Foliar C, N, and P stoichiometry characterize successful plant ecological strategies in the Sonoran Desert

Ecological processes are centered to water availability in drylands; however, less known nutrient stoichiometry can help explain much of their structure and ecological interactions. Here we look to the foliar stoichiometry of carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and phosphorus (P) of 38 dominant plant species...

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Autores: Castellanos, Alejandro|||0000-0003-4804-0119, Llano-Sotelo, José, Machado Encinas, Luis I., López Piña, José E., Romo Leon, Jose R., Sardans i Galobart, Jordi|||0000-0003-2478-0219, Peñuelas, Josep|||0000-0002-7215-0150
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
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https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1007/s11258-018-0833-3
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Palabra clave:Foliar stoichiometry
Nutrient-use efficiency
Drylands plants
Sonoran Desert
Biological nitrogen fixers
Invasive species
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spelling Foliar C, N, and P stoichiometry characterize successful plant ecological strategies in the Sonoran DesertCastellanos, Alejandro|||0000-0003-4804-0119Llano-Sotelo, JoséMachado Encinas, Luis I.López Piña, José E.Romo Leon, Jose R.Sardans i Galobart, Jordi|||0000-0003-2478-0219Peñuelas, Josep|||0000-0002-7215-0150Foliar stoichiometryNutrient-use efficiencyDrylands plantsSonoran DesertBiological nitrogen fixersInvasive speciesEcological processes are centered to water availability in drylands; however, less known nutrient stoichiometry can help explain much of their structure and ecological interactions. Here we look to the foliar stoichiometry of carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and phosphorus (P) of 38 dominant plant species from the Sonoran Desert, grouped in four different functional types to describe ecological characteristics and processes. We found that foliar N, C:N, C:P, and N:P stoichiometric ratios, but not P, were higher than those known to most other ecosystems and indicate P but not N limitations in leaves. Biological N fixers (BNF) had even higher leaf N concentrations, but bio-elemental concentrations and stoichiometry ratios were not different to other non-N-fixing legume species which underscores the need to understand the physiological mechanisms for high N, and to how costly BNF can succeed in P-limiting drylands environments. Stoichiometry ratios, and to lesser extent elemental concentrations, were able to characterize BNF and colonizing strategies in the Sonoran Desert, as well as explain leaf attribute differences, ecological processes, and biogeochemical niches in this dryland ecosystem, even when no direct reference is made to other water-limitation strategies. 22018-01-0120182018-01-01Articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501AMhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_ab4af688f83e57aainfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://ddd.uab.cat/record/218157https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1007/s11258-018-0833-3reponame:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UABinstname:Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaInglésengEuropean Commission https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000780 610028Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003329 CGL2016-79835-PAgència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003030 2014/SGR-274open accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Aquest material està protegit per drets d'autor i/o drets afins. Podeu utilitzar aquest material en funció del que permet la legislació de drets d'autor i drets afins d'aplicació al vostre cas. Per a d'altres usos heu d'obtenir permís del(s) titular(s) de drets.https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ddd.uab.cat:2181572026-06-06T12:50:31Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Foliar C, N, and P stoichiometry characterize successful plant ecological strategies in the Sonoran Desert
title Foliar C, N, and P stoichiometry characterize successful plant ecological strategies in the Sonoran Desert
spellingShingle Foliar C, N, and P stoichiometry characterize successful plant ecological strategies in the Sonoran Desert
Castellanos, Alejandro|||0000-0003-4804-0119
Foliar stoichiometry
Nutrient-use efficiency
Drylands plants
Sonoran Desert
Biological nitrogen fixers
Invasive species
title_short Foliar C, N, and P stoichiometry characterize successful plant ecological strategies in the Sonoran Desert
title_full Foliar C, N, and P stoichiometry characterize successful plant ecological strategies in the Sonoran Desert
title_fullStr Foliar C, N, and P stoichiometry characterize successful plant ecological strategies in the Sonoran Desert
title_full_unstemmed Foliar C, N, and P stoichiometry characterize successful plant ecological strategies in the Sonoran Desert
title_sort Foliar C, N, and P stoichiometry characterize successful plant ecological strategies in the Sonoran Desert
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Castellanos, Alejandro|||0000-0003-4804-0119
Llano-Sotelo, José
Machado Encinas, Luis I.
López Piña, José E.
Romo Leon, Jose R.
Sardans i Galobart, Jordi|||0000-0003-2478-0219
Peñuelas, Josep|||0000-0002-7215-0150
author Castellanos, Alejandro|||0000-0003-4804-0119
author_facet Castellanos, Alejandro|||0000-0003-4804-0119
Llano-Sotelo, José
Machado Encinas, Luis I.
López Piña, José E.
Romo Leon, Jose R.
Sardans i Galobart, Jordi|||0000-0003-2478-0219
Peñuelas, Josep|||0000-0002-7215-0150
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author2 Llano-Sotelo, José
Machado Encinas, Luis I.
López Piña, José E.
Romo Leon, Jose R.
Sardans i Galobart, Jordi|||0000-0003-2478-0219
Peñuelas, Josep|||0000-0002-7215-0150
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author
author
author
author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Foliar stoichiometry
Nutrient-use efficiency
Drylands plants
Sonoran Desert
Biological nitrogen fixers
Invasive species
topic Foliar stoichiometry
Nutrient-use efficiency
Drylands plants
Sonoran Desert
Biological nitrogen fixers
Invasive species
description Ecological processes are centered to water availability in drylands; however, less known nutrient stoichiometry can help explain much of their structure and ecological interactions. Here we look to the foliar stoichiometry of carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and phosphorus (P) of 38 dominant plant species from the Sonoran Desert, grouped in four different functional types to describe ecological characteristics and processes. We found that foliar N, C:N, C:P, and N:P stoichiometric ratios, but not P, were higher than those known to most other ecosystems and indicate P but not N limitations in leaves. Biological N fixers (BNF) had even higher leaf N concentrations, but bio-elemental concentrations and stoichiometry ratios were not different to other non-N-fixing legume species which underscores the need to understand the physiological mechanisms for high N, and to how costly BNF can succeed in P-limiting drylands environments. Stoichiometry ratios, and to lesser extent elemental concentrations, were able to characterize BNF and colonizing strategies in the Sonoran Desert, as well as explain leaf attribute differences, ecological processes, and biogeochemical niches in this dryland ecosystem, even when no direct reference is made to other water-limitation strategies.
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