How C: N: P stoichiometry in soils and carbon distribution in plants respond to forest age in a Pinus tabuliformis plantation in the mountainous area of eastern Liaoning Province, China.

ABSTRACT: Carbon distribution in plants and ecological stoichiometry in soils are important indicators of element cycling and ecosystem stability. In this study, five forest ages, young forest (YF), middle-aged forest (MAF), near-mature forest (NMF), mature forest (MF), and over-mature forest (OMF) in a Pinus tabuliformis plantation were chosen to illustrate interactions among the C: N: P stoichiometry in soils and carbon distribution in plants, in the mountainous area of eastern Liaoning, China. Carbon content was highest in the leaves of MAF (505.90 g⋅kg^-1) and NMF (509.00 g⋅kg^-1) and the trunks of YF (503.72 g⋅kg^-1), MF (509.73 g⋅kg^-1), and OMF (504.90 g⋅kg^-1), and was lowest in the branches over the entire life cycle of the abovegroun

SUBMITTER: Wang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8320515 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature