Field investigations and sampling were conducted in Loess Plateau,including Fu County,Ganquan County,Ansai County,
Jingbian County and Hengshan County and Yuyang District. Our objective was to examine changes of leaf and soil stoichiometry
characteristics along latitudinal gradient in Loess Plateau,and to provide references for the prediction of soil nutrient status of the
ecosystem and constraints of plant nutrition elements in Loess Plateau. The results showed that ①Across the 35. 95°-38. 36°N latitude
gradient,leaf C,N and P stoichiometry were ranging from 336. 95 to 477. 38 mg·g - 1 for C,from 18. 09 to 33. 173 mg·g - 1 for N and
from 1. 07 to 1. 73 mg·g - 1 for P,the arithmetic means were 442. 9 mg·g - 1 ,25. 79 mg·g - 1 and 1. 37 mg·g - 1 ,separately,the
variation coefficients were 11. 9%,17. 4% and 13. 3%. There were obvious correlation between leaf C,N,P and latitude,leaf C,C
∶ N ratio and C∶ P ratio significantly decreased with the increasing latitude,while leaf N and P significantly increased with the increasing
latitude. The relationship between N∶ P ratio and latitude was not significant. ②The content of soil organic C and soil total N decreased
with increasing latitude and soil layer. In contrast,with the increase of latitude,soil P increased and then decreased. In the 0-10 cm,
10-20 cm soil layers,soil C∶ N ratio did not change significantly with latitude,while in the 20-40 cm layer,C∶ N ratio decreased
obviously,but soil C∶ P and N∶ P ratios decreased with the increasing latitude in all soil layers. ③ Leaf C,C∶ N and C∶ P ratios were
correlated to soil organic C,soil total N and soil total P in all soil layers,leaf N and P were correlated to soil organic C and soil total
N,while leaf N∶ P ratio was not correlated to soil organic C,soil total N and soil total P. There was a certain correlation between the
leaf C,N,P and latitude,however,the correlations between leaf and soil C,N,P were inconsistent. These results demonstrate thatthe plants were under P limitation in Loess Plateau.
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