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Niu B, Fu G. Response of plant diversity and soil microbial diversity to warming and increased precipitation in alpine grasslands on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau - A review. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 912:168878. [PMID: 38029973 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2023] [Revised: 11/15/2023] [Accepted: 11/23/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023]
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Plant diversity and soil microbial diversity are closely related, and they maintain the health and stability of terrestrial ecosystems. As a hotspot region of global biodiversity research, both air temperature and precipitation of the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau tend to increase in future. Based on an overview of the responses of grassland/alpine ecosystems to seasonal asymmetric warming and increased precipitation worldwide, we elaborated the advancements and uncertainties on the responses of plant diversity and soil microbial diversity to warming and increased precipitation in alpine grasslands on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau. The future research focus of plant diversity and soil microbial diversity in the alpine grasslands of the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau under climate warming and increased precipitation was proposed. Generally, previous studies found that the responses of plant species diversity and soil microbial species diversity to warming and increased precipitation differed between alpine meadows and alpine steppes, but few studies focused on their responses to warming and increased precipitation in alpine desert steppes. Previous studies mainly focused on species diversity, although phylogenetic and functional diversities are also important aspects of biodiversity. Previous studies mainly explained responses of plant diversity and soil microbial diversity to warming and increased precipitation based on niche theory, although neutral theory is also the other important mechanism in regulating biodiversity. Moreover, previous studies almost ignored the coupling relationship between plant diversity and soil microbial diversity. Therefore, the following four aspects need to be strengthened, including the responses of plant diversity and soil microbial diversity to warming and increased precipitation in alpine desert steppes, the responses of plant and soil microbial phylogenetic diversity and functional diversity to warming and increased precipitation, combining the niche theory and neutral theory to examining the mechanism of biodiversity, and the coupling relationships between plant diversity and soil microbial diversity under warming and increased precipitation.
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- Ben Niu
- Lhasa Plateau Ecosystem Research Station, Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Lhasa Plateau Ecosystem Research Station, Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
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Kaštovská E, Choma M, Čapek P, Kaňa J, Tahovská K, Kopáček J. Soil warming during winter period enhanced soil N and P availability and leaching in alpine grasslands: A transplant study. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0272143. [PMID: 35917373 PMCID: PMC9345486 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0272143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2022] [Accepted: 07/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Alpine meadows are strongly affected by climate change. Increasing air temperature prolongs the growing season and together with changing precipitation patterns alters soil temperature during winter. To estimate the effect of climate change on soil nutrient cycling, we conducted a field experiment. We transferred undisturbed plant-soil mesocosms from two wind-exposed alpine meadows at ~2100 m a.s.l. to more sheltered plots, situated ~300–400 m lower in the same valleys. The annual mean air temperature was 2°C higher at the lower plots and soils that were normally frozen at the original plots throughout winters were warmed to ~0°C due to the insulation provided by continuous snow cover. After two years of exposure, we analyzed the nutrient content in plants, and changes in soil bacterial community, decomposition, mineralization, and nutrient availability. Leaching of N and P from the soils was continuously measured using ion-exchange resin traps. Warming of soils to ~0°C during the winter allowed the microorganisms to remain active, their metabolic processes were not restricted by soil freezing. This change accelerated nutrient cycling, as evidenced by increased soil N and P availability, their higher levels in plants, and elevated leaching. In addition, root exudation and preferential enzymatic mining of P over C increased. However, any significant changes in microbial biomass, bacterial community composition, decomposition rates, and mineralization during the growing season were not observed, suggesting considerable structural and functional resilience of the microbial community. In summary, our data suggest that changes in soil temperature and snow cover duration during winter periods are critical for altering microbially-mediated processes (even at unchanged soil microbial community and biomass) and may enhance nutrient availability in alpine meadows. Consequently, ongoing climate change, which leads to soil warming and decreasing snow insulation, has a potential to significantly alter nutrient cycling in alpine and subalpine meadows compared to the current situation and increase the year-on-year variability in nutrient availability and leaching.
