National Key Technology R&D Program (Y113911001);Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDA05050406);National Natural Science Foundation of China (31270501, 30970471)
Nutrient resorption is an important conservation mechanism for plants to overcome nutrient limitation in the less fertile area of desertifled land. In the semi-arid Horqin Sandy Land of Northern China, the shrub Artem...