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Leaf NPK stoichiometry, δ15 N, and apparent nutrient limitation of co-occurring carnivorous and noncarnivorous plants.
Givnish, Thomas J; Shiba, Zackary W.
Afiliação
  • Givnish TJ; Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
  • Shiba ZW; Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
Ecology ; 103(12): e3825, 2022 12.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35861100
ABSTRACT
Previous meta-analyses suggested that carnivorous plants-despite access to N, P, and K from prey-have significantly lower leaf concentrations of these nutrients than noncarnivores. Those studies, however, largely compared carnivores in nutrient-poor habitats with noncarnivores in more nutrient-rich sites, so that the differences reported might reflect habitat differences as much as differences in nutrient-capture strategy. Here we examine three carnivorous and 12 noncarnivorous plants in the same nutrient-poor bog to compare their foliar nutrient concentrations, assess their patterns of nutrient limitation using leaf NPK stoichiometry, and estimate percentage N derived from prey by carnivores using a mixing model for stable N isotopes. We hypothesized that (1) carnivore leaf nutrient concentrations approach or exceed those of noncarnivores in the same nutrient-poor habitat; (2) species in different functional groups show different patterns of stoichiometry and apparent nutrient limitation; and (3) noncarnivores might show evidence of using other means of nutrient acquisition or conservation to reduce nutrient limitation. At Fallison Bog in northern Wisconsin, carnivorous plants (Drosera rotundifolia, Sarracenia purpurea, Utricularia macrorhiza) showed significantly lower leaf percentage C and NP ratio, higher δ15 N, and no difference from noncarnivores in leaf N, P, K, and δ13 C. Sedges had significantly lower leaf percentage P, percentage C, and NK ratio, and higher KP ratio than nonsedges restricted to the Sphagnum mat, and may tap peat N via aerenchyma-facilitated peat oxidation (oxipeditrophy). Evergreen ericaceous shrubs exhibited significantly higher levels of percentage C and lower values of δ15 N than mat nonericads. Calla palustris-growing in the nutrient-rich moat at the bog's upland edge-had very high values of leaf N, K, δ15 N, and NP ratio, suggesting that it may obtain nutrients from minerotrophic flows from the adjacent uplands and/or rapidly decaying peat. Stoichiometric analyses indicated that most species are N limited. A mixing model applied to δ15 N values for carnivores, noncarnivores, and insects produced an estimate of 50% of leaf N derived from prey for Utricularia, 42% for Sarracenia, and 41% for Drosera.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Drosera / Carnivoridade Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2022 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Drosera / Carnivoridade Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2022 Tipo de documento: Article