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- Eva Kaštovská
- Faculty of Science, Department of Ecosystem Biology, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Science, Department of Ecosystem Biology, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Science, Department of Ecosystem Biology, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Science, Department of Ecosystem Biology, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
- Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, v.v.i., Institute of Hydrobiology, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Science, Department of Ecosystem Biology, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, v.v.i., Institute of Hydrobiology, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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Effects of Forest Gaps on Abies faxoniana Rehd. Leaf Litter Mass Loss and Carbon Release along an Elevation Gradient in a Subalpine Forest. FORESTS 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/f13081201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Changes in the microenvironment induced by forest gaps may affect litter decomposition, yet it is unclear how the gap effects respond to altitudinal and seasonal differences. Here, a four-year litterbag decomposition experiment along an elevation gradient (3000, 3300, 3600 m) was conducted in an Abies faxoniana Rehd. subalpine forest of southwestern China, to assess the potential seasonal effects of forest gaps (large: ≈250 m2, middle: ≈125 m2, small: ≈40 m2 vs. closed canopy) on litter mass loss and carbon release at different elevations. We found that the A. faxoniana litter mass loss and carbon release reached 50~53 and 58~64% after four years of decomposition, respectively. Non-growing seasons (November to April) had a greater decline than the growing seasons (May to October). Litter in the forest gaps exhibited significantly higher mass loss than that under the closed canopy, and the decomposition constant (k) exhibited a gradually declining trend from large gaps, middle gaps, small gaps to closed canopy. Moreover, more significant differences of gap on both carbon content and release were observed at the 3600 m site than the other two elevations. Our findings indicate that (i) a rather high mass loss and carbon release during the decomposition of A. faxoniana litter was observed at high elevations of the subalpine forest subjected to low temperatures in the non-growing seasons and (ii) there were stimulative effects of forest gaps on litter mass loss and carbon release in early decomposition, especially in the non-growing seasons, driven by fewer freeze–thaw cycles when compared to the closed canopy, which diminished at the end of the experiment. The results will provide crucial ecological data for further understanding how opening gaps as a main regeneration method would induce changes in carbon cycling in subalpine forest ecosystems.
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Alpine Litter Humification and Its Response to Reduced Snow Cover: Can More Carbon Be Sequestered in Soils? FORESTS 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/f13060897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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While carbon loss from plant litter is well understood, the mechanisms by which this carbon is sequestered in the decomposing litter substrate remains unclear. Here we assessed humus accumulations in five foliar litters during four years of decomposition and their responses to reduced snow cover in an alpine forest. In contrast to the traditional understanding (i.e., the three-stage model), we found that fresh litter had a high humus content (8–13% across species), which consistently increased during litter decomposition and such an increase primarily depended on the accumulation of humic acid. Further, reduced snow cover decreased humus accumulation at early stages but increased it at late stages. These results suggested that humification simultaneously occurred with decomposition during early litter decay, but this process was more sensitive to the changing climate in seasonally snow-covered ecosystems, as previously expected.
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Acid Hydrolysable Components Released from Four Decomposing Litter in an Alpine Forest in Sichuan, China. FORESTS 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/f13060876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/10/2022]
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Acid hydrolysable components have been thought to release from plant litter at early periods of decomposition and to be sensitive to hydrological change. Variations in snow depth and timing may alter the release of acid hydrolysable components from decomposing litter in seasonally snow-covered ecosystems. Here, we measured the release of acid hydrolyzable components from four foliar litters (fir, cypress, larch and birch) in deep and shallow snow plots during winter (snow formation, snow coverage and snowmelt stages) and growing seasons in an alpine forest from 2012 to 2016. We found that the content of acid hydrolysable components was 16–21% in fresh litter across species, and only 4–5% of these components remained in the litter after four years of decomposition when 53–66% of litter mass was lost. The content of acid hydrolysable components greatly decreased within 41 days and during the growing seasons of the fourth year of decomposition, suggesting that acid hydrolysable components in plant litter are not only released at early periods but also at a very late period during litter decay. However, the content of acid hydrolysable components increased significantly at snowmelt stages. Reduced snow cover increased the content and remaining level of acid hydrolysable components during the four years of decomposition by altering leaching, microbial biomass and stoichiometry. We propose that more effective partitioning of chemical fractions should be incorporated to distinguish the carbon and nutrient release during litter decomposition within a complex context of the changing environment.
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Liu J, Wei Y, Yin Y, Zhu K, Liu Y, Ding H, Lei J, Zhu W, Zhou Y. Effects of Mixed Decomposition of Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica and Morus alba Litter on Microbial Diversity. Microorganisms 2022; 10:microorganisms10061117. [PMID: 35744635 PMCID: PMC9229243 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10061117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2022] [Revised: 05/12/2022] [Accepted: 05/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica is widely planted in China as a windbreak and sand fixation tree. To improve the current situation of large-scale declines of forested areas planted as P. sylvestris var. mongolica monocultures, we investigated the biological and microbial effects of stand establishment using mixed tree species. The interactions during the mixed decomposition of the litter and leaves of different tree species are an important indicator in determining the relationships among species. In this experiment, a method of simulating the mixed decomposition of P. sylvestris var. mongolica and Morus alba litter under P. sylvestris var. mongolica forest was used to determine the total C, total N, and total P contents in the leaf litter, and the microbial structures were determined by using Illumina MiSeq high-throughput sequencing. It was found that with samples with different proportions of P. sylvestris var. mongolica and M. alba litters, the decomposition rate of P. sylvestris var. mongolica × M. alba litter was significantly higher than that of the pure P. sylvestris var. mongolica forest, and the microbial community and composition diversity of litter in a pure P. sylvestris var. mongolica forest could be significantly improved. The possibility of using M. alba as a mixed tree species to address the declines of pure P. sylvestris var. mongolica forest was verified to provide guidance for pure P. sylvestris var. mongolica forests by introducing tree species with coordinated interspecific relationships and creating a mixed forest.
