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To investigate the long-term effects of alleviating nutrient limitation and associated ecological stresses on shoot growth and foliar redox-active phenolic production in Empetrum hermaphroditum.

November 16, 2005Oikos

Effects of long‐term alleviation of nutrient limitation on shoot growth and foliar phenolics of Empetrum hermaphroditum

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To investigate the long-term effects of alleviating nutrient limitation and associated ecological stresses on shoot growth and foliar redox-active phenolic production in Empetrum hermaphroditum.
Conducted a nine-year environmental manipulation field experiment in an alpine tundra ecosystem.
Applied nine distinct treatments targeting high-latitude stresses, including inorganic nitrogen forms (NH4+, NO3-, or complete nutrients), organic nitrogen (protein), glucose, activated carbon, and lime.
Measured current-year shoot growth, stem biomass, and foliar redox-active phenolic concentrations and contents across multiple years.
Inorganic nitrogen additions generally stimulated shoot growth, primarily stem biomass, and increased total phenolic contents, with full-nutrient treatment yielding the most consistent positive growth and phenolic content gains without altering phenolic concentration.
Combined application of NH4+ and NO3- periodically elevated phenolic production per unit biomass, whereas organic nitrogen application generally reduced both shoot biomass and phenolic content.
Non-nitrogen treatments (glucose, activated carbon, and lime) exerted no substantial effects on shoot growth or foliar phenolic levels.

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Field experiment demonstrates divergent growth and foliar phenolic responses to nutrient treatments in tundra crowberry, indicating complex chemical shifts under environmental change.

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Шевцова et al. (2005) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a87e17e6e1dca10b7bb62dc https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0030-1299.2005.13524.x

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Field experiment demonstrates divergent growth and foliar phenolic responses to nutrient treatments in tundra crowberry, indicating complex chemical shifts under environmental change.

Effects of long‐term alleviation of nutrient limitation on shoot growth and foliar phenolics of Empetrum hermaphroditum

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