Flower litters of alpine plants affect soil nitrogen and phosphorus rapidly
in the eastern Tibetan Plateau

Wang, Jinniu; Xu, Bo; Wu, Yan; Gao, Jing; Shi, Fusun

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-5619-2016

Articles | Volume 13, issue 19

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-5619-2016

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-5619-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 19

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10 Oct 2016

Research article |

| 10 Oct 2016

Flower litters of alpine plants affect soil nitrogen and phosphorus rapidly in the eastern Tibetan Plateau

Jinniu Wang, Bo Xu, Yan Wu, Jing Gao, and Fusun Shi

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RC1: 'Referee comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 27 Apr 2016
- AC1: 'Reply to reviewer#1', J.N. Wang, 06 May 2016
SC1: 'Comments on "flower litter of alpine plants rapidly affect soil nitrogen and phosphorus in the Eastern Tibetan Plateau"', Fei Peng, 11 May 2016
AC2: 'Reply to interactive comment', J.N. Wang, 19 May 2016
RC2: 'Referee comment: Flower Litters of Alpine Plants Rapidly Affect Soil Nitrogen and Phosphorus in the Eastern Tibetan Plateau', Anonymous Referee #2, 19 May 2016
AC3: 'Response to referee #2', J.N. Wang, 10 Jun 2016

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (20 Jun 2016) by Richard Conant

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ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (30 Aug 2016) by Richard Conant

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Flower litters fed soil nutrition pool more efficiently because of their faster decomposition rate and higher nutrient contents. The underlying mechanism can enrich nutrients, which return to the soil, and non-structural carbohydrates, which feed and enhance the transitions of soil microorganisms. It can be realized that nature is more complex and magical than we thought. There are still some miraculous points of interaction between soil and plant to be explored in the future.