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- Jiaying Liu
- College of Forestry, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China; (J.L.); (Y.W.); (Y.Y.); (K.Z.); (Y.L.); (H.D.); (J.L.)
- Institute of Modern Agricultural Research, Dalian University, Dalian 116622, China
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- College of Forestry, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China; (J.L.); (Y.W.); (Y.Y.); (K.Z.); (Y.L.); (H.D.); (J.L.)
- Research Station of Liaohe-River Plain Forest Ecosystem, Chinese Forest Ecosystem Research Network (CFERN), Shenyang Agricultural University, Tieling 112000, China
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- College of Forestry, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China; (J.L.); (Y.W.); (Y.Y.); (K.Z.); (Y.L.); (H.D.); (J.L.)
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- College of Forestry, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China; (J.L.); (Y.W.); (Y.Y.); (K.Z.); (Y.L.); (H.D.); (J.L.)
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- College of Forestry, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China; (J.L.); (Y.W.); (Y.Y.); (K.Z.); (Y.L.); (H.D.); (J.L.)
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- College of Forestry, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China; (J.L.); (Y.W.); (Y.Y.); (K.Z.); (Y.L.); (H.D.); (J.L.)
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- College of Forestry, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China; (J.L.); (Y.W.); (Y.Y.); (K.Z.); (Y.L.); (H.D.); (J.L.)
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- College of Forestry, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China; (J.L.); (Y.W.); (Y.Y.); (K.Z.); (Y.L.); (H.D.); (J.L.)
- Research Station of Liaohe-River Plain Forest Ecosystem, Chinese Forest Ecosystem Research Network (CFERN), Shenyang Agricultural University, Tieling 112000, China
- Correspondence: (W.Z.); (Y.Z.); Tel.: +86-13998160246 (W.Z.); +86-13909819088 (Y.Z.)
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- Institute of Modern Agricultural Research, Dalian University, Dalian 116622, China
- Life Science and Technology College, Dalian University, Dalian 116622, China
- Correspondence: (W.Z.); (Y.Z.); Tel.: +86-13998160246 (W.Z.); +86-13909819088 (Y.Z.)
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Hong J, Lu X, Ma X, Wang X. Five-year study on the effects of warming and plant litter quality on litter decomposition rate in a Tibetan alpine grassland. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 750:142306. [PMID: 33182203 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2020] [Revised: 08/27/2020] [Accepted: 09/07/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The decomposition of plant litter is a key link in global C budgets and provides strong feedback to changes in climate and biogeochemical cycles. However, the combined effects of global warming and plant litter quality on the rate of plant litter decomposition and nutrient dynamics in alpine ecosystems are still poorly understood. We conducted a warming experiment to investigate the effects of litter quality and temperature on decomposition rates and variations in nutrients of four common herbaceous plants (low-quality litter species Stipa purpurea and Carex moorcroftii and high-quality litter species Astragalus confertus and Leontopodium nanum) during 2011-2016. During the initial stages of decomposition, warming had no significant effect on the mass loss of plant litter for low-quality litter species, but in the later stages of decomposition, it had a negative effect on the mass loss across all species (P < 0.05). Litter quality was the best predictor of N and P release/immobilisation during the decomposition of aboveground plant litter. Low-quality litter had the highest immobilisation of N at about 80% of the initial remaining mass; nutrients were then released in the following stages of decomposition. However, the fraction of initial P decreased with the mass remaining during the initial and later phases of decomposition, but a short period of P immobilisation occurred in the middle phase of decomposition. For high-quality litter, the fraction of initial N and P decreased with the mass remaining during the whole decomposition process. Warming had a marginal influence on the N and P dynamics throughout the decomposition process. Our study showed that the decay of plant litter was strongly suppressed by warming climate and that the N and P dynamics on the investigated Tibetan grassland were mainly regulated by litter quality, providing valuable insights into the biogeochemical cycles of nutrients in alpine ecosystems.
