Influence of competition and soil nutrients on plant regrowth ability in productive alpine meadow: factorial experiment

Erkenova M.M, Tekeev D.K., Semenova R.B., Akhmetzhanova A.A., Onipchenko V.G.

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Erkenova M.M, Tekeev D.K., Semenova R.B., Akhmetzhanova A.A., Onipchenko V.G.

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soil resources, defoliation, alpine meadows, Caucasus, fertilization, legumes, nitrogen, phosphorus

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Erkenova M.M, Tekeev D.K., Semenova R.B., Akhmetzhanova A.A., Onipchenko V.G. , Influence of competition and soil nutrients on plant regrowth ability in productive alpine meadow: factorial experiment // Byul. MOIP. Otd. biol. 2024. T. 129. Vyp. 2. S. 31-44

Influence of competition and soil nutrients on plant regrowth ability in productive alpine meadow: factorial experiment

Restoration of aboveground biomass after its defoliation by phytophages may depend on biotic relationships and resource availability. A 3-year full-factorial experiment was conducted on the influence of three defoliation regimes (control, 1 and 2 cuttings at soil level per season), soil enrichment with N and P and the removal of neighboring plants (reduced competition) on the number of shoots and above-ground biomass of 3 species of productive Geranium-Hedysarum meadows in Teberda National Park (Geranium gymnocaulon, Hedysarum caucasicum, Festuca brunnescens). It has been shown that defoliation sharply reduces the formation of generative shoots. In most cases, defoliation significantly reduced the number and above-ground biomass of plants after 3 years of experiment. The final yield of the nitrogen-fixing legume plant (Hedysarum caucasicum), as well as grass Festuca brunnescens, did not depend on the availability of soil resources. The number of generative shoots of Geranium gymnocaulon was slightly higher when NP was added to the soil, and the total number was slightly higher when neighboring plants were removed. In general, both the enrichment of the soil with mineral nutrition elements and the removal of neighboring plants did not have a significant effect on the restoration of above-ground biomass of a productive alpine meadow, in contrast to that for low-productive alpine heaths. The restoration of aboveground biomass in plants of the productive meadow was lower than in alpine lichen heath, which may be due to the limited growing season in the first case.

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