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Stoichiometric Characteristics of Carbon, Nitrogen, and Phosphorous and Allometric Nitrogen-Phosphorous Relationships During the Organ-to-Forest Floor Material Transformation in Representative Forest Tree Species on the Southern Slope of the Qilian Mountains.

Xukai Yang, Shuang Ji, Jiaxiang Xu, Xiaoping Kong, Yinglian Qi, Yue Zhang, Huichun Xie, Jiawei Yan

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Xukai YangSchool of Life Sciences, Qinghai Normal University, Xining 810008, China.
Shuang JiCollege of Geographical Sciences, Qinghai Normal University, Xining 810008, China.
Jiaxiang XuSchool of Life Sciences, Qinghai Normal University, Xining 810008, China.
Xiaoping KongXining Botanical Garden, Xining 810008, China.
Yinglian QiSchool of Life Sciences, Qinghai Normal University, Xining 810008, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2981-963X
Yue ZhangSchool of Life Sciences, Qinghai Normal University, Xining 810008, China.
Huichun XieSchool of Life Sciences, Qinghai Normal University, Xining 810008, China.
Jiawei YanSchool of Life Sciences, Qinghai Normal University, Xining 810008, China.

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Kunlun Yingcai - High-end Innovation and Entrepreneurship Talent Program, China Outstanding Talent Fund 1003-005024011Team for Formation Mechanism and Utilization of Characteristic Germplasm Resources on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau QHKLYC-GDCXCY-2024-597The team for the formation mechanism and utilization of characteristic germplasm resources of the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau QHKLYC-GDCXCY-2024-597
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The ecological stoichiometric traits of forest floor material nutrient resorption in forest ecosystems. However, systematic insights into nutrient allocation and scaling during the transformation of plant organs to forest floor material remain limited. This study examined six representative tree species on the southern slope of the Qilian Mountains, quantifying the carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and phosphorus (P) contents and their stoichiometric characteristics in leaves, branches, and mixed forest floor material. Allometric relationships between N and P were analyzed using the standardized major axis regression. Coniferous species exhibited a conservative strategy with high C/N and C/P ratios, whereas broad-leaved species and mixed forests exhibited nutrient-enrichment strategies. During the organ-to-forest floor material transformation, N and P contents significantly reduced, whereas C/N and C/P ratios increased, indicating strong nutrient resorption. N and P were positively associated with plant organs and forest floor material, with isometric relationships (b = 1.06 and 0.98 for plant organs and forest floor material, respectively). Because the slopes did not differ significantly from 1 (

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allometric relationshipecological stoichiometryforest floor materialnutrient limitationQilian Mountains

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