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- Jiangtao Hong
- Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China; Xainza Alpine Steppe and Wetland Ecosystem Observation Station, Xainza 853100, China
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- Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China
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- College of Urban and Environment Sciences, Shanxi Normal University, Linfen 041000, China
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- Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China.
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Gong L, Chen X, Zhang X, Yang X, Cai Y. Schrenk spruce leaf litter decomposition varies with snow depth in the Tianshan Mountains. Sci Rep 2020; 10:19556. [PMID: 33177573 PMCID: PMC7658357 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-76368-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2020] [Accepted: 10/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Seasonal snowfall, a sensitive climate factor and the main form of precipitation in arid areas, is important for forest material circulation and surface processes and profoundly impacts litter decomposition and element turnover. However, how the thickness and duration of snow cover affect litter decomposition and element release remain unclear. Thus, to understand the effects of snow on litter decomposition, fiber degradation and their relationships with soil properties, a field litterbag experiment was conducted under no, thin, medium, and thick snow cover in a Schrenk spruce (Picea schrenkiana) forest gap in the Tianshan Mountains. The snow cover period exhibited markedly lower rates of decomposition than the snow-free period. The litter lignin, cellulose and N concentrations in the pregrowing season and middle growing season were significantly higher than those in the deep-freeze period, and the litter C and P concentrations were significantly higher during the onset of the freeze-thaw period, deep-freeze period and thaw period than in the late growing season. The litter cellulose, C and N concentrations were significantly higher under thick snow cover than under no snow cover in most stages. Moreover, the correlations among litter mass, cellulose, lignin/cellulose and soil bulk density varied with snow cover depth. The temporal variations and snow cover depth affected the decomposition process significantly. The former affected lignin, cellulose and P, and the latter affected cellulose, C and N and changed the litter-soil properties relationship. These differences provide references for understanding how winter conditions affect material cycling and other ecological processes under climate change.
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- Lu Gong
- College of Resources and Environment Science, Xinjiang University, Urumqi, 830046, China.
- Key Laboratory of Oasis Ecology, Ministry of Education, Urumqi, 830046, China.
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- College of Resources and Environment Science, Xinjiang University, Urumqi, 830046, China
- Key Laboratory of Oasis Ecology, Ministry of Education, Urumqi, 830046, China
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- College of Resources and Environment Science, Xinjiang University, Urumqi, 830046, China
- Key Laboratory of Oasis Ecology, Ministry of Education, Urumqi, 830046, China
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- College of Resources and Environment Science, Xinjiang University, Urumqi, 830046, China
- Key Laboratory of Oasis Ecology, Ministry of Education, Urumqi, 830046, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A&F University, 666 Wusu Street, Lin'an District, Hangzhou, 311300, China.
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Dolezal J, Kurnotova M, Stastna P, Klimesova J. Alpine plant growth and reproduction dynamics in a warmer world. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2020; 228:1295-1305. [PMID: 32632948 DOI: 10.1111/nph.16790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2020] [Accepted: 06/26/2020] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Climate warming may stimulate growth and reproduction in cold-adapted plants, but also reduce their performance due to warming-induced drought limitation. We tested this theory using a unique experiment with the alpine forb Rumex alpinus. We examined how climate warming over the past four decades affected its annual rhizome growth, leaf production and flowering, and whether responses varied between alpine, subalpine and montane populations. Before the period of accelerated warming in the 1970s and 1980s, the primary limitation on growth had been cold temperatures and short growing seasons. Increased summer temperatures in the 1990s and 2000s enhanced rhizome growth and leaf production, but not flowering. Alpine and subalpine plants profit more than montane plants, currently producing three times longer annual rhizome increments and twice as many leaves as 40 yr ago, and achieving nearly the same values as montane plants. During the warmest 2005-2015 period, growth became contingent on summer precipitation and began to decrease across all populations, likely due to an increasing water shortage in dense monospecific stands. Warming releases plants from cold limitations but induces water shortage. Rumex alpinus exceeds its thermal optimum and becomes water-limited as the climate warms. Our results suggest that warming-induced responses in alpine plants will not be one-sided shifts to higher growth and reproduction, but rather multidimensional and spatiotemporally variable.
