Relationships between tree functional traits and leaf nitrogen and phosphorus resorption efficiencies in subtropical young plantations

doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.202212.007

Abstract

Abstract: We examined the relationship between tree functional traits and leaf nitrogen and phosphorus resorption efficiencies across 29 species in 3-year-old pure plantations in subtropical China. The results showed that the average nitrogen (NRE) and phosphorus (PRE) resorption efficiencies in 29 young plantations were 50.5% and 57.3%, respectively. The average NRE of 22 arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) tree species was 52.7%, significantly higher than that of the seven ectomycorrhizal (EM) tree species (45.1%). NRE was positively correlated with fine root tissue density across the 29 tree species. PRE was positively correlated with root diameter in the seven EM tree species. Functional traits of 22 AM tree species were not associated with NRE and PRE. Among all of the 29 tree species, mycorrhizal type, specific leaf area, fine root tissue density, leaf thickness, and the interaction effects of mycorrhizal type with leaf thickness explained 27% variation in NRE. Specific root length, fine root carbon content, fine root carbon to nitrogen ratio, mycorrhizal type, leaf carbon content, and the interaction effects of mycorrhizal type with leaf carbon content explained 35% variation in PRE. Root functional trait of subtropical species could predict nitrogen and phosphorus resorption efficiencies. The model with multiple functional traits could better reveal the relative importance of different biological factors on nutrient resorption efficiency.

Key words: functional trait, mycorrhizal type, nitrogen resorption efficiency, phosphorus resorption efficiency

JU Wen, HUANG Zhi-qun, FU Yan-rong, WANG Tao, WANG Zhen-yu, YU Zai-peng. Relationships between tree functional traits and leaf nitrogen and phosphorus resorption efficiencies in subtropical young plantations[J]. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology, 2022, 33(12): 3229-3236.

