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General reversal of N-decomposition relationship during long-term decomposition in boreal and temperate forests

Sun, Tao ; Dong, Lili ; Zhang, Yunyu ; Hättenschwiler, Stephan ; Schlesinger, William H ; Zhu, Jiaojun ; Berg, Björn ; Adair, E Carol ; Fang, Yunting ; Hobbie, Sarah E

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS, 2024-05, Vol.121 (20), p.e2401398121-e2401398121 [Periódico revisado por pares]

United States: National Academy of Sciences

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  • Título:
    General reversal of N-decomposition relationship during long-term decomposition in boreal and temperate forests
  • Autor: Sun, Tao ; Dong, Lili ; Zhang, Yunyu ; Hättenschwiler, Stephan ; Schlesinger, William H ; Zhu, Jiaojun ; Berg, Björn ; Adair, E Carol ; Fang, Yunting ; Hobbie, Sarah E
  • Assuntos: Biosphere ; Carbon - chemistry ; Carbon - metabolism ; Carbon Cycle ; Decomposition ; Ecosystem ; Ecosystem models ; Ecosystems ; Forests ; Leaf litter ; Leaves ; Microorganisms ; Nitrogen ; Nitrogen - chemistry ; Nitrogen - metabolism ; Nutrient cycles ; Organic matter ; Plant Leaves - chemistry ; Plant Leaves - metabolism ; Plant species ; Substrates ; Taiga ; Temperate forests ; Terrestrial ecosystems ; Trees - metabolism
  • É parte de: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS, 2024-05, Vol.121 (20), p.e2401398121-e2401398121
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  • Descrição: Decomposition of dead organic matter is fundamental to carbon (C) and nutrient cycling in terrestrial ecosystems, influencing C fluxes from the biosphere to the atmosphere. Theory predicts and evidence strongly supports that the availability of nitrogen (N) limits litter decomposition. Positive relationships between substrate N concentrations and decomposition have been embedded into ecosystem models. This decomposition paradigm, however, relies on data mostly from short-term studies analyzing controls on early-stage decomposition. We present evidence from three independent long-term decomposition investigations demonstrating that the positive N-decomposition relationship is reversed and becomes negative during later stages of decomposition. First, in a 10-y decomposition experiment across 62 woody species in a temperate forest, leaf litter with higher N concentrations exhibited faster initial decomposition rates but ended up a larger recalcitrant fraction decomposing at a near-zero rate. Second, in a 5-y N-enrichment experiment of two tree species, leaves with experimentally enriched N concentrations had faster decomposition initial rates but ultimately accumulated large slowly decomposing fractions. Measures of amino sugars on harvested litter in two experiments indicated that greater accumulation of microbial residues in N-rich substrates likely contributed to larger slowly decomposing fractions. Finally, a database of 437 measurements from 120 species in 45 boreal and temperate forest sites confirmed that higher N concentrations were associated with a larger slowly decomposing fraction. These results challenge the current treatment of interactions between N and decomposition in many ecosystems and Earth system models and suggest that even the best-supported short-term controls of biogeochemical processes might not predict long-term controls.
  • Editor: United States: National Academy of Sciences
  • Idioma: Inglês;Chinês
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