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DOI	10.1007/s10533-021-00757-z
	Long-term litter type treatments alter soil carbon composition but not microbial carbon utilization in a mixed pine-oak forest
	Guo X.; Luo Z.; Sun O.J.
发表日期	2021
ISSN	1682563
起始页码	327
结束页码	343
卷号	152 期号:2021-02-03
英文摘要	Changes in litter and nutrient inputs into soil could have significant consequences on forest carbon (C) dynamics via controls on the structure and microbial utilization of soil organic C (SOC). In this study, we assessed changes in physical fractions (250–2000 μm, 53–250 μm, and < 53 μm soil aggregates) and chemical fractions (labile, intermediate and recalcitrant pools) of SOC in the top 20 cm mineral soil layer and their influences on microbial substrate utilization after eight years of experiment in a mixed pine-oak forest. The litter treatments included: control (Lcon), litter removal (Lnil), fine woody litter addition (Lwoody), leaf litter addition (Lleaf) and a mix of leaf and fine woody litter (Lmix). Nitrogen (N) addition (application rates of 0, 5 and 10 g N m−2 year−1, respectively) was also applied. We found that complete removal of forest-floor litter (Lnil) significantly reduced the pool sizes of all SOC fractions in both the physical and chemical fractions compared with treatments that retained either leaf litter (Lleaf) or mixture of leaves and fine woody materials (Lmix). The type of litter was more important in affecting SOC fractions than the quantity of inputs; neither the level of N addition rate nor its interaction with litter treatment had significant effects on both physical and chemical SOC fractions. Microbial respiration differed significantly among the treatments of varying litter types. However, the effectiveness of microbial C utilization inferred by microbial C use efficiency and biomass-specific respiration was not affected by either the litter treatments or N addition. These results suggest that despite significant changes in SOC composition due to long-term treatments of forest-floor litter and N addition in this mixed pine-oak forest of temperate climate, microbial C utilization strategies remain unaffected. © 2021, The Author(s).
英文关键词	Carbon fractions; Carbon pools; Microbial respiration; Nitrogen deposition; Plant Litter; Soil organic carbon
语种	英语
来源期刊	Biogeochemistry
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/184631
作者单位	School of Ecology and Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China; College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, 310058, China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Guo X.,Luo Z.,Sun O.J.. Long-term litter type treatments alter soil carbon composition but not microbial carbon utilization in a mixed pine-oak forest[J],2021,152(2021-02-03).
APA	Guo X.,Luo Z.,&Sun O.J..(2021).Long-term litter type treatments alter soil carbon composition but not microbial carbon utilization in a mixed pine-oak forest.Biogeochemistry,152(2021-02-03).
MLA	Guo X.,et al."Long-term litter type treatments alter soil carbon composition but not microbial carbon utilization in a mixed pine-oak forest".Biogeochemistry 152.2021-02-03(2021).