scholarly journals Effects of Nitrogen Additions on Soil Respiration in an Asian Tropical Montane Rainforest

Forests ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 802
Author(s):  
Fangtao Wu ◽  
Changhui Peng ◽  
Weiguo Liu ◽  
Zhihao Liu ◽  
Hui Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Soil Respiration ◽  
Temperature Sensitivity ◽  
Southern China ◽  
N Addition ◽  
Atmospheric N Deposition ◽  
Chromatography Method ◽  
Entire Study ◽  
Montane Rainforest ◽  
Tropical Montane Rainforest ◽  
N Additions

Understanding the impacts of nitrogen (N) addition on soil respiration (RS) and its temperature sensitivity (Q10) in tropical forests is very important for the global carbon cycle in a changing environment. Here, we investigated how RS respond to N addition in a tropical montane rainforest in Southern China. Four levels of N treatments (0, 25, 50, and 100 kg N ha−1 a−1 as control (CK), low N (N25), moderate N (N50), and high N (N100), respectively) were established in September 2010. Based on a static chamber-gas chromatography method, RS was measured from January 2015 to December 2018. RS exhibited significant seasonal variability, with low RS rates appeared in the dry season and high rates appeared in the wet season regardless of treatment. RS was significantly related to the measured soil temperature and moisture. Our results showed that soil RS increased after N additions, the mean annual RS was 7% higher in N25 plots, 8% higher in N50 plots, and 11% higher in N100 plots than that in the CK plots. However, the overall impacts of N additions on RS were statistically insignificant. For the entire study period, the CK, N25, N50, and N100 treatments yielded Q10 values of 2.27, 3.45, 4.11, and 2.94, respectively. N addition increased the temperature sensitivity (Q10) of RS. Our results suggest that increasing atmospheric N deposition may have a large impact on the stimulation of soil CO2 emissions from tropical rainforests in China.

scholarly journals Effects of precipitation on soil respiration and its temperature/moisture sensitivity in three subtropical forests in Southern China

2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 15667-15698
Author(s):  
H. Jiang ◽  
Q. Deng ◽  
G. Zhou ◽  
D. Hui ◽  
D. Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Soil Moisture ◽  
Soil Respiration ◽  
Temperature Sensitivity ◽  
Southern China ◽  
Dry Season ◽  
Wet Season ◽  
Moisture Sensitivity ◽  
Masson Pine ◽  
Subtropical Forests ◽  
Extreme Flood

Abstract. Both long-term observation data and model simulations suggest an increasing chance of serious drought in the dry season and extreme flood in the wet season in Southern China, yet little is known about how changes in precipitation pattern will affect soil respiration in the region. We conducted a field experiment to study the responses of soil respiration to precipitation manipulations – precipitation exclusion to mimic drought, double precipitation to simulate flood, and ambient precipitation (Abbr. EP, DP and AP, respectively) – in three subtropical forests in Southern China. The three forests include Masson pine forest (PF), coniferous and broadleaved mixed forest (MF) and monsoon evergreen broadleaved forest (BF). Our observations showed that altered precipitation can strongly influence soil respiration, not only through the well-known direct effects of soil moisture, but also by modification on both moisture and temperature sensitivity of soil respiration. In the dry season, soil respiration and its temperature sensitivity in the three forests showed rising trends with precipitation increase, and its moisture sensitivity showed an opposite trend. In the wet season, the EP treatment also decreased soil respiration and its temperature sensitivity, and enhanced moisture sensitivity in all three forests. Soil respiration under the DP treatment increased significantly in the PF only, and no significant change was found for either moisture or temperature sensitivity. However, the DP treatment in the MF and BF reduced temperature sensitivity significantly. Our results indicated that soil respiration would decrease in the three subtropical forests if soil moisture continues to decrease in the future. More rainfall in the wet season could have limited effect on the response of soil respiration to the rising of temperature in the BF and MF.

scholarly journals Responses of soil respiration and its temperature/moisture sensitivity to precipitation in three subtropical forests in southern China

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 3963-3982 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Jiang ◽  
Q. Deng ◽  
G. Zhou ◽  
D. Hui ◽  
D. Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Soil Moisture ◽  
Soil Respiration ◽  
Temperature Sensitivity ◽  
Soil Microbial Biomass ◽  
Fine Root ◽  
Southern China ◽  
Wet Season ◽  
Moisture Sensitivity ◽  
Soil Microbial ◽  
Forest Sites

Abstract. Both long-term observation data and model simulations suggest an increasing chance of serious drought in the dry season and extreme flood in the wet season in southern China, yet little is known about how changes in precipitation pattern will affect soil respiration in the region. We conducted a field experiment to study the responses of soil respiration to precipitation manipulations – precipitation exclusion to mimic drought, double precipitation to simulate flood, and ambient precipitation as control (abbr. EP, DP and AP, respectively) – in three subtropical forests in southern China. The three forest sites include Masson pine forest (PF), coniferous and broad-leaved mixed forest (MF) and monsoon evergreen broad-leaved forest (BF). Our observations showed that altered precipitation strongly influenced soil respiration, not only through the well-known direct effects of soil moisture on plant and microbial activities, but also by modification of both moisture and temperature sensitivity of soil respiration. In the dry season, soil respiration and its temperature sensitivity, as well as fine root and soil microbial biomass, showed rising trends with precipitation increases in the three forest sites. Contrarily, the moisture sensitivity of soil respiration decreased with precipitation increases. In the wet season, different treatments showed different effects in three forest sites. The EP treatment decreased fine root biomass, soil microbial biomass, soil respiration and its temperature sensitivity, but enhanced soil moisture sensitivity in all three forest sites. The DP treatment significantly increased soil respiration, fine root and soil microbial biomass in the PF only, and no significant change was found for the soil temperature sensitivity. However, the DP treatment in the MF and BF reduced soil temperature sensitivity significantly in the wet season. Our results indicated that soil respiration would decrease in the three subtropical forests if soil moisture continues to decrease in the future. More rainfall in the wet season could have limited effect on the response of soil respiration to the rising of temperature in the BF and MF.

Effects of nitrogen deposition on litter decomposition and nutrient release mediated by litter types and seasonal change in a temperate forest

2020 ◽  
Vol 100 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guoyong Yan ◽  
Xiongde Dong ◽  
Binbin Huang ◽  
Honglin Wang ◽  
Ziming Hong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mass Loss ◽  
Litter Decomposition ◽  
Nutrient Release ◽  
N Deposition ◽  
Pinus Koraiensis ◽  
N Addition ◽  
Entire Study ◽  
Mixed Litter ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Four Levels

We conducted a field experiment with four levels of simulated nitrogen (N) deposition (0, 2.5, 5, and 7.5 g N m−2 yr−1, respectively) to investigate the response of litter decomposition of Pinus koraiensis (PK), Tilia amurensis (TA), and their mixture to N deposition during winter and growing seasons. Results showed that N addition significantly increased the mass loss of PK litter and significantly decreased the mass loss of TA litter throughout the 2 yr decomposition processes, which indicated that the different responses in the decomposition of different litters to N addition can be species specific, potentially attributed to different litter chemistry. The faster decomposition of PK litter with N addition occurred mainly in the winter, whereas the slower decomposition of TA litter with N addition occurred during the growing season. Moreover, N addition had a positive effect on the release of phosphorus, magnesium, and manganese for PK litter and had a negative effect on the release of carbon, iron, and lignin for TA litter. Decomposition and nutrient release from mixed litter with N addition showed a non-additive effect. The mass loss from litter in the first winter and over the entire study correlated positively with the initial concentration of cellulose, lignin, and certain nutrients in the litter, demonstrating the potential influence of different tissue chemistries.

scholarly journals How do soil microbes exert impact on soil respiration and its temperature sensitivity?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Di Tong ◽  
Zhongwu Li ◽  
Haibing Xiao ◽  
Xiaodong Nie ◽  
Chun Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Soil Respiration ◽  
Temperature Sensitivity ◽  
Soil Microbes

scholarly journals Spatial distribution and stability mechanisms of soil organic carbon in a tropical montane rainforest

2021 ◽  
Vol 129 ◽  
pp. 107965
Author(s):  
Wenjie Liu ◽  
Yamin Jiang ◽  
Qiu Yang ◽  
Huai Yang ◽  
Yide Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Organic Carbon ◽  
Soil Organic Carbon ◽  
Montane Rainforest ◽  
Tropical Montane Rainforest

scholarly journals Vegetation Types Alter Soil Respiration and Its Temperature Sensitivity at the Field Scale in an Estuary Wetland

PLoS ONE ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. e91182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guangxuan Han ◽  
Qinghui Xing ◽  
Yiqi Luo ◽  
Rashad Rafique ◽  
Junbao Yu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Soil Respiration ◽  
Temperature Sensitivity ◽  
Vegetation Types ◽  
Field Scale

scholarly journals Responses of soil respiration to elevated carbon dioxide and nitrogen addition in young subtropical forest ecosystems in China

2010 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 315-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Q. Deng ◽  
G. Zhou ◽  
J. Liu ◽  
S. Liu ◽  
H. Duan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Soil Respiration ◽  
Elevated Co2 ◽  
Forest Ecosystems ◽  
N Deposition ◽  
Subtropical Forest ◽  
N Addition ◽  
Above Ground Biomass ◽  
Respiration Rates ◽  
Ambient Co2 ◽  
Ambient N Deposition

Abstract. Global climate change in the real world always exhibits simultaneous changes in multiple factors. Prediction of ecosystem responses to multi-factor global changes in a future world strongly relies on our understanding of their interactions. However, it is still unclear how nitrogen (N) deposition and elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration [CO2] would interactively influence forest floor soil respiration in subtropical China. We assessed the main and interactive effects of elevated [CO2] and N addition on soil respiration by growing tree seedlings in ten large open-top chambers under CO2 (ambient CO2 and 700 μmol mol−1) and nitrogen (ambient and 100 kg N ha−1 yr−1) treatments. Soil respiration, soil temperature and soil moisture were measured for 30 months, as well as above-ground biomass, root biomass and soil organic matter (SOM). Results showed that soil respiration displayed strong seasonal patterns with higher values observed in the wet season (April–September) and lower values in the dry season (October–March) in all treatments. Significant exponential relationships between soil respiration rates and soil temperatures, as well as significant linear relationships between soil respiration rates and soil moistures (below 15%) were found. Both CO2 and N treatments significantly affected soil respiration, and there was significant interaction between elevated [CO2] and N addition (p<0.001, p=0.003, and p=0.006, respectively). We also observed that the stimulatory effect of individual elevated [CO2] (about 29% increased) was maintained throughout the experimental period. The positive effect of N addition was found only in 2006 (8.17% increased), and then had been weakened over time. Their combined effect on soil respiration (about 50% increased) was greater than the impact of either one alone. Mean value of annual soil respiration was 5.32 ± 0.08, 4.54 ± 0.10, 3.56 ± 0.03 and 3.53 ± 0.03 kg CO2 m−2 yr−1 in the chambers exposed to elevated [CO2] and high N deposition (CN), elevated [CO2] and ambient N deposition (CC), ambient [CO2] and high N deposition (NN), and ambient [CO2] and ambient N deposition (CK as a control), respectively. Greater above-ground biomass and root biomass was obtained in the CN, CC and NN treatments, and higher soil organic matter was observed only in the CN treatment. In conclusion, the combined effect of elevated [CO2] and N addition on soil respiration was apparent interaction. They should be evaluated in combination in subtropical forest ecosystems in China where the atmospheric CO2 and N deposition have been increasing simultaneously and remarkably.

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