Stoichiometric characteristics of fresh leaves in several typical desert plants at the hinterland of Taklimakan desert

Ecological stoichiometry has been developing rapidly in China in recent years. Relevant researches cover not only the differences in ecological stoichiometric characteristics between different types of ecological system and between plants on different stages of succession, but also the seasonal variation of ecological stoichiometric characteristics of leaves as well as the correlation between the stoichiometric characteristics of different organs of leaves and rootlets (Santa et al., 2001; Cernusak et al., 2010).