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氮、锌添加与刈割对草甸草原植物养分回收的影响

  

  • 收稿日期:2025-09-08 修回日期:2025-11-21 接受日期:2025-12-03

Changes in nutrient resorption efficiency with nitrogen and zinc addition and mowing in a meadow steppe

Qiuhua Li1†, Yakun Liu1†, Xinyue Jin1, Xiaotian Fan1, Jiaqiang Wang1, Wanbing Liu1, Chunbo Li1, Jishuai Su1, Osbert Jianxin Sun1, Xingguo Han1, Yong Jiang1, Heyong Liu1,2,*   

  1. 1College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China;
    2Engineering Research Center of Ecological Safety and Conservation in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (Xiong’an New Area) of MOE, Baoding 071002, China
  • Received:2025-09-08 Revised:2025-11-21 Accepted:2025-12-03
  • Contact: Heyong Liu, College of Life Science, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China. E-mail: liuheyong@hbu.edu.cn
  • About author:†Author Qiuhua Li and author Yakun Liu contributed equally to this work.

摘要: 理解环境因子相互作用如何影响植物养分回收,对于揭示草地养分循环机制具有重要意义。本研究在草甸草原开展了为期9年的野外实验,评估氮(10 g N m-² yr⁻¹)和锌(0.5 g Zn m⁻² yr⁻¹)添加以及刈割对植物群落养分回收效率的影响。研究测定了10种大量与微量元素的养分回收效率,并分析了其与土壤性质、植物物种丰富度和群落生产力之间的关系。结果表明:氮添加分别使氮、磷、硫和镁回收效率提高了12.9%、15.4%、159.1%和64.4%,与生长优化假说一致。刈割显著降低了氮和磷的回收效率(分别下降14.0%和4.8%),但提高了镁和铁回收效率(分别增加26.0%和60.4%),表现出一种补偿性策略。锌添加对大量元素回收效率影响有限,但对微量元素回收效率的动态调控显著,具体表现为锌添加降低了锌的回收效率,体现了负反馈效应;而对铁的影响在不同处理下存在显著差异:在CK和氮添加处理中分别降低了113.8%和61.4%,而在刈割和氮与刈割复合处理中分别提高了24.3%和51.3%。此外,地上净初级生产力是影响养分回收效率的最重要因子,其作用超过了土壤养分有效性。综上,氮与锌添加以及刈割共同调控植物元素的养分回收效率,重塑了温带草原的养分循环与生产力格局。

关键词: 养分回收效率, 氮添加, 锌添加, 刈割, 草甸草原

Abstract: Understanding how interacting environmental drivers alter plant nutrient resorption is essential for elucidating nutrient cycling in grasslands. We conducted a nine-year field experiment in a meadow steppe to examine the effects of nitrogen (N, 10 g N m⁻2 yr⁻1) and zinc (Zn, 0.5 g Zn m⁻2 yr⁻1) additions and mowing on community-level nutrient resorption efficiency (RE). We quantified RE for ten macro- and micronutrients and explored their links with soil properties, species richness, and aboveground productivity. N addition enhanced RE for N (+12.9%), P (+15.4%), S (+159.1%), and Mg (+64.4%), supporting the growth optimization hypothesis. Mowing reduced RE for N (-14.0%) and P (-4.8%) but increased RE for Mg (+26.0%) and Fe (+60.4%), indicating compensatory strategies. Zn addition showed limited effects on macronutrient RE but markedly altered micronutrient dynamics, weakening ZnRE through negative feedback and modifying Fe resorption depending on context: reducing by 113.8% in CK and 61.4% under N addition but enhancing by 24.3% under mowing treatment and 51.3% in treatment of combined mowing and N addition. Aboveground productivity was the strongest predictor of RE, surpassing soil nutrient availability. Our findings reveal that additions of N and Zn and mowing jointly regulate element-specific nutrient resorption and plant functional adjustments, reshaping nutrient cycling and productivity patterns in temperate grasslands.

Key words: nutrient resorption efficiency, nitrogen addition, zinc addition, mowing, meadow steppe