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Scientia Silvae Sinicae ›› 2022, Vol. 58 ›› Issue (1): 12-21.doi: 10.11707/j.1001-7488.20220102

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Content of Leaf Nutrients and Resorption Efficiency of Major Tree Species in Tsuga chinensis Forest in Wuyi Mountain, Jiangxi Province

Panpan Wu1,Lijian Zeng2,Ping Lei2,Dandan Hu1,2,Jinlong Li1,Mantang Wang4,Quanlin Zhong1,3,*   

  1. 1. Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Ecophysiology, Fujian Normal University Fuzhou 350007
    2. Administrative Bureau of Jiangxi Wuyishan National Nature Reserve Shangrao 334500
    3. Institute of Geography, Fujian Normal University Fuzhou 350007
    4. School of City and Civil Engineering, Zaozhuang University Zaozhuang 277160
  • Received:2020-08-12 Online:2022-01-25 Published:2022-03-08
  • Contact: Quanlin Zhong

Abstract:

Objective: Contents of leaf nutrients of the main tree species in Tsuga chinensis forest were investigated to illustrate stoichiometric characteristics and resorption efficiency of nutrients of fresh and litter leaves of tree species with different life forms (deciduous and evergreen tree species), in order to reveal their responses to the different life forms. Method: The fresh and litter leaves of main tree species were collected in T. chinensis natural forest. The contents of carbon(C), nitrogen(N) and phosphorus(P) in leaves were determined, and their stoichiometric ratio and nutrient resorption efficiency were calculated. The standardized major axis estimation(SMA) method was used to study the allometric relationship among the fresh leaves of the main tree species in the T. chinensis forest. The effects of different life forms on the relationship between N and P contents in leaves were analyzed. Result: There was no significant difference in fresh leaf C content between deciduous and evergreen tree species, but the N, and P content of deciduous tree species was significantly higher than that of evergreen tree species (P < 0.05). there was no significant difference in the contents of C, N and P in litter leaves between the two life-forms in the natural mixed forest of T. chinensis in Wuyi Mountain. the C∶N and C∶P of fresh leaves in deciduous species was significantly lower than that of fresh leaves in evergreen species (P < 0.05), but their N: P was not different between the two life-types, C ∶N, N ∶P, and C ∶P of litter leaves were all significantly larger than that of the fresh leaves, but there was no difference between the two different life forms. There was a significant positive correlation between the N and P contents in the fresh leaves of evergreen tree species and a significant positive correlation of the N and P contents in the litter leaves between evergreen and deciduous tree species(P < 0.05), but the slope of the correlation function was not significant (P = 0.60), with a value of 0.73, and the N content of the litter leaves was positively correlated with that of the fresh leaves, but the P content not. There was no significant difference in leaf N and P resorption efficiency between deciduous and evergreen tree species, and both had a higher P resorption efficiency. Conclusion: The contents of N and P in fresh leaves was significantly higher of deciduous than evergreen tree species. No significant differences in N and P nutrient resorption efficiency were found between the two different life forms. Life form has no effect on the slope of N and P correlation in the leaf litter between evergreen and deciduous tree species. There are significant differences in leaf nutrient contents between different life forms, different nutrient acquisition strategies exist for different life forms.

Key words: carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, subtropical forest, Tsuga Chinensis, major tree species, nutrient resorption efficiency

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