Seasonal changes in the nutrient concentrations of leaves and leaf litter in a young Cryptomeria japonica stand

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 495-500

  Xue, Li ^a,b   Luo, Shan ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Japanese Cedar; New leaves; Nutrient resorption; Old leaves; Seasonal dynamics

Indexed keywords

GROWTH KINETICS; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; NITROGEN; PLANTS (BOTANY);

LEAF LITTER;

FORESTRY;

CRYPTOMERIA; CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA; JAPONICA;

EID: 0036950491     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827580260417143     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. Aerts, R. 1990. Nutrient use efficiency in evergreen and deciduous species from heathlands. Oecologia 84: 391-397.
2. Aerts, R. 1996. Nutrient resorption from senescing leaves of perennials: are there general pattern? J. Ecol. 84: 597-608.
3. Bockheim, J. G. & Leide, J. E. 1991. Foliar nutrient dynamics and nutrient-use efficiency of oak and pine on a low-fertility soil in Wisconsin. Can. J. For. Res. 21: 925-934.
4. Boerner, R. E. J. 1984. Foliar nutrient dynamics and nutrient use efficiency of four deciduous tree species in relation to site fertility. J. Appl. Ecol. 21: 1029-1040.
5. Boerner, R. E. J. 1985. Foliar nutrient dynamics, growth and nutrient use efficiency of Hammamelis virginiana in three forest microsites. Can. J. Bot. 63: 1476-1481.
6. Chabot, B. F. & Hicks, D. J. 1982. The ecology of leaf life spans. Annu. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 13: 229-259.
7. Chapin III, F. S. 1980. The mineral nutrition of wild plants. Annu. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 11: 233-260.
8. Chapin III, F. S. & Cleve, K. V. 1989. Approaches to studying nutrient uptake, use and loss in plants. In Pearcy, R.W., Ehleringer, J. R., Mooney H. A. & Rundel P. W. (eds), Plant Physiological Ecology, pp. 185-207. Chapman and Hall, Landon.
9. Chapin III, F. S., Johnson, D. A. & Mckendrick, J. D. 1980. Seasonal movement of nutrients in plants of differing growth form in an Alaskan tundra ecosystem: implications for herbivory. J. Ecol. 68: 189-209.
10. Chapin III, F. S. & Kedrowski, R. A. 1983. Seasonal changes in nitrogen and phosphorus fractions and autumn retranslocation in evergreen and deciduous taiga trees. Ecology 64: 376-391.
11. Duchesne, L., Ouimet, R., Camire, C. & Houle, D. 2001. Seasonal nutrient transfers by foliar resporption, leaching, and litter fall in a northern hardwood forest at Lake Clair Watershed, Quebec, Canada. Can. J. For. Res. 31: 333-344.
12. Ericsson, A., Hellqvist, C., Långström, B., Larsson, S. & Tenow, O. 1985. Effects on growth of simulated and induced pruning by Tomicus piniperda as related to carbohydrate and nitrogen dynamics in Scots pine. J. Appl. Ecol. 22: 105-124.
13. Fife, D. N. & Nambiar, E. K. S. 1982. Accumulation and retranslocation of nutrients in developing needles in relation to seasonal growth of young radiata pine trees. Ann. Bot. 50: 817-829.
14. Fife, D. N. & Nambiar, E. K. S. 1984. Movement of nutrients in radiata pine needles in relation to growth of shoots. Ann. Bot. 54: 303-314.
15. Grigal, D. F., Ohmann, L. F. & Brander, R. B. 1976. Seasonal dynamics of tall shrubs in northeastern Minnesota: biomass and nutrient element changes. For. Sci. 22: 195-207.
16. Helmisaari, H.-S. 1990. Temporal variation in nutrient concentrations of Pinus sylvestris stands. Scand. J. For. Res. 5: 177-193.
17. Helmisaari, H.-S. 1992a. Nutrient retranslocation in three Pinus sylvestris stands. For. Ecol. Manage. 51: 347-367.