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- Jiri Dolezal
- Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Science, Dukelská 135, Třeboň, CZ-379 01, Czech Republic
- Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Branišovská 31, České Budějovice, CZ-370 05, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Branišovská 31, České Budějovice, CZ-370 05, Czech Republic
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- Krkonoše Mts. National Park Administration, Dobrovského 3, Vrchlabí, CZ-543 01, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Science, Dukelská 135, Třeboň, CZ-379 01, Czech Republic
- Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Benátská 2, Prague, CZ-120 01, Czech Republic
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Effects of Litter Quality Diminish and Effects of Vegetation Type Develop During Litter Decomposition of Two Shrub Species in an Alpine Treeline Ecotone. Ecosystems 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s10021-020-00512-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Markkula I, Cornelissen JHC, Aerts R. Sixteen years of simulated summer and winter warming have contrasting effects on soil mite communities in a sub-Arctic peat bog. Polar Biol 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s00300-018-02454-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Wu Q. Effects of snow depth manipulation on the releases of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus from the foliar litter of two temperate tree species. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2018; 643:1357-1365. [PMID: 30189552 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.06.308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2018] [Revised: 06/25/2018] [Accepted: 06/25/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The effect of snow depth on litter decomposition in cold regions has attracted substantial attention, but the importance of snow depth to the releases of carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and phosphorus (P) and the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. The releases of C, N, and P from the foliar litter of Pinus koraiensis and Quercus mongolica in response to snow depth changes were examined for 12 months in a temperate forest of Northeast China via a snow depth manipulation experiment that included snow-addition (SA), snow-removal (SR), and control (CK) treatments. We found that the SA treatment promoted the releases of C, N, and P from the foliar litter during the snow-covered season but slowed these processes during the following snow-free season; however, the SR treatment produced the opposite results. Compared with the CK treatment, the SA treatment increased the annual releases of C, N, and P by 2.52%, 0.50%, and 4.68%, respectively, whereas the SR treatment decreased the corresponding values. The elemental release during the snow-covered season was associated with the freeze-thaw cycle (FTC) and microbial biomass, whereas that during the snow-free season was mainly controlled by the temperature of the litter layer. Our findings indicated that the snow depth promoted the releases of C, N and P from the foliar litter of the two tree species, especially during the snow-covered season. These results deepen the understanding of the biogeochemical cycling in cold regions under global climate change scenarios.
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- Qiqian Wu
- Center for Ecological Research, Northeast Forestry University, 26 Hexing Road, Harbin 150040, China..
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Peng Y, Yang W, Yue K, Tan B, Huang C, Xu Z, Ni X, Zhang L, Wu F. Temporal dynamics of phosphorus during aquatic and terrestrial litter decomposition in an alpine forest. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2018; 642:832-841. [PMID: 0 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.06.135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2018] [Revised: 06/10/2018] [Accepted: 06/11/2018] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Zeng L, He W, Teng M, Luo X, Yan Z, Huang Z, Zhou Z, Wang P, Xiao W. Effects of mixed leaf litter from predominant afforestation tree species on decomposition rates in the Three Gorges Reservoir, China. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2018; 639:679-686. [PMID: 29803039 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.05.208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2018] [Revised: 05/16/2018] [Accepted: 05/17/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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To determine whether mixed plantations can improve nutrient cycling and to elucidate the mechanisms of such effects, a field litterbag experiment with seven treatments involving Pinus massoniana (P.), Cupressus funebris (C.) and Quercus variabilis (Q.) litter in equal mass proportions (pure litter; pairwise combinations; and the combination of all three species) was conducted in a Pinus massoniana plantation in the region of the Three Gorges Reservoir, China. We measured mass loss and the release of C, N and P from the litter treatments and assessed the effects of mixing litter in each sampling phase and for various decomposition periods. At the end of the study, the mass loss and release of C, N and P among the treatments relative to their initial contents ranged from 47.6% to 62.8%, 59.5% to 75.2%, 63.5% to 78.2% and 58.9% to 72.6%, respectively. Primary mass loss and nutrient release occurred during a phase with high temperatures and precipitation, and decomposition was closely correlated with the initial lignin/N ratio and N concentration. Compared with the decay values of Quercus litter, mixing litter increased N release by 1.2% for the P. + Q. and C. + Q. combinations and increased P release by 3.0-6.3% for the three litter mixture combinations. Additionally, the P. + Q. and C. + Q. two-species mixtures exhibited greater decay than the three-species mixture. Mixing the two coniferous species (P. + C.) also increased decomposition. Furthermore, positive nonadditive mass loss occurred after incubation for 240 d, and mixing effects on the nonadditive release of C, N and P occurred immediately in 60 d incubations in all treatments. In conclusion, mixing these three species or two of species can improve material cycling in plantations, and Quercus appears to be a priority candidate for mixed planting with Pinus and/or Cupressus.
