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Correlated biogeographic variation of magnesium across trophic levels in a terrestrial food chain.

ABSTRACT: Using samples from eastern China (c. 25 - 41° N and 99 - 123° E) and from a common garden experiment, we investigate how Mg concentration varies with climate across multiple trophic levels. In soils, plant tissue (Oriental oak leaves and acorns), and a specialist acorn predator (the weevil Curculio davidi), Mg concentration increased significantly with different slopes from south to north, and generally decreased with both mean annual temperature (MAT) and precipitation (MAP). In addition, soil, leaf, acorn and weevil Mg showed different strengths of association and sensitivity with climatic factors, suggesting that distinct mechanisms may drive patterns of Mg variation at different trophic levels. Our findings provide a first step toward determining whether anticipated changes in temperature and precipitation due to climate change will have important consequences for the bioavailability and distribution of Mg in food chain.

SUBMITTER: Sun X

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3817214 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Correlated biogeographic variation of magnesium across trophic levels in a terrestrial food chain.

Sun Xiao X Kay Adam D AD Kang Hongzhang H Small Gaston E GE Liu Guofang G Zhou Xuan X Yin Shan S Liu Chunjiang C

PloS one 20131104 11

Using samples from eastern China (c. 25 - 41° N and 99 - 123° E) and from a common garden experiment, we investigate how Mg concentration varies with climate across multiple trophic levels. In soils, plant tissue (Oriental oak leaves and acorns), and a specialist acorn predator (the weevil Curculio davidi), Mg concentration increased significantly with different slopes from south to north, and generally decreased with both mean annual temperature (MAT) and precipitation (MAP). In addition, soil, ...[more]

PMID: 24223807

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Correlated biogeographic variation of magnesium across trophic levels in a terrestrial food chain.

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Correlated biogeographic variation of magnesium across trophic levels in a terrestrial food chain.

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