This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31290223);the Special Research Program for Public-welfare Forestry of China(201404201);the Ministry of Science and Technology(2015DFA31440,2012BAD22B01);the Lecture and Study Program for Outstanding Scholars from Home and Abroad(CAFYBB2011007);the State Key Laboratory of Forest and Soil Ecology(LFSE2014-01)and the CFERN&GENE Award Funds on Ecological Paper.
Aims Carbon(C)and nitrogen(N)stoichiometry contributes to under-standing elemental compositions and coupled biogeochemical cycles in ecosystems.However,we know little about the temporal patterns of C:N stoichiometry d...