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- Lixiong Zeng
- College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences/Hubei Engineering Technology Research Center for Forestry Information, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; Research Institute of Forest Ecology Environment and Protection/State Forestry Administration Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Environment, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China
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- College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences/Hubei Engineering Technology Research Center for Forestry Information, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences/Hubei Engineering Technology Research Center for Forestry Information, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences/Hubei Engineering Technology Research Center for Forestry Information, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences/Hubei Engineering Technology Research Center for Forestry Information, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Research Institute of Forest Ecology Environment and Protection/State Forestry Administration Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Environment, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China
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- College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences/Hubei Engineering Technology Research Center for Forestry Information, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences/Hubei Engineering Technology Research Center for Forestry Information, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
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- Research Institute of Forest Ecology Environment and Protection/State Forestry Administration Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Environment, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China; Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
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Ancient environmental DNA reveals shifts in dominant mutualisms during the late Quaternary. Nat Commun 2018; 9:139. [PMID: 29321473 PMCID: PMC5762924 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-02421-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2016] [Accepted: 11/30/2017] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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DNA-based snapshots of ancient vegetation have shown that the composition of high-latitude plant communities changed considerably during the late Quaternary. However, parallel changes in biotic interactions remain largely uninvestigated. Here we show how mutualisms involving plants and heterotrophic organisms varied during the last 50,000 years. During 50–25 ka BP, a cool period featuring stadial-interstadial fluctuations, arbuscular mycorrhizal and non-N-fixing plants predominated. During 25-15 ka BP, a cold, dry interval, the representation of ectomycorrhizal, non-mycorrhizal and facultatively mycorrhizal plants increased, while that of N-fixing plants decreased further. From 15 ka BP, which marks the transition to and establishment of the Holocene interglaciation, representation of arbuscular mycorrhizal plants decreased further, while that of ectomycorrhizal, non-mycorrhizal, N-fixing and wind-pollinated plants increased. These changes in the mutualist trait structure of vegetation may reflect responses to historical environmental conditions that are without current analogue, or biogeographic processes, such as spatial decoupling of mutualist partners. Recently, an eDNA metabarcoding data set was used to describe northern high-latitude vegetation during the past 50,000 years. Here, Zobel et al. use the data set to examine how the abundance of key plant mutualistic traits changed during this period and discuss possible environmental drivers.
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Voigt C, Lamprecht RE, Marushchak ME, Lind SE, Novakovskiy A, Aurela M, Martikainen PJ, Biasi C. Warming of subarctic tundra increases emissions of all three important greenhouse gases - carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 2017; 23:3121-3138. [PMID: 27862698 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2016] [Accepted: 11/04/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Rapidly rising temperatures in the Arctic might cause a greater release of greenhouse gases (GHGs) to the atmosphere. To study the effect of warming on GHG dynamics, we deployed open-top chambers in a subarctic tundra site in Northeast European Russia. We determined carbon dioxide (CO2 ), methane (CH4 ), and nitrous oxide (N2 O) fluxes as well as the concentration of those gases, inorganic nitrogen (N) and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) along the soil profile. Studied tundra surfaces ranged from mineral to organic soils and from vegetated to unvegetated areas. As a result of air warming, the seasonal GHG budget of the vegetated tundra surfaces shifted from a GHG sink of -300 to -198 g CO2 -eq m-2 to a source of 105 to 144 g CO2 -eq m-2 . At bare peat surfaces, we observed increased release of all three GHGs. While the positive warming response was dominated by CO2 , we provide here the first in situ evidence of increasing N2 O emissions from tundra soils with warming. Warming promoted N2 O release not only from bare peat, previously identified as a strong N2 O source, but also from the abundant, vegetated peat surfaces that do not emit N2 O under present climate. At these surfaces, elevated temperatures had an adverse effect on plant growth, resulting in lower plant N uptake and, consequently, better N availability for soil microbes. Although the warming was limited to the soil surface and did not alter thaw depth, it increased concentrations of DOC, CO2, and CH4 in the soil down to the permafrost table. This can be attributed to downward DOC leaching, fueling microbial activity at depth. Taken together, our results emphasize the tight linkages between plant and soil processes, and different soil layers, which need to be taken into account when predicting the climate change feedback of the Arctic.
