作者
Qiang Gao, Niles J Hasselquist, Sari Palmroth, Zemei Zheng, Wenhui You
发表日期
2014/9/1
期刊
Soil Biology and Biochemistry
卷号
76
页码范围
297-300
出版商
Pergamon
简介
Little is known about the effects of nitrogen (N) additions on soil respiration (Rs) in tropical and subtropical forests. We therefore conducted an N-fertilization experiment in a subtropical evergreen forest in eastern China to better understand the short-term response of Rs to increased N availability. N additions stimulated Rs compared to control plots, yet the magnitude of the increase depended on the amount of N added, with Rs being greater in the low-N treatment (50 kg N ha−1 yr−1) than the high-N treatment (100 kg N ha−1 yr−1). Differences in Rs among treatments correlated with changes in fine root biomass, suggesting increases in Rs reflect those in autotrophic respiration. Our findings challenge the dogma that N fertilization often reduces soil respiration and highlights the need to better understand the effects of low N additions, so as to reliably predict how projected climate change scenarios may affect the …
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