Abstract:Disturbance is an important factor affecting the stability and function of forests ecosystem. The degree of disturbance directly affects the growth of the trees, energy flow and nutrient cycle process in the forest ecosystem. It is significant to study the ecological stoichiometry of the disturbance in natural forest ecosystem, and to reveal the mechanism of disturbance on the characteristics of nutrient balance in the natural ecosystem. Two human disturbances (e.g., severe disturbance and mild disturbance) in the Phoebe bournei forest of Fujian Province were selected. The ecological stoichiometric characteristics of soil, litter, and leaf were analyzed. The ecological adaptation and nutrient utilization strategy of the P. bournei forest responding to the disturbances were estimated by nutrient use efficiency, nutrient resorption efficiency, and the homeostasis. The results showed that:(1) the C, N, and P contents of the leaf were significantly higher than that of the soil and litter under both disturbances, and the N and P contents in the three components of the severe disturbance were significantly higher than those of the mild disturbance, but the ratios of C/N, C/P and N/P in the three components of the mild disturbance were higher than those of the severe disturbance. (2) Leaf N, P nutrient use efficiency of the severe disturbance were lower than that of the mild disturbance, but P resorption efficiency of the severe disturbance were higher than that of the mild disturbance, and P nutrient use efficiency and resorption efficiency were significantly higher than N under both disturbances. (3) With the influence of disturbance, the leaf N had weak stability, but the leaf P had strong stability to adapt to a low P environment. (4) There was a significantly positive correlation between P, C/N, N/P of litter and leaf components. The P, C/N, and N/P of leaf, and P, C/N and C/P of litter were significantly correlated with C/N of soil. The response of stoichiometric characteristics of the P. bournei forest to disturbances showed that disturbance delayed the energy flow and nutrient cycle process of the P. bournei forest ecosystem.