Ecological Stoichiometric Changes and the Synergistic Restoration of Vegetation Concrete Restoration Systems under Different Precipitation Conditions
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Site and Materials
2.2. Experimental Design
2.3. Experimental Method
2.4. Statistic Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Ecological Stoichiometric Characteristics of Plant Carbon, Nitrogen and Phosphorus under Different Precipitation Patterns
3.2. Ecological Stoichiometric Characteristics of Soil Carbon, Nitrogen and Phosphorus under Different Precipitation Patterns
3.3. Collaborative Correlation Analysis and Simulation of Plant–Soil Systems under Different Precipitation Patterns
4. Discussion
4.1. The Influence of Precipitation Patterns on the Ecological Stoichiometric Characteristics of Plant Carbon, Nitrogen and Phosphorus
4.2. The Influence of Precipitation Patterns on the Ecological Stoichiometric Characteristics of Soil Carbon, Nitrogen and Phosphorus
4.3. Influence of Precipitation Patterns on the Cooperative Correlation of Plant–Soil Systems
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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C | N | P | C/N | C/P | N/P | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
10-JS | C | 0.7474 | 0.5679 | 0.7215 | 0.7414 | 0.7047 | 0.5635 |
N | 0.8258 | 0.7494 | 0.5911 | 0.7767 | 0.6677 | 0.6829 | |
P | 0.7875 | 0.6374 | 0.5310 | 0.7248 | 0.7069 | 0.6273 | |
C/N | 0.5887 | 0.5538 | 0.8312 | 0.6826 | 0.7835 | 0.5101 | |
C/P | 0.6526 | 0.5995 | 0.7141 | 0.6897 | 0.6523 | 0.5518 | |
N/P | 0.5784 | 0.5645 | 0.6105 | 0.5257 | 0.5945 | 0.5915 | |
15-JS | C | 0.7032 | 0.6119 | 0.7616 | 0.6696 | 0.7757 | 0.7519 |
N | 0.6338 | 0.6587 | 0.6166 | 0.6480 | 0.6373 | 0.6070 | |
P | 0.7351 | 0.7212 | 0.5827 | 0.6125 | 0.6271 | 0.8038 | |
C/N | 0.8226 | 0.6458 | 0.5559 | 0.6441 | 0.6841 | 0.8005 | |
C/P | 0.6070 | 0.6882 | 0.7385 | 0.6404 | 0.7659 | 0.8444 | |
N/P | 0.6025 | 0.6681 | 0.5797 | 0.6036 | 0.8819 | 0.5257 | |
20-JS | C | 0.6165 | 0.7369 | 0.6493 | 0.6871 | 0.7102 | 0.7095 |
N | 0.6719 | 0.6398 | 0.7533 | 0.5387 | 0.6865 | 0.5553 | |
P | 0.5330 | 0.6994 | 0.8865 | 0.7201 | 0.6409 | 0.7036 | |
C/N | 0.6611 | 0.7282 | 0.5910 | 0.7502 | 0.7213 | 0.7750 | |
C/P | 0.6475 | 0.7327 | 0.6135 | 0.5748 | 0.8145 | 0.7347 | |
N/P | 0.6782 | 0.7286 | 0.5676 | 0.5261 | 0.6993 | 0.6179 |
C | N | P | C/N | C/P | N/P | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
10-JS | C | 0.6453 | 0.6545 | 0.7485 | 0.5986 | 0.5274 | 0.6713 |
N | 0.6211 | 0.7511 | 0.5369 | 0.5488 | 0.5516 | 0.7671 | |
P | 0.6988 | 0.7836 | 0.5890 | 0.6919 | 0.7697 | 0.8266 | |
C/N | 0.8779 | 0.6021 | 0.7985 | 0.8146 | 0.6679 | 0.5692 | |
C/P | 0.5473 | 0.5490 | 0.8105 | 0.8311 | 0.8640 | 0.5198 | |
N/P | 0.6088 | 0.7368 | 0.6728 | 0.7047 | 0.5891 | 0.7310 | |
15-JS | C | 0.5704 | 0.7268 | 0.6979 | 0.8232 | 0.5802 | 0.7819 |
N | 0.7831 | 0.6838 | 0.5622 | 0.6769 | 0.6276 | 0.6618 | |
P | 0.5647 | 0.6077 | 0.6768 | 0.6008 | 0.5349 | 0.6917 | |
C/N | 0.7245 | 0.6470 | 0.5560 | 0.5637 | 0.6966 | 0.5712 | |
C/P | 0.5897 | 0.5669 | 0.5743 | 0.7320 | 0.7613 | 0.8261 | |
N/P | 0.6506 | 0.7131 | 0.7779 | 0.7757 | 0.6300 | 0.7950 | |
20-JS | C | 0.6169 | 0.7070 | 0.7982 | 0.7187 | 0.6454 | 0.7649 |
N | 0.6326 | 0.7146 | 0.8256 | 0.6081 | 0.6687 | 0.6695 | |
P | 0.7653 | 0.7060 | 0.7937 | 0.5490 | 0.7280 | 0.6145 | |
C/N | 0.5513 | 0.6399 | 0.7085 | 0.7327 | 0.5462 | 0.7212 | |
C/P | 0.5665 | 0.5932 | 0.7198 | 0.6779 | 0.6847 | 0.6544 | |
N/P | 0.6101 | 0.7414 | 0.7514 | 0.7102 | 0.7327 | 0.6111 |
C | N | P | C/N | C/P | N/P | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
10-JS | 0.6744 | 0.7156 | 0.6692 | 0.6583 | 0.6433 | 0.5775 |
15-JS | 0.7123 | 0.6336 | 0.6804 | 0.6922 | 0.7141 | 0.6436 |
20-JS | 0.6849 | 0.6409 | 0.6973 | 0.7045 | 0.6863 | 0.6363 |
C | N | P | C/N | C/P | N/P | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
10-JS | 0.6409 | 0.6294 | 0.7266 | 0.7217 | 0.6869 | 0.6739 |
15-JS | 0.6967 | 0.6659 | 0.6128 | 0.6265 | 0.6751 | 0.7237 |
20-JS | 0.7085 | 0.6865 | 0.6927 | 0.6500 | 0.6494 | 0.6928 |
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Li, M.; Dong, W.; Wang, R.; Li, Q.; Xu, W.; Xia, Z.; Xiao, H.; Geng, Q. Ecological Stoichiometric Changes and the Synergistic Restoration of Vegetation Concrete Restoration Systems under Different Precipitation Conditions. Water 2022, 14, 2558. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14162558
Li M, Dong W, Wang R, Li Q, Xu W, Xia Z, Xiao H, Geng Q. Ecological Stoichiometric Changes and the Synergistic Restoration of Vegetation Concrete Restoration Systems under Different Precipitation Conditions. Water. 2022; 14(16):2558. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14162558
Chicago/Turabian StyleLi, Mingyi, Wenhao Dong, Ran Wang, Qixiu Li, Wennian Xu, Zhenyao Xia, Hai Xiao, and Qiming Geng. 2022. "Ecological Stoichiometric Changes and the Synergistic Restoration of Vegetation Concrete Restoration Systems under Different Precipitation Conditions" Water 14, no. 16: 2558. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14162558