Water and Nitrogen Use Strategies and Their Influencing Mechanisms in Typical Desert Shrubs of the Qaidam Basin, Qinghai–Tibet Plateau, China
Yunhao Zhao, Hui Chen, Raju Datla · 2025
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Yunhao Zhao and co-authors study how desert shrubs on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau use water and nitrogen, in a 2025 paper. The shrubs grow in the eastern Qaidam Basin, a high, dry basin where survival takes careful resource use. The team read two stable isotope marks in leaves. One mark tracks how well the plant saves water, and the other tracks its nitrogen strategy.
Leaf traits tied to the two marks sorted into two groups, one centered on water and carbon use and one on nutrient use. The study also weighed how the traits shift along environmental gradients and whether water and nitrogen use help each other or trade off. Such maps of strategy can guide planting and care of dry high land.
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| CREATOR | Yunhao Zhao, Hui Chen, Raju Datla |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 49 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |