil water availability was greatest in the upper soil layers at all three sites, but the loamy sand site had significantly greater soil water availability than the sandy clay loam and sandy clay sites in wetter years at depths below 60 cm. Calculations of proportional water availability by layer using both field data and fifty-year soil water model simulations, showed that the sandy clay loam and sandy clay soils on average had greater water availability in layers 30 cm and above, but that the loamy sand had the greatest water availability in layers beneath this, particularly at 105 cm. This observation can be linked to the occurrence of a fine textured subsoil at this site. The textural pattern in the loamy sand profile effectively creates two water resources: a shallow pool accessible to all plants; and a deep pool accessible only to deep-rooted plants. This is offered as an explanation for the co-dominance of the two main plant functional types at the loamy sand site. At the other two sites, shallow-rooted shortgrass vegetation dominated, being more consistent with the general pattern for the area. Thus the patterns of vegetation structure at the three sites were consistent with the hypothesis. Aboveground net primary production data for the three sites, along with transpiration estimates from the model simulations, indicated that the additional water availability in the coarse textured soil was associated with higher overall plant productivity.Nomenclature: Taxonomic nomenclature follows R. L. McGregor & T. M. Barkley (1986) Flora of the Great Plains. Great Plains Flora Association. University Press of Kansas, Lawrence. 相似文献
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土壤湿度水平和湿—干循环对硝酸钙盐积累土壤锰锰释放的影响 总被引:3,自引:1,他引:3
在[Ca(NO3)2]盐处理土壤中,研究了两种湿度水平(200,400g.kg^-1)和湿-干循环对土壤Mn释放的影响,结果表明,土壤水分状况影响土壤Mn的有效性,湿度大时,易还原态Mn转化为水溶态,交换态Mn;盐分对易还原态Mn的转化有一定影响,NO3-能缓冲土壤Eh的下降,有抑制易还原态Mn转化的作用,连续的湿干循环能使土壤2价Mn(水溶态Mn,交换态Mn)浓度降低,而a(NO3)2盐能增加Mn的不溶性,这在Mn含量低的土训上,最终将导致Mn的缺乏。 相似文献
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Question: What is the relationship between soil fertility and plant species richness in the ‘fertile islands’ occurring beneath two species of legume (Cercidium praecox and Prosopis laevigata)? Location: Tehuacán‐Cuicatlán region, central Mexico. Methods: Plant richness was measured in three micro‐environments (below canopies of C. praecox, below canopies of P. laevigata and in areas without canopies). The concentration of soil nutrients (C, N and P), C and N in the microbiota, and processes of ecosystem functioning (net C mineralization rate and N mineralization) were measured. The relationship between soil variables and plant richness were assessed with ANCOVAs. Results: Soil nutrients and species richness increases markedly under fertility islands. There were higher concentrations of C and N in the soil, faster rates of C mineralization, and higher species richness under P. laevigata canopies. The relationship between soil fertility and species richness was always positive except for total N, ammonium and net C mineralization rate under C. praecox, and for available P under P. laevigata. Conclusions: The sign of the relationship between soil fertility and species richness varies according to the nutrient and the micro‐environment. Positive relationships could result from between species complementarity and facilitation. Negative relationships could be explained by a specific limitation threshold for some soil resources (P and N for plants and C for the soil microbiota) which eliminate the possibilities of between species complementarity and facilitation above that threshold. As in all observational studies, these relationships should be considered only correlational. 相似文献
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陆地生态系统包含一系列时空连续、尺度多元且互相联系的生态学过程。由于大部分生态学过程都受到温度调控, 因此气候变暖会对全球陆地生态系统产生深远的影响。近年来, 全球变化生态学的基本科学问题之一是陆地生态系统的关键过程如何响应与适应全球气候变暖。围绕该问题, 该文梳理了近年来的研究进展, 重点关注植物生理生态过程、物候期、群落动态、生产力及其分配、凋落物与土壤有机质分解、养分循环等过程对温度升高的响应与适应机理。通过定量分析近20年来发表于主流期刊的相关论文, 展望了该领域的前沿方向, 包括物种性状对生态系统过程的预测能力, 生物地球化学循环的耦合过程, 极端高温与低温事件的响应与适应机理, 不对称气候变暖的影响机理和基于过程的生态系统模拟预测等。基于这些研究进展, 该文建议进一步研究陆地生态系统如何适应气候变暖, 更多关注我国的特色生态系统类型, 并整合实验、观测或模型等研究手段开展跨尺度的合作研究。 相似文献
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应用室外盆栽试验方法,将土壤磁效应与生物磁效应相结合,研究了磁处理土壤对土壤-小麦系统健康的影响.结果表明,磁处理棕壤后土壤-小麦系统的健康状况得到较为明显的好转,包括使小麦种子提前出苗,出苗整齐一致;增加小麦幼苗的株高、主茎叶片数、分蘖数、单株根数和单株叶面积;使小麦根系的总吸收面积、活跃吸收面积、活跃吸收面积占总吸收面积的百分比提高;增加成熟小麦的有效穗数、结实小穗数、平均穗粒数、千粒重,减少不孕小穗数,提高小麦的生物学产量.在此基础上,对土壤-小麦系统磁化健康效应的生态指示进行了理论探讨,其中,200mT磁场强度是适于小麦生长的最佳磁处理参数. 相似文献
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Water and nitrogen addition differentially impact plant competition in a native rough fescue grassland 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
We examined how water and nitrogen addition and water–nitrogen interactions affect root and shoot competition intensity and
competition–productivity relationships in a native rough fescue grassland in central Alberta, Canada. Water and nitrogen were
added in a factorial design to plots and root exclusion tubes and netting were used to isolate root and shoot competition
on two focal species (Artemisia frigida and Chenopodium leptophyllum). Both water and nitrogen were limiting to plant growth, and focal plant survival rates increased with nitrogen but not water
addition. Relative allocation to root biomass increased with water addition. Competition was almost entirely belowground,
with focal plants larger when released from root but not shoot competition. There were no significant relationships between
productivity and root, shoot, or total competition intensity, likely because in this system shoot biomass was too low to cause
strong shoot competition and root biomass was above the levels at which root competition saturates. Water addition had few
effects on the intensity of root competition suggesting that root competition intensity is invariant along soil moisture gradients.
Contrary to general expectation, the strength of root competition increased with nitrogen addition demonstrating that the
relationship between root competition intensity and nitrogen is more complex than a simple monotonic decline as nitrogen increases.
Finally, there were few interactions between nitrogen and water affecting competition. Together these results indicate that
the mechanisms of competition for water and nitrogen likely differ. 相似文献