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- Carolina Voigt
- Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, P.O. Box 1627, 70211, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, P.O. Box 1627, 70211, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, P.O. Box 1627, 70211, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, P.O. Box 1627, 70211, Kuopio, Finland
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute, P.O. Box 503, 00101, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, P.O. Box 1627, 70211, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, P.O. Box 1627, 70211, Kuopio, Finland
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Koller EK, Phoenix GK. Seasonal dynamics of soil and plant nutrients at three environmentally contrasting sites along a sub-Arctic catchment sequence. Polar Biol 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s00300-017-2105-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Christiansen CT, Haugwitz MS, Priemé A, Nielsen CS, Elberling B, Michelsen A, Grogan P, Blok D. Enhanced summer warming reduces fungal decomposer diversity and litter mass loss more strongly in dry than in wet tundra. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 2017; 23:406-420. [PMID: 27197084 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2016] [Accepted: 04/13/2016] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Many Arctic regions are currently experiencing substantial summer and winter climate changes. Litter decomposition is a fundamental component of ecosystem carbon and nutrient cycles, with fungi being among the primary decomposers. To assess the impacts of seasonal climatic changes on litter fungal communities and their functioning, Betula glandulosa leaf litter was surface-incubated in two adjacent low Arctic sites with contrasting soil moisture regimes: dry shrub heath and wet sedge tundra at Disko Island, Greenland. At both sites, we investigated the impacts of factorial combinations of enhanced summer warming (using open-top chambers; OTCs) and deepened snow (using snow fences) on surface litter mass loss, chemistry and fungal decomposer communities after approximately 1 year. Enhanced summer warming significantly restricted litter mass loss by 32% in the dry and 17% in the wet site. Litter moisture content was significantly reduced by summer warming in the dry, but not in the wet site. Likewise, fungal total abundance and diversity were reduced by OTC warming at the dry site, while comparatively modest warming effects were observed in the wet site. These results suggest that increased evapotranspiration in the OTC plots lowered litter moisture content to the point where fungal decomposition activities became inhibited. In contrast, snow addition enhanced fungal abundance in both sites but did not significantly affect litter mass loss rates. Across sites, control plots only shared 15% of their fungal phylotypes, suggesting strong local controls on fungal decomposer community composition. Nevertheless, fungal community functioning (litter decomposition) was negatively affected by warming in both sites. We conclude that although buried soil organic matter decomposition is widely expected to increase with future summer warming, surface litter decay and nutrient turnover rates in both xeric and relatively moist tundra are likely to be significantly restricted by the evaporative drying associated with warmer air temperatures.
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- Casper T Christiansen
- Department of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, K7L 3N6, Canada
- Center for Permafrost (CENPERM), Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 10, Copenhagen, 1350, Denmark
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- Center for Permafrost (CENPERM), Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 10, Copenhagen, 1350, Denmark
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- Center for Permafrost (CENPERM), Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 10, Copenhagen, 1350, Denmark
- Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark
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- Center for Permafrost (CENPERM), Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 10, Copenhagen, 1350, Denmark
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- Center for Permafrost (CENPERM), Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 10, Copenhagen, 1350, Denmark
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- Center for Permafrost (CENPERM), Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 10, Copenhagen, 1350, Denmark
- Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark
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- Department of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, K7L 3N6, Canada
- Center for Permafrost (CENPERM), Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 10, Copenhagen, 1350, Denmark
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- Center for Permafrost (CENPERM), Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 10, Copenhagen, 1350, Denmark
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He W, Wu F, Yang W, Zhang D, Xu Z, Tan B, Zhao Y, Justine MF. Gap locations influence the release of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus in two shrub foliar litter in an alpine fir forest. Sci Rep 2016; 6:22014. [PMID: 26906762 PMCID: PMC4764935 DOI: 10.1038/srep22014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2015] [Accepted: 02/05/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Gap formation favors the growth of understory plants and affects the decomposition process of plant debris inside and outside of gaps. Little information is available regarding how bioelement release from shrub litter is affected by gap formation during critical periods. The release of carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and phosphorus (P) in the foliar litter of Fargesia nitida and Salix paraplesia in response to gap locations was determined in an alpine forest of the eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau via a 2-year litter decomposition experiment. The daily release rates of C, N, and P increased from the closed canopy to the gap centers during the two winters, the two later growing seasons and the entire 2 years, whereas this trend was reversed during the two early growing seasons. The pairwise ratios among C, N, and P converged as the litter decomposition proceeded. Compared with the closed canopy, the gap centers displayed higher C:P and N:P ratio but a lower C:N ratio as the decomposition proceeded. Alpine forest gaps accelerate the release of C, N, and P in decomposing shrub litter, implying that reduced snow cover resulting from vanishing gaps may inhibit the release of these elements in alpine forests.