References

[1] Aerts R. Nutrient resorption from senescing leaves of perennials: Are there general patterns? Journal of Ecology, 1996, 84: 597-608
[2] Lü XT, Freschet GT, Flynn DFB, et al. Plasticity in leaf and stem nutrient resorption proficiency potentially reinforces plant-soil feedbacks and microscale heterogeneity in a semi-arid grassland. Journal of Ecology, 2012, 100: 144-150
[3] Sohrt J, Herschbach C, Weiler M. Foliar P- but not N resorption efficiency depends on the P-concentration and the N:P ratio in trees of temperate forests. Trees, 2018, 32: 1443-1455
[4] Drenovsky RE, Pietrasiak N, Short TH. Global temporal patterns in plant nutrient resorption plasticity. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2019, 28: 728-743
[5] 周丽丽, 李树斌, 王万萍, 等. 福建漳江口4种红树植物叶片碳氮磷化学计量及养分重吸收特征. 应用与环境生物学报, 2020, 26(3): 674-680
[6] Pang Y, Tian J, Wang DX. Response of multi-ecological component stoichiometry and tree nutrient resorption to medium-term whole-tree harvesting in secondary forests in the Qinling Mountains, China. Forest Ecology and Management, 2021, 498: 119573
[7] Mouillot D, Graham NAJ, Villeger S, et al. A functional approach reveals community responses to disturbances. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2013, 28: 167-177
[8] Xu M, Zhu Y, Zhang S, et al. Global scaling the leaf nitrogen and phosphorus resorption of woody species: Revisiting some commonly held views. Science of the Total Environment, 2021, 788, doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147807
[9] Zhang JL, Zhang SB, Chen YJ, et al. Nutrient resorption is associated with leaf vein density and growth performance of dipterocarp tree species. Journal of Ecology, 2015, 103: 541-549
[10] 周丽丽, 钱瑞玲, 李树斌, 等. 滨海沙地主要造林树种叶片功能性状及养分重吸收特征. 应用生态学报, 2019, 30(7): 2320-2328
[11] 刘宏伟, 刘文丹, 王微, 等. 重庆石灰岩地区主要木本植物叶片性状及养分再吸收特征. 生态学报, 2015, 35(12): 4071-4080
[12] 曹本福, 姜海霞, 刘丽, 等. 丛枝菌根菌丝网络在植物互作中的作用机制研究进展. 应用生态学报, 2021,32(9): 3385-3396
[13] Zhang HY, Lyu XT, Hartmann H, et al. Foliar nutrient resorption differs between arbuscular mycorrhizal and ectomycorrhizal trees at local and global scales. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2018, 27: 875-885
[14] Xu JW, Lin G, Liu B, et al. Linking leaf nutrient resorption and litter decomposition to plant mycorrhizal associations in boreal peatlands. Plant and Soil, 2020, 448: 413-424
[15] Jiang J, Moore JAM, Priyadarshi A, et al. Plant-mycorrhizal interactions mediate plant community coexistence by altering resource demand. Ecology, 2017, 98: 187-197
[16] Tedersoo L, Bahram M. Mycorrhizal types differ in ecophysiology and alter plant nutrition and soil processes. Biological Reviews, 2019, 94: 1857-1880
[17] 张耀艺, 倪祥银, 杨静, 等. 中亚热带同质园不同树种氮磷重吸收及化学计量特征. 应用生态学报, 2021, 32(4): 1154-1162
[18] Burke RH, Moore KJ, Shipitalo MJ, et al. All washed Out? Foliar nutrient resorption and leaching in senescing switchgrass. BioEnergy Research, 2017, 10: 305-316
[19] van Meeteren MJM, Tietema A, Westerveld JW. Regulation of microbial carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus transformations by temperature and moisture during decomposition of Calluna vulgaris litter. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 2007, 44: 103-112
[20] Vergutz L, Manzoni S, Porporato A, et al. Global resorption efficiencies and concentrations of carbon and nutrients in leaves of terrestrial plants. Ecological Monographs, 2012, 82: 205-220
[21] Tang L, Han W, Chen Y, et al. Resorption proficiency and efficiency of leaf nutrients in woody plants in eastern China. Journal of Plant Ecology, 2013, 6: 408-417
[22] Koerselman W, Meuleman AFM. The vegetation N:P ratio: A new tool to detect the nature of nutrient limitation. Journal of Applied Ecology, 1996, 33: 1441-1450
[23] Jiang D, Geng Q, Li Q, et al. Nitrogen and phosphorus resorption in planted forests worldwide. Forests, 2019, 10, doi: 10.3390/f10030201
[24] Xu S, Zhou G, Tang X, et al. Different spatial patterns of nitrogen and phosphorus resorption efficiencies in China's forests. Scientific Reports, 2017, 7: 10584
[25] Zhang M, Luo Y, Yan Z, et al. Resorptions of 10 mineral elements in leaves of desert shrubs and their contrasting responses to aridity. Journal of Plant Ecology, 2019, 12: 358-366
[26] Han W, Tang L, Chen Y, et al. Relationship between the relative limitation and resorption efficiency of nitrogen vs phosphorus in woody plants. PLoS One, 2013, 8, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083366
[27] Yu Z, Huang Z, Wang M, et al. Nitrogen addition enhances home-field advantage during litter decomposition in subtropical forest plantations. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 2015, 90: 188-196
[28] Chepkwony CK, Haynes RJ, Swift RS, et al. Mineralization of soil organic P induced by drying and rewetting as a source of plant-available P in limed and unlimed samples of an acid soil. Plant and Soil, 2001, 234: 83-90
[29] Brant AN, Chen HYH. Patterns and mechanisms of nutrient resorption in plants. Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences, 2015, 34: 471-486
[30] Niklas KJ. Plant allometry, leaf nitrogen and phosphorus stoichiometry, and interspecific trends in annual growth rates. Annals of Botany, 2006, 97: 155-163
[31] Tedersoo L, Bahram M, Zobel M. How mycorrhizal associations drive plant population and community biology. Science, 2020, 367, doi: 10.1126/science.aba1223
[32] 贾林巧, 陈光水, 张礼宏, 等. 常绿阔叶林外生和丛枝菌根树种细根形态和构型性状对氮添加的可塑性响应. 应用生态学报,2021, 32(2): 529-537
[33] Richard KK, Christopher AL, Meera I. Resorption efficiency decreases with increasing green leaf nutrients in a global data set. Ecology, 2005, 86: 2780-2792
[34] 许淼平, 张欣怡, 李文杰, 等. 不同林龄刺槐叶片养分重吸收特征及其对土壤养分有效性的响应. 应用生态学报, 2020, 31(10): 3357-3364
[35] Chang Y, Li N, Wang W, et al. Nutrients resorption and stoichiometry characteristics of different-aged plantations of Larix kaempferi in the Qinling Mountains, central China. PLoS One, 2017, 12(7): e0189424
[36] Aerts R. Nutrient resorption from senescing leaves of perennials: Are there general patterns? Journal of Ecology, 1996, 84: 597-608
[37] Lajtha K, Klein M. The effect of varying nitrogen and phosphorus availability on nutrient use by Larrea tridentata, a desert evergreen shrub. Oecologia, 1988, 75: 348-353
[38] Chen H, Reed SC, Lu XT, et al. Coexistence of multiple leaf nutrient resorption strategies in a single ecosystem. Science of the Total Environment, 2021, 772, doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.144951
[39] Veneklaas EJ. Phosphorus resorption and tissue longevity of roots and leaves-Importance for phosphorus use efficiency and ecosystem phosphorus cycles. Plant and Soil, 2022, 476: 627-637
[40] 徐睿, 刘静, 王利艳, 等. 不同地理种源杉木同质园幼苗根叶功能性状与碳氮磷化学计量分析. 生态学报, 2022, 42(15): 1-13
[41] Poorter L, Bongers F. Leaf traits are good predictors of plant performance across 53 rain forest species. Ecology, 2006, 87: 1733-1743
[42] Kramer-Walter KR, Bellingham PJ, Millar TR, et al. Root traits are multidimensional: Specific root length is independent from root tissue density and the plant economic spectrum. Journal of Ecology, 2016, 104: 1299-1310
[43] 欧阳园丽, 张参参, 林小凡, 等. 中国亚热带不同菌根树种的根叶形态学性状特征与生长差异: 以江西新岗山为例. 生物多样性, 2021, 29(6): 746-758
[44] 张进如, 闫晓俊, 贾林巧, 等. 亚热带天然常绿阔叶林林下9种灌木细根形态和C、N化学计量特征. 生态学报, 2022, 42(9): 1-12
[45] Guo D, Xia M, Wei X, et al. Anatomical traits associated with absorption and mycorrhizal colonization are linked to root branch order in twenty-three Chinese temperate tree species. New Phytologist, 2008, 180: 673-683