caa a22 4500 469097914 CHVBK 20180323133036.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e19921001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00650316 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00650316 Shading and the capture of localized soil nutrients: nutrient contents, carbohydrates, and root uptake kinetics of a perennial tussock grass [Elektronische Daten] [R. Jackson, M. Caldwell] Summary: The ability to exploit spatial and temporal heterogeneity in soil resources can be one factor important to the competitive balance of plants. Competition above-ground may limit selective plant responses to below-ground heterogeneity, since mechanisms such as root proliferation and alterations in uptake kinetics are energy-dependent processes. We studied the effect of shading on the ability of the perennial tussock grassAgropyron desertorum to take up nutrients from enriched soil microsites in two consecutive growing seasons. Roots of unshaded plants selectively increased phosphate uptake capacity in enriched soil microsites (mean increases of up to 73%), but shading eliminated this response. There were no changes in ammonium uptake capacity for roots in control and enriched patches for either shaded or unshaded plants. The 9-day shade treatments significantly reduced total nonstructural carbohydrate (TNC) concentrations for roots in 1990, but had no apparent effect on root carbohydrates in 1991 despite dramatic reductions in shoot TNC and fructan concentrations. Enrichment of the soil patches resulted in significantly greater phosphate concentrations in roots of both shaded and unshaded plants, with less dramatic differences for nitrogen and no changes in potassium concentrations. In many respects the shaded plants did surprisingly well, at least in terms of apparent nutrient acquisition. The effects of aboveground competition on nutrient demand, energy requirements, and belowground processes are discussed for plants exploiting soil resource heterogeneity. Springer-Verlag, 1992 Agropyron nationallicence Carbohydrates nationallicence Phosphate and ammonium uptake kinetics nationallicence Roots and soil microsites nationallicence Shading nationallicence Jackson R. Department of Range Science and the Ecology Center, Utah State University, 84322-5230, Logan, UT, USA aut Caldwell M. Department of Range Science and the Ecology Center, Utah State University, 84322-5230, Logan, UT, USA aut Oecologia Springer-Verlag 91/4(1992-10-01), 457-462 0029-8549 91:4<457 1992 91 442 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00650316 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00650316 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Jackson R. Department of Range Science and the Ecology Center, Utah State University, 84322-5230, Logan, UT, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Caldwell M. Department of Range Science and the Ecology Center, Utah State University, 84322-5230, Logan, UT, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Oecologia Springer-Verlag 91/4(1992-10-01), 457-462 0029-8549 91:4<457 1992 91 442 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer