Abiotic and biotic controls of soil dissolved organic nitrogen along a precipitation gradient on the Tibetan plateau

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	Abiotic and biotic controls of soil dissolved organic nitrogen along a precipitation gradient on the Tibetan plateau
	Jiang, Lili; Wang, Shiping; Pang, Zhe; Wang, Changshun; Meng, Fandong; Lan, Zhichun; Zhou, Xiaoqi; Li, Yaoming; Zhang, Zhenhua; Luo, Caiyun; Jones, Davey L.; Rui, Yichao; Wang, Yanfen
	2020
发表期刊	PLANT AND SOIL
摘要	Background and aims Dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) has been increasingly recognized as a crucial component of the terrestrial nitrogen (N) cycle that regulates the ecosystem feedback to climate change. Yet, little information is available about the factors that control soil DON in the alpine ecosystems of the Tibetan Plateau, a region that is extremely sensitive to climate change. Methods Here, we examined the relationship between DON and climate, plant, and soil attributes along a precipitation gradient in five alpine ecosystems (alpine wetland, alpine meadow, alpine shrub, alpine steppe, and alpine desert) across 20 sites that were up to 4000 km apart on the Tibetan Plateau. Results Results showed that soil DON concentration varied significantly across these alpine ecosystems, and had a positive relationship with mean annual precipitation. Belowground biomass, soil moisture, micro biomass carbon (MBC), and soil total phosphorus (TP) explained 84% of the variation in DON concentrations. The percentage of DON in soil total dissolved N (TDN) varied with vegetation type, with the lowest percentage observed in the alpine meadow (52%) and the highest in the alpine desert (77%), indicating the slow turnover of DON into inorganic N in systems with low litter input and microbial activity. Conclusions Precipitation and plant biomass input determine the concentration and turnover of soil DON on the Tibetan Plateau. A warmer and wetter climate that has been predicted for the Tibetan grasslands may lead to a larger and more active DON pool.
关键词	Soil inorganic N DOC DON Biomass Alpine grassland
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://210.75.249.4/handle/363003/60300
专题	中国科学院西北高原生物研究所
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Jiang, Lili,Wang, Shiping,Pang, Zhe,et al. Abiotic and biotic controls of soil dissolved organic nitrogen along a precipitation gradient on the Tibetan plateau[J]. PLANT AND SOIL,2020.
APA	Jiang, Lili.,Wang, Shiping.,Pang, Zhe.,Wang, Changshun.,Meng, Fandong.,...&Wang, Yanfen.(2020).Abiotic and biotic controls of soil dissolved organic nitrogen along a precipitation gradient on the Tibetan plateau.PLANT AND SOIL.
MLA	Jiang, Lili,et al."Abiotic and biotic controls of soil dissolved organic nitrogen along a precipitation gradient on the Tibetan plateau".PLANT AND SOIL (2020).