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Article

Climatic Factors Determine the Distribution Patterns of Leaf Nutrient Traits at Large Scales

by
Xianxian Wang
1,
Jiangfeng Wang
1,
Liuyang Zhang
2,
Chengyu Lv
3,
Longlong Liu
4,
Huixin Zhao
1,* and
Jie Gao
1,5,*
1
College of Life Sciences, Xinjiang Normal University, Urumqi 830054, China
2
Hubei Forestry Investigation and Planning Institute, No. 4, Zhuodaoquan South Road, Hongshan District, Wuhan 430070, China
3
Taiyuan Ecology and Environment Monitoring & Science Research Center, Taiyuan 030002, China
4
East China Survey and Planning Institute, National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Hangzhou 310019, China
5
Institute of Ecology and Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes of Ministry of Education, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
*
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Plants 2022, 11(16), 2171; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11162171
Submission received: 8 August 2022 / Revised: 16 August 2022 / Accepted: 18 August 2022 / Published: 21 August 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Plant Morphology and Function, Geometric Morphometrics, and Modelling: Decoding the Mathematical Secrets of Plants)
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Abstract

Leaf nutrient content and its stoichiometric relationships (N/P ratio) are essential for photosynthesis and plant growth and development. Previous studies on leaf nutrient-related functional traits have mainly focused on the species level and regional scale, but fewer studies have investigated the distribution patterns of the leaf N and P contents (LN, LP) and N/P ratios (N/P) in communities and their controlling factors at a large scale; therefore, we used LN, LP, and N/P data at 69 sites from 818 forests in China. The results showed significant differences (p < 0.05) in the LN, LP, and N/P at different life forms (tree, shrub, and herb). Neither LN, LP, nor N/P ratios showed significant patterns of latitudinal variation. With the increase in temperature and rainfall, the LN, LP, and leaf nutrient contents increased significantly (p < 0.001). Across life forms, LN at different life forms varied significantly and was positively correlated with soil P content (p < 0.001). The explanatory degree of climatic factors in shaping the spatial variation patterns of LN and N/P was higher than that of the soil nutrient factors, and the spatial variation patterns of the leaf nutrient traits of different life forms were shaped by the synergistic effects of climatic factors and soil nutrient factors.
Keywords: leaf nutrients; functional traits; life forms; climate change; soil nutrients leaf nutrients; functional traits; life forms; climate change; soil nutrients

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Wang, X.; Wang, J.; Zhang, L.; Lv, C.; Liu, L.; Zhao, H.; Gao, J. Climatic Factors Determine the Distribution Patterns of Leaf Nutrient Traits at Large Scales. Plants 2022, 11, 2171. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11162171

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Wang X, Wang J, Zhang L, Lv C, Liu L, Zhao H, Gao J. Climatic Factors Determine the Distribution Patterns of Leaf Nutrient Traits at Large Scales. Plants. 2022; 11(16):2171. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11162171

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Wang, Xianxian, Jiangfeng Wang, Liuyang Zhang, Chengyu Lv, Longlong Liu, Huixin Zhao, and Jie Gao. 2022. "Climatic Factors Determine the Distribution Patterns of Leaf Nutrient Traits at Large Scales" Plants 11, no. 16: 2171. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11162171

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Wang, X., Wang, J., Zhang, L., Lv, C., Liu, L., Zhao, H., & Gao, J. (2022). Climatic Factors Determine the Distribution Patterns of Leaf Nutrient Traits at Large Scales. Plants, 11(16), 2171. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11162171

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