18. Helmisaari, H.-S. 1992b. Nutrient retranslocation within the foliage of Pinus sylvestris. Tree Physiol. 10: 45-58.
19. Johansson, M. B. 1995. The chemical composition of needle and leaf litter from Scots pine, Norway spruce and white birch in Scandinavian forests. Forestry 68: 49-62.
20. Jonasson, S. & Chapin III, F. S. 1985. Significance of sequential leaf development for nutrient balance of the cottonsedge, Eriophorum vaginatum L. Oecologia 67: 511-518.
21. Killingbeck, K. T. 1986. The terminological jungle revisited: making a case for use the term resorption. Oikos 46: 263-264.
22. Killingbeck, K. T., May, J. D. & Nyman, S. 1990. Foliar senescence in an aspen (Populus tremuloides) clone: the response of element resorption to interramet variation and timing of abscission. Can. J. For. Res. 20: 1156-1164.
23. Kimmins, J. P. 1987. Forest Ecology, 531 pp. Macmillan, New York.
24. Lamber, H., Chapin, F. S. & Pons, T. L. 1998. Plant Physiological Ecology, 540 pp. Springer, New York.
25. Lim, M. T. & Cousens, J. E. 1986. The internal transfer of nutrients in a Scots pine stand. 2. The pattern of transfer and the effects of nitrogen availability. Forestry 59: 17-27.
26. Luxmoore, R. J., Grizzard, T. & Strand, R. H. 1981. Nutrient translocation in the outer canopy and understory of an eastern deciduous forest. For. Sci. 27: 505-518.
27. Mayor, X. & Rodá, F. 1992. Is primary production in holm oak forest nutrient limited? A correlational approach. Vegetatio 99-100: 209-217.
28. Meier, C. E., Grief, C. C. & Cole, D. W. 1985. Below and aboveground N and P use by Abies amabilis stands. Ecology 66: 1928-1942.
29. Miller, H. G., Cooper, J. M., Miller, J. D. & Pauline, O. J. 1979. Nutrient cycles in pines and their adaptation to poor soils. Can. J. For. Res. 9: 19-26.
30. Ostman, N. L. & Weaver, G. T. 1982. Autumnal nutrient transfers by retranslocation, leaching, and litter fall in a chestnut oak forest in southern Illinois. Can. J. For. Res. 12: 40-51.
31. Parker, G. G. 1983. Throughfall and stemflow in the forest nutrient cycle. Adv. Ecol. Res. 13: 57-133.
32. Pugnaire, F. I. & Chapin III, F. S. 1993. Controls over nutrient resorption from leaves of evergreen Mediterranean species. Ecology 74: 124-129.
33. Ryan, D. F. & Bormann, F. H. 1982. Nutrient resorption in northern hardwood forests. BioScience 32: 29-32.
34. Sabaté, S., Sala, A. & Gracia, C. A. 1995. Nutrient content in Quercus ilex canopies: Seasonal and spatial variation within a catchment. Plant Soil 168-169: 297-304.
35. Santa Regina, I., Leonardi, S. & Rapp, M. 2001. Foliar nutrient dynamics and nutrient-use efficiency in Castanea sativa coppice stands of southern Europe. Forestry 74: 1-10.
36. Sharma, S. C. & Pande, P. K. 1989. Pattern of litter nutrient concentration in some plantation ecosystems. For. Ecol. Manage. 29: 151-163.
37. Shaver, G. R. & Melillo, J. M. 1984. Nutrient budgets of marsh plants: efficiency concepts and relation to availability. Ecology 65: 1491-1510.
38. Sollins, P., Grief, C. C. & McCorison, F. M. 1980. The internal element cycles of an old-growth Douglas-fir ecosystem in western Oregon. Ecol. Monogr. 50: 261-285.
39. Tyrrell, L. E. & Boerner, R. E. J. 1986. Larix laricina and Picea mariana: relationships among leaf-span, foliar nutrient patterns, nutrient conservation, and growth efficiency. Can. J. Bot. 65: 1570-1577.
40. Xue, L. & Tadaki, Y. 1996. Seasonal changes in litterfall, nutrients in litterfall and nutrient use efficiency in a Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) stand. Bull. Nagoya Univ. For. 15: 23-30.