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Journal of Desert Research ›› 2025, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (2): 166-175.DOI: 10.7522/j.issn.1000-694X.2024.00105

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Si and N stoichiometry and homeostasis characteristics of Phragmites australis in desert oasis

Jianjun Kang1(), Dongmei Zhang1(), Liwen Zhao1, Fan Yang2   

  1. 1.Key Laboratory of Ecological Safety and Sustainable Development in Arid Lands / Linze Inland River Basin Research Station,Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Lanzhou 730000,China
    2.Gansu Desert Control Research Institute,Lanzhou 730070,China
  • Received:2024-07-11 Revised:2024-11-08 Online:2025-03-20 Published:2025-03-26
  • Contact: Dongmei Zhang

Abstract:

The developmental characteristics and regularity of Phragmites australis populations are significantly influenced by environmental changes in desert oases, resulting in unique stoichiometric characteristics of silicon (Si) and nitrogen (N). This article takes five types of P. australis landscape habitats (sand dune, desert steppe, interdune lowland, saline grassland, and wetland) in the desert oasis of the Hexi Corridor as the research objects to explore the stoichiometry and homeostasis characteristics of Si and N in P. australis. The results indicated that there were significant differences in soil Si content and Si/N, as well as Si and N content and Si/N in different growth stages and organs of P. australis. P. australis Si (SiO2) and soil Si (SiO2) contents were both high, but soil available Si (H4SiO4) content was low, resulting in relatively low Si/N of P. australis, and the growth of P. australis was limited by Si. There were significant positive correlations between Si and N content, Si/N and soil Si, N content, Si/N, as well as groundwater depth, and no correlation was observed with groundwater Si, N content, and Si/N in the five habitats, and there was a certain degree of synergy and stability in the coupling effect of Si and N nutrients in P. australis. Si, N, and Si/N of reed in different habitats had high homeostasis, and the homeostasis of Si/N in P. australis was higher than that of the element itself (HISi/N>HISi>HIN>4). Compared with Si and N nutrition, Si/N in P. australis was less affected by the external environment, and the growth process of P. australis regulated the nutrient supply according to a certain Si and N absorption ratio.

Key words: desert oasis, Phragmites australis, landscape habitats, Si and N stoichiometry, homeostasis

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