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DOI	10.1371/journal.pone.0156146
	Changes in Biomass and Quality of Alpine Steppe in Response to N & P Fertilization in the Tibetan Plateau
	Dong, Junfu; Cui, Xiaoyong; Wang, Shuping; Wang, Fang; Pang, Zhe; Xu, Ning; Zhao, Guoqiang; Wang, Shiping
通讯作者	Wang, SP (通讯作者)
发表日期	2016
ISSN	1932-6203
卷号	11 期号:5
英文摘要	In the alpine steppe zone on the Central Tibetan Plateau, a large amount of area has been degraded due to natural and artificial factors. N & P fertilization is widely accepted to recover degraded pastures in other regions all over the world. However, it is not clear how alpine steppe communities respond to N & P fertilization, and what is the optimal application rate, in the perspective of forage production. To attempt to explore these questions, in July 2013, two fencing sites were designed in Baingoin County with 12 treatments of different levels of nitrogen (N-0: 0; N-1: 7.5 g m(-2) yr(-1); N-2: 15 g m(-2) yr(-1)) & phosphate (P-0: 0; P-1: 7.5 gP(2)O(5) m(-2) yr(-1); P-2: 15 gP(2)O(5) m(-2) yr(-1); P-3: 30 gP(2)O(5) m(-2) yr(-1)). The results indicated N&P addition was capable to ameliorate the quality of the two sites in the Tibetan Plateau steppe. Increasing N application level resulted in significant increment in Gramineae and total biomass in the two sites. P addition significantly improved the quantity of Compositae, total biomass and the biomasss of other species in site II, while it only significantly improved the total biomass in site I. Gramineae was much more sensitive to N-induced changes than P-induced changes, and this indicated N addition was better to ameliorate the quality of plateau steppe than P-induced changes. No strong evidence was found for critical threshold within 15 g N m(-2) yr(-1), and there was decreasing tendency when P addition rate was above 15 g m(-2) yr(-1). N&P has the potential to accelerate soil acidification, which improved the content of available K, likely as a result of nonsignificant correlation between biomass and soil moisture. This work highlights the the tradeoffs that exist in N and P addition in recovering degraded steppe.
关键词	SOIL-MOISTURE NITROGEN GRASSLAND COMMUNITIES MEADOW DEGRADATION LIMITATION MANAGEMENT EFFICIENCY GRADIENT
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics
WOS类目	Multidisciplinary Sciences
WOS记录号	WOS:000376881700065
来源期刊	PLOS ONE
来源机构	中国科学院青藏高原研究所
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/258644
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Dong, Junfu,Cui, Xiaoyong,Wang, Shuping,et al. Changes in Biomass and Quality of Alpine Steppe in Response to N & P Fertilization in the Tibetan Plateau[J]. 中国科学院青藏高原研究所,2016,11(5).
APA	Dong, Junfu.,Cui, Xiaoyong.,Wang, Shuping.,Wang, Fang.,Pang, Zhe.,...&Wang, Shiping.(2016).Changes in Biomass and Quality of Alpine Steppe in Response to N & P Fertilization in the Tibetan Plateau.PLOS ONE,11(5).
MLA	Dong, Junfu,et al."Changes in Biomass and Quality of Alpine Steppe in Response to N & P Fertilization in the Tibetan Plateau".PLOS ONE 11.5(2016).