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- Title
Soil respiration dynamics and its controlling factors of typical vegetation communities on meadow steppes in the western Songnen Plain.
- Authors
WANG Ming; LIU Xing-tu; LI Xiu-jun; ZHANG Ji-tao; WANG Guo-dong; LU Xin-rui; LI Xiao-yu
- Abstract
In order to accurately explore the soil respiration dynamics and its controlling factors of typical vegetation types in the western Songnen Plain, soil respiration rates of Chloris virgata, Puccinellia distans, Phragmites australis and Leymus chinensis communities were measured. The results showed that the diurnal curves of soil respiration rates of the four vegetation communities had simple peak values, which appeared at 11:00-15:00, and the valley values occurred at 21:00-1:00 or 3:00-5:00. The seasonal dynamic patterns of their soil respiration rates were similar, with the maximum (3. 21-4. 84 μmol CO2 · m-2 · s-1 ) occurring in July and August and the minimum (0. 46-1. 51 μmol CO2 · m-2 · s-1 ) in October. The soil respiration rates of the four vegetation communities had significant exponential correlations with ambient air temperature and soil temperature. Soil moisture, however, only played an important role in affecting the soil respiration rate of C. virgata community while air humidity near the soil surface was significantly correlated with the soil respiration rates of P. australis and L. chinensis communities. The soil salt contents seriously constrained the CO2 dioxide emission, and the soil pH, electrical conductivity (EC), exchangeable sodium percentage (ESP) could explain 87% -91% spatial variations of the soil respiration rate.
- Subjects
CHINA; SOIL respiration; PLANTS; STