About: Plant Nutrient Content Does Not Simply Increase with Elevation under the Extreme Environmental Conditions of Ladakh, NW Himalaya     Goto   Sponge   NotDistinct   Permalink

An Entity of Type : http://linked.opendata.cz/ontology/domain/vavai/Vysledek, within Data Space : linked.opendata.cz associated with source document(s)

AttributesValues
rdf:type
Description
  • Low temperature is considered the main limiting factor for plant growth and nutrient supply at high elevations. It has been repeatedly reported that an increase in foliar nutrient contents occurs with elevation which is interpreted as the plants' inability to use the absorbed resources for growth. However, although large data sets from various mountainous regions are available, data from elevations exceeding 5000 m elevation are rare, leaving uncertainties on the relevance of these patterns under extreme alpine conditions. To fill this gap, we examined foliar macronutrients (N, P, K, Ca, Mg) content in Poa attenuata and Waldheimia tridactylites along an elevation gradient of 1600 m in Ladakh, northwestern Himalaya. Species showed rather similar response: N, Ca, and Mg concentration decreased with elevation. However, P concentration decreased with elevation in Poa but slightly increased in Waldheimia; K concentration was related to elevation in Poa only (positively). The surprising decreases of N, and/or N/P and N/K ratios towards higher elevation suggest that nitrogen uptake decreased with elevation and it may limit plant growth. Our results suggest that plants growing at very high elevations tend to be limited by a combination of lower nutrient uptake, possibly because of poorly developed soils, and scarcity of water.
  • Low temperature is considered the main limiting factor for plant growth and nutrient supply at high elevations. It has been repeatedly reported that an increase in foliar nutrient contents occurs with elevation which is interpreted as the plants' inability to use the absorbed resources for growth. However, although large data sets from various mountainous regions are available, data from elevations exceeding 5000 m elevation are rare, leaving uncertainties on the relevance of these patterns under extreme alpine conditions. To fill this gap, we examined foliar macronutrients (N, P, K, Ca, Mg) content in Poa attenuata and Waldheimia tridactylites along an elevation gradient of 1600 m in Ladakh, northwestern Himalaya. Species showed rather similar response: N, Ca, and Mg concentration decreased with elevation. However, P concentration decreased with elevation in Poa but slightly increased in Waldheimia; K concentration was related to elevation in Poa only (positively). The surprising decreases of N, and/or N/P and N/K ratios towards higher elevation suggest that nitrogen uptake decreased with elevation and it may limit plant growth. Our results suggest that plants growing at very high elevations tend to be limited by a combination of lower nutrient uptake, possibly because of poorly developed soils, and scarcity of water. (en)
Title
  • Plant Nutrient Content Does Not Simply Increase with Elevation under the Extreme Environmental Conditions of Ladakh, NW Himalaya
  • Plant Nutrient Content Does Not Simply Increase with Elevation under the Extreme Environmental Conditions of Ladakh, NW Himalaya (en)
skos:prefLabel
  • Plant Nutrient Content Does Not Simply Increase with Elevation under the Extreme Environmental Conditions of Ladakh, NW Himalaya
  • Plant Nutrient Content Does Not Simply Increase with Elevation under the Extreme Environmental Conditions of Ladakh, NW Himalaya (en)
skos:notation
  • RIV/60076658:12220/12:43883701!RIV13-MSM-12220___
http://linked.open...avai/predkladatel
http://linked.open...avai/riv/aktivita
http://linked.open...avai/riv/aktivity
  • I, P(IAA600050802), S, Z(AV0Z60050516), Z(MSM6007665801)
http://linked.open...iv/cisloPeriodika
  • 1
http://linked.open...vai/riv/dodaniDat
http://linked.open...aciTvurceVysledku
http://linked.open.../riv/druhVysledku
http://linked.open...iv/duvernostUdaju
http://linked.open...titaPredkladatele
http://linked.open...dnocenehoVysledku
  • 158836
http://linked.open...ai/riv/idVysledku
  • RIV/60076658:12220/12:43883701
http://linked.open...riv/jazykVysledku
http://linked.open.../riv/klicovaSlova
  • GROWTH; SALINITY; GRADIENT; LIFE-FORMS; MOUNTAIN BIRCH; NITROGEN-CONTENT; SOIL-TEMPERATURE; MINERAL-NUTRITION; ALPINE VEGETATION; ALTITUDINAL VARIATION (en)
http://linked.open.../riv/klicoveSlovo
http://linked.open...odStatuVydavatele
  • US - Spojené státy americké
http://linked.open...ontrolniKodProRIV
  • [6B7109EB0FBD]
http://linked.open...i/riv/nazevZdroje
  • ARCTIC ANTARCTIC AND ALPINE RESEARCH
http://linked.open...in/vavai/riv/obor
http://linked.open...ichTvurcuVysledku
http://linked.open...cetTvurcuVysledku
http://linked.open...vavai/riv/projekt
http://linked.open...UplatneniVysledku
http://linked.open...v/svazekPeriodika
  • 44
http://linked.open...iv/tvurceVysledku
  • Chlumská, Zuzana
  • Doležal, Jiří
  • Dvorský, Miroslav
  • Macek, Petr
  • de Bello, Francesco
  • Adamec, Lubomir
  • Klimes, Leos
  • Rehakova, Klara
http://linked.open...ain/vavai/riv/wos
  • 000302271600007
http://linked.open...n/vavai/riv/zamer
issn
  • 1523-0430
number of pages
http://bibframe.org/vocab/doi
  • 10.1657/1938-4246-44.1.62
http://localhost/t...ganizacniJednotka
  • 12220
is http://linked.open...avai/riv/vysledek of
Faceted Search & Find service v1.16.118 as of Jun 21 2024


Alternative Linked Data Documents: ODE     Content Formats:   [cxml] [csv]     RDF   [text] [turtle] [ld+json] [rdf+json] [rdf+xml]     ODATA   [atom+xml] [odata+json]     Microdata   [microdata+json] [html]    About   
This material is Open Knowledge   W3C Semantic Web Technology [RDF Data] Valid XHTML + RDFa
OpenLink Virtuoso version 07.20.3240 as of Jun 21 2024, on Linux (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu), Single-Server Edition (126 GB total memory, 58 GB memory in use)
Data on this page belongs to its respective rights holders.
Virtuoso Faceted Browser Copyright © 2009-2024 OpenLink Software