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ArticlePlants (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Allocation Patterns and Strategies of Carbon, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus Densities in Three Typical Desert Plants.

Guangxing Zhao, Akash Tariq, Zhaobin Mu, Zhihao Zhang, Corina Graciano, Mengfei Cong, Xinping Dong, Jordi Sardans, Dhafer A Al-Bakre, Josep Penuelas and 1 more

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Article in Plants (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Guangxing ZhaoXinjiang Key Laboratory of Desert Plant Roots Ecology and Vegetation Restoration, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China.
Akash TariqXinjiang Key Laboratory of Desert Plant Roots Ecology and Vegetation Restoration, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5382-9336
Zhaobin MuXinjiang Key Laboratory of Desert Plant Roots Ecology and Vegetation Restoration, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China.ORCID 0009-0008-6703-9352
Zhihao ZhangXinjiang Key Laboratory of Desert Plant Roots Ecology and Vegetation Restoration, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3260-7195
Corina GracianoInstituto de Fisiología Vegetal, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Buenos Aires B1406, Argentina.ORCID 0000-0003-0803-4128
Mengfei CongXinjiang Key Laboratory of Desert Plant Roots Ecology and Vegetation Restoration, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China.
Xinping DongXinjiang Key Laboratory of Desert Plant Roots Ecology and Vegetation Restoration, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China.
Jordi SardansConsejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC) Global Ecology Unit, CREAF-CSIC-UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-2478-0219
Dhafer A Al-BakreDepartment of Biology, College of Science, University of Tabuk, Tabuk 71491, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-3564-0721
Josep PenuelasConsejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC) Global Ecology Unit, CREAF-CSIC-UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-7215-0150
Fanjiang ZengXinjiang Key Laboratory of Desert Plant Roots Ecology and Vegetation Restoration, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China.

Funding

Ministry of Science and Technology, China QN2022045005L; WGXZ2023078LNational Natural Science Foundation of China 32250410301; 42271071
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The densities of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus (C-N-P) reflect the adaptation and response of desert plants to hyper-arid environments. However, the allocation strategies for biomass and C-N-P densities among various plant life forms remain poorly understood. This study involved the collection of samples representing both aboveground and belowground biomass (to depths of 200 cm) from three desert plant species-both herbaceous and shrubby-and evaluating their C-N-P densities. The investigation focused on the distribution strategies and drivers influencing total C-N-P densities within the plant-soil system. The results indicated that the biomass of the shrub

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adaptive differentiationbiomass allocationcarbon–nitrogen–phosphorous densitiesnutrient-use strategy

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