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- Wei He
- Long-term Research Station of Alpine Forest Ecosystems, Institute of Ecology &Forestry, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
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- Long-term Research Station of Alpine Forest Ecosystems, Institute of Ecology &Forestry, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center of Ecological Security in the Upper Reaches of Yangtze River, Chengdu 611130, China
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- Long-term Research Station of Alpine Forest Ecosystems, Institute of Ecology &Forestry, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center of Ecological Security in the Upper Reaches of Yangtze River, Chengdu 611130, China
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- Long-term Research Station of Alpine Forest Ecosystems, Institute of Ecology &Forestry, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center of Ecological Security in the Upper Reaches of Yangtze River, Chengdu 611130, China
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- Long-term Research Station of Alpine Forest Ecosystems, Institute of Ecology &Forestry, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center of Ecological Security in the Upper Reaches of Yangtze River, Chengdu 611130, China
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- Long-term Research Station of Alpine Forest Ecosystems, Institute of Ecology &Forestry, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center of Ecological Security in the Upper Reaches of Yangtze River, Chengdu 611130, China
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- Long-term Research Station of Alpine Forest Ecosystems, Institute of Ecology &Forestry, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
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- Long-term Research Station of Alpine Forest Ecosystems, Institute of Ecology &Forestry, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
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Buckeridge KM, Schaeffer SM, Schimel JP. Vegetation Leachate During Arctic Thaw Enhances Soil Microbial Phosphorus. Ecosystems 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s10021-015-9947-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Initial Stages of Tundra Shrub Litter Decomposition May Be Accelerated by Deeper Winter Snow But Slowed Down by Spring Warming. Ecosystems 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s10021-015-9924-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Ward SE, Orwin KH, Ostle NJ, Briones JI, Thomson BC, Griffiths RI, Oakley S, Quirk H, Bardget RD. Vegetation exerts a greater control on litter decomposition than climate warming in peatlands. Ecology 2015; 96:113-23. [PMID: 26236896 DOI: 10.1890/14-0292.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Historically, slow decomposition rates have resulted in the accumulation of large amounts of carbon in northern peatlands. Both climate warming and vegetation change can alter rates of decomposition, and hence affect rates of atmospheric CO2 exchange, with consequences for climate change feedbacks. Although warming and vegetation change are happening concurrently, little is known about their relative and interactive effects on decomposition processes. To test the effects of warming and vegetation change on decomposition rates, we placed litter of three dominant species (Calluna vulgaris, Eriophorum vaginatum, Hypnum jutlandicum) into a peatland field experiment that combined warming.with plant functional group removals, and measured mass loss over two years. To identify potential mechanisms behind effects, we also measured nutrient cycling and soil biota. We found that plant functional group removals exerted a stronger control over short-term litter decomposition than did approximately 1 degrees C warming, and that the plant removal effect depended on litter species identity. Specifically, rates of litter decomposition were faster when shrubs were removed from the plant community, and these effects were strongest for graminoid and bryophyte litter. Plant functional group removals also had strong effects on soil biota and nutrient cycling associated with decomposition, whereby shrub removal had cascading effects on soil fungal community composition, increased enchytraeid abundance, and increased rates of N mineralization. Our findings demonstrate that, in addition to litter quality, changes in vegetation composition play a significant role in regulating short-term litter decomposition and belowground communities in peatland, and that these impacts can be greater than moderate warming effects. Our findings, albeit from a relatively short-term study, highlight the need to consider both vegetation change and its impacts below ground alongside climatic effects when predicting future decomposition rates and carbon storage in peatlands.
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Seasonal Pattern of Decomposition and N, P, and C Dynamics in Leaf litter in a Mongolian Oak Forest and a Korean Pine Plantation. FORESTS 2014. [DOI: 10.3390/f5102561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Response of two dominant boreal freshwater wetland plants to manipulated warming and altered precipitation. PLoS One 2014; 9:e104454. [PMID: 25105764 PMCID: PMC4126707 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2014] [Accepted: 07/11/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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This study characterized the morphological and photosynthetic responses of two wetland plant species when they were subject to 2–6°C fluctuations in growth temperature and ±50% of precipitation, in order to predict the evolution of natural wetlands in Sanjiang Plain of North-eastern China. We investigated the morphological and photosynthetic responses of two dominant and competitive boreal freshwater wetland plants in Northeastern China to manipulation of warming (ambient, +2.0°C, +4.0°C, +6.0°C) and altered precipitation (−50%, ambient, +50%) simultaneously by incubating the plants from seedling to senescence within climate-controlled environmental chambers. Post-harvest, secondary growth of C. angustifolia was observed to explore intergenerational effects. The results indicated that C. angustifolia demonstrated a greater acclimated capacity than G. spiculosa to respond to climate change due to higher resistance to temperature and precipitation manipulations. The accumulated effect on aboveground biomass of post-harvest secondary growth of C. angustifolia was significant. These results explain the expansion of C. angustifolia during last 40 years and indicate the further expansion in natural boreal wetlands under a warmer and wetter future. Stability of the natural surface water table is critical for the conservation and restoration of G. spiculosa populations reacting to encroachment stress from C. angustifolia expansion.
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Cornelissen JHC, Makoto K. Winter climate change, plant traits and nutrient and carbon cycling in cold biomes. Ecol Res 2013. [DOI: 10.1007/s11284-013-1106-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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