caa a22 4500 606217770 CHVBK 20210128101109.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11104-014-2349-5 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11104-014-2349-5 Increased precipitation induces a positive plant-soil feedback in a semi-arid grassland [Elektronische Daten] [Haiyan Ren, Zhuwen Xu, Jianhui Huang, Xiaotao Lü, De-Hui Zeng, Zhiyou Yuan, Xingguo Han, Yunting Fang] Background and Aims: Given that plant growth is often water limited in drylands, it has been proposed that water seems to influence productivity by altering physiological/metabolic responses and nutrient availability in short term. It is unclear, however, whether water mediates a positive plant-soil feedback and whether the feedback drives variations in plant productivity. Methods: A 4-year field experiment was performed to examine the effects of water and nitrogen (N) addition on nutrient concentrations in soil and plant, nutrient resorption and potential return, in a temperate grassland in northern China. Results: Water addition enhanced plant N and phosphorus (P) concentrations but reduced plant N and P resorption efficiency, leading to the increased potential N and P return to soil via litterfall. Enhanced nutrient potential return likely contributed to an increase of plant productivity in the following year. These "fertilization effects” caused by water addition were similar to those by N addition. Conclusions: Our study suggests that the positive plant-soil feedback induced by increased precipitation may have a role in water-induced increases in productivity, and highlights the "fertilization effect” of water addition in a semiarid grassland in short term. Springer International Publishing Switzerland, 2014 Nitrogen deposition nationallicence Nutrient concentration nationallicence Nutrient return nationallicence Productivity nationallicence Resorption efficiency nationallicence Temperate steppe nationallicence Ren Haiyan State Key Laboratory of Forest and Soil Ecology, Institute of Applied Ecology Chinese Academy of Sciences, 110164, Shenyang, China aut Xu Zhuwen State Key Laboratory of Forest and Soil Ecology, Institute of Applied Ecology Chinese Academy of Sciences, 110164, Shenyang, China aut Huang Jianhui State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiangshan, 100093, Beijing, China aut Lü Xiaotao State Key Laboratory of Forest and Soil Ecology, Institute of Applied Ecology Chinese Academy of Sciences, 110164, Shenyang, China aut Zeng De-Hui State Key Laboratory of Forest and Soil Ecology, Institute of Applied Ecology Chinese Academy of Sciences, 110164, Shenyang, China aut Yuan Zhiyou Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China aut Han Xingguo State Key Laboratory of Forest and Soil Ecology, Institute of Applied Ecology Chinese Academy of Sciences, 110164, Shenyang, China aut Fang Yunting State Key Laboratory of Forest and Soil Ecology, Institute of Applied Ecology Chinese Academy of Sciences, 110164, Shenyang, China aut Plant and Soil Springer International Publishing 389/1-2(2015-04-01), 211-223 0032-079X 389:1-2<211 2015 389 11104 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-014-2349-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-014-2349-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ren Haiyan State Key Laboratory of Forest and Soil Ecology, Institute of Applied Ecology Chinese Academy of Sciences, 110164, Shenyang, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Xu Zhuwen State Key Laboratory of Forest and Soil Ecology, Institute of Applied Ecology Chinese Academy of Sciences, 110164, Shenyang, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Huang Jianhui State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiangshan, 100093, Beijing, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lü Xiaotao State Key Laboratory of Forest and Soil Ecology, Institute of Applied Ecology Chinese Academy of Sciences, 110164, Shenyang, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Zeng De-Hui State Key Laboratory of Forest and Soil Ecology, Institute of Applied Ecology Chinese Academy of Sciences, 110164, Shenyang, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Yuan Zhiyou Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Han Xingguo State Key Laboratory of Forest and Soil Ecology, Institute of Applied Ecology Chinese Academy of Sciences, 110164, Shenyang, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Fang Yunting State Key Laboratory of Forest and Soil Ecology, Institute of Applied Ecology Chinese Academy of Sciences, 110164, Shenyang, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Plant and Soil Springer International Publishing 389/1-2(2015-04-01), 211-223 0032-079X 389:1-2<211 2015 389 11104