Grazing modifies inorganic and organic nitrogen uptake by coexisting plant species in alpine grassland

doi:10.1007/s00374-015-1069-1

	Grazing modifies inorganic and organic nitrogen uptake by coexisting plant species in alpine grassland
	Lan, ZC (Lan, Zhi Chun)2; Jiang, LL ; Xu, XL (Xu, Xingliang)1; Zhou, XQ (Zhou, Xiaoqi)4; Rui, YC (Rui, Yichao)3; Wang, YF (Wang, Yanfen)8; Jiang, LL (Jiang, Lili)6; Wang, SP (Wang, Shiping)6,7; Pang, Z (Pang, Zhe)8; Wang, CS (Wang, Changshun)6
刊名	BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS
	2016
卷号	52 期号:2 页码:211-221
关键词	Tibetan Plateau Inner-mongolia Soil Microbes Amino-acids Availability Mineralization Responses Glycine Meadow China
DOI	10.1007/s00374-015-1069-1
文献子类	Article
英文摘要	To study how grazing affects the uptake of inorganic and organic N forms, three focal plant species (i.e., the graminoid species Kobresia pygmaea, which decreases with grazing, and the forbs Potentilla bifurca and Potentilla multifida, which increase with grazing) were selected in ungrazed and grazed plots in an alpine meadow on the Tibetan Plateau. Three times during the growing season (i.e., June, July, and September), these plots were injected with N-15-labeled NO3--N, NH4+-N, or glycine-N, or with only water as a control. Two hours after N-15 injection, exchangeable NH4+-N, glycine-N, and NO3--N as well as plant and soil samples were collected and analyzed for N-15/N-14 and total N content. Our result showed that all three plant species took up glycine-N, but uptake of inorganic N was generally predominant. The graminoid K. pygmaea took up all three N forms equally in June but preferred NO3--N in July (particularly under grazing) and exchangeable NH4+-N in September. The forbs P. bifurca and P. multifida preferentially took up exchangeable NH4+-N in July (particularly under grazing), while NO3--N was the dominant form of N uptake in September. P. bifurca generally preferred exchangeable NH4+-N, but preference shifted toward NO3--N under grazing in June. P. multifida preferred glycine-N in ungrazed plots and shifted its preference to NO3--N under grazing in June. In conclusion, the three plant species showed niche partitioning for uptake of three forms of N across the season, which was modified by grazing. These findings indicate that plant N uptake patterns should be considered for better understanding the mechanisms of grazing effects on plant diversity and species coexistence.
学科主题	普通生物学
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000373441100008
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.itpcas.ac.cn/handle/131C11/7762]
专题	青藏高原研究所_图书馆
通讯作者	Jiang, LL
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, Key Lab Ecosyst Network Observat & Modeling, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 2.Nanchang Univ, Inst Life Sci, Ctr Watershed Ecol, Nanchang 330031, Peoples R China 3.Univ Western Australia, Sch Earth & Environm, Soil Biol & Mol Ecol Lab, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia 4.Griffith Univ, Environm Futures Res Inst, Brisbane, Qld 4111, Australia 5.Swedish Univ Agr Sci, Dept Forest Ecol & Management, S-90183 Umea, Sweden 6.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Tibetan Plateau Res, Key Lab Alpine Ecol & Biodivers, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 7.Chinese Acad Sci, Ctr Excellence Tibetan Plateau Earth Sci, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 8.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Coll Life Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Lan, ZC ,Jiang, LL,Xu, XL ,et al. Grazing modifies inorganic and organic nitrogen uptake by coexisting plant species in alpine grassland[J]. BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS,2016,52(2):211-221.
APA	Lan, ZC .,Jiang, LL.,Xu, XL .,Zhou, XQ .,Rui, YC .,...&Kardol, P .(2016).Grazing modifies inorganic and organic nitrogen uptake by coexisting plant species in alpine grassland.BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS,52(2),211-221.
MLA	Lan, ZC ,et al."Grazing modifies inorganic and organic nitrogen uptake by coexisting plant species in alpine grassland".BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS 52.2(2016):211-221.