ORIGINAL RESEARCH
The Variation of Carbon Nitrogen
and Phosphorus and Stoichiomery Characteristics
of Yili River Valley Steppe Soil under
the Effects of Conyza Canadensis Invasion
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College of Biology and Geography Sciences, Yili Normal University, Yining, PR China
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Institute of Resources and Ecology, Yili Normal University, Yining, PR China
Submission date: 2020-08-14
Final revision date: 2021-01-21
Acceptance date: 2021-01-25
Online publication date: 2021-09-10
Publication date: 2021-10-01
Corresponding author
Dong Cui
College of Biology and Geography, Yili Normal University,China, YILI, China
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2021;30(6):5367-5375
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Soil C, N, P and its stoichiometric ratio are important indexes to measure energy of ecosystem,
multi-element equilibrium and the composition of soil organic matter. When alien plants invade, they
usually change local soil environment and create an appropriate growth environment by withered fallen
and scattered matters or allelopathic substances, and create an appropriate growing environment, they
usually inhibit the other plants to grow and develop. In this paper, the soil of the Conyza canadensis
invaded communities in different degrees in Yili River Valley is selected to study the change
characteristics of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus content, ecological chemometrics and its changing
rules. As a result, the content of C, N and P in soil was significantly increased after Conyza canadensis
invasion, there was an extremely significant positive correlation among the three elements (P<0.01).
Different soil communities at different depths and their interactions have significant effects on soil
total nitrogen (P<0.01). N is the factor of limitting the growth of Conyza Canadensis. There is also a
significant positive correlation between the three C:N, C:P and N:P in the soil. N:P changes steadily, and
C:N, C:P have high levels of variation, it may be related to the great change of soil total carbon content.