Response of soil respiration to short-term changes in precipitation and nitrogen addition in a desert steppe  

作　　者：MA Jinpeng PANG Danbo HE Wenqiang ZHANG Yaqi WU Mengyao LI Xuebin CHEN Lin 

机构地区：[1]College of Forestry and Prataculture,Ningxia University,Yinchuan 750021,China [2]College of Ecological Environment,Ningxia University,Yinchuan 750021,China [3]Breeding Base for State Key Laboratory of Land Degradation and Ecological Restoration in Northwest China,Ningxia University,Yinchuan 750021,China

出　　处：《Journal of Arid Land》2023年第9期1084-1106,共23页干旱区科学（英文版）

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31960359);the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Key Research and Development Project(2021BEG02005,2023BEG02049);the Natural Science Foundation of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region,China(2020AAC03102,2023AAC03061)。

摘　　要：Changes in precipitation and nitrogen(N)addition may significantly affect the processes of soil carbon(C)cycle in terrestrial ecosystems,such as soil respiration.However,relatively few studies have investigated the effects of changes in precipitation and N addition on soil respiration in the upper soil layer in desert steppes.In this study,we conducted a control experiment that involved a field simulation from July 2020 to December 2021 in a desert steppe in Yanchi County,China.Specifically,we measured soil parameters including soil temperature,soil moisture,total nitrogen(TN),soil organic carbon(SOC),soil microbial biomass carbon(SMBC),soil microbial biomass nitrogen(SMBN),and contents of soil microorganisms including bacteria,fungi,actinomyces,and protozoa,and determined the components of soil respiration including soil respiration with litter(RS+L),soil respiration without litter(RS),and litter respiration(RL)under short-term changes in precipitation(control,increased precipitation by 30%,and decreased precipitation by 30%)and N addition(0.0 and 10.0 g/(m^(2)·a))treatments.Our results indicated that short-term changes in precipitation and N addition had substantial positive effects on the contents of TN,SOC,and SMBC,as well as the contents of soil actinomyces and protozoa.In addition,N addition significantly enhanced the rates of RS+L and RS by 4.8%and 8.0%(P<0.05),respectively.The increase in precipitation markedly increased the rates of RS+L and RS by 2.3%(P<0.05)and 5.7%(P<0.001),respectively.The decrease in precipitation significantly increased the rates of RS+L and RS by 12.9%(P<0.05)and 23.4%(P<0.001),respectively.In contrast,short-term changes in precipitation and N addition had no significant effects on RL rate(P>0.05).The mean RL/RS+L value observed under all treatments was 27.63%,which suggested that RL is an important component of soil respiration in the desert steppe ecosystems.The results also showed that short-term changes in precipitation and N addition had significant interactive effects on th

关 键 词：soil respiration litter respiration nitrogen deposition soil carbon soil microorganisms climate change desert steppe ecosystems 

分 类 号：S812.2[农业科学—草业科学]