Responses of seedling growth in subtropical secondary broad-leaved forest to nitrogen and phosphorus addition in Jiulian Mountain, China

doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.202008.020

Abstract

Abstract: An experiment with four treatments of control (CK), N addition (100 kg N·hm^-2·a^-1), P addition (50 kg P·hm^-2·a^-1) and N + P (100 kg N·hm^-2·a^-1 + 50 kg P·hm^-2·a^-1) were conducted to examine the responses of plant height, ground diameter, crown width, specific leaf area, and mortality of seedlings to N and P addition. Under P addition, growth rates of plant height and ground diameter of seedlings decreased significantly by 45.1% and 30.3%, respectively. Fertilization affected the mortality of main constructive tree species. N addition significantly increased seedling mortality of Castanopsis carlesii to 25.1%. Fertilization treatment significantly increased mortality of Castanopsis fargesii to 25.1%-31.3%, while N addition and P addition signi-ficantly reduced mortality of Schima superba and Machilus nanmu. Fertilization significantly decreased the importance value of S. superba and C. fargesii in the seedling community. N addition and P addition significantly increased the importance value of M. nanmu seedling. The combined N and P addition significantly decreased Shannon index and Simpson index of the seedling community. Seedling growth was mainly affected by soil ammonium, available phosphorus, total nitrogen, canopy openness, and specific leaf area. Seedling mortality was mainly affected by soil ammonium, available phosphorus and canopy openness. Synthetically, N and P addition affected seedling growth mainly by regulating soil nitrogen and phosphorus availability and changing leaf functional trait. It accelerated the death of ectomycorrhizal tree species (C. carlesii and C. fargesii), changed the importance value of constructive species in seedling community, reduced species diversity, and ultimately changed community structure of adult trees in subtropical secondary broad-leaved forest.

Key words: nitrogen and phosphorus addition, seedling, community structure, soil nutrient, functional trait

LIU Bin, CHEN Wei, CHEN Fu-sheng, TANG Run-yu, WANG Xiao-dong, CHENG Yi-qing, BU Wen-sheng. Responses of seedling growth in subtropical secondary broad-leaved forest to nitrogen and phosphorus addition in Jiulian Mountain, China[J]. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology, 2020, 31(8): 2533-2540.

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