The roles of stomatal morphologies in transpiration and nutrient transportation between grasses and forbs in a temperate steppe.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Grasses and forbs are dominant functional groups in temperate grasslands and display substantial differences in many biological traits, especially in root and stomatal morphologies, which are closely related to the use of water and nutrients. However, few studies have investigated the differences in nutrient accumulation and stomatal morphology-mediated transportation of water and nutrients from roots to shoots comparatively between the two functional groups.

Methods

Here, we explored the patterns of accumulation of multiple nutrients (N, P, K, Ca, Mg and S) in leaves and roots, transpiration-related processes and interactions between nutrients and transpiration at functional group levels by experiments in a temperate steppe and collection of data from th

SUBMITTER: Chen Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10583208 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature