Plant nitrogen retention in alpine grasslands of the Tibetan Plateau under multi-level nitrogen addition.

ABSTRACT: Nitrogen (N) deposition might alleviate degradation of alpine grassland caused by N limitation on the Tibetan Plateau (TP). To determine such limitation and quantify the N-induced N retention in plant, a six-year fertilization experiment with six levels of N addition rates (0, 1, 2, 4, 8 and 16 g N m^-2 yr^-1) was conducted in the Namco alpine steppe and additional 89 experiments with multi-level N addition were also synthesized worldwide among which 27 sites were on the TP. In general, N addition promoted N retention in plants, and this increasing trend diminished at the critical N rate (N_cr). The maximum N retention capacity (MNRC) of plants at N_cr was strongly correlated with initial aboveground net primary productivity with a slope of 0.02, and

SUBMITTER: Yu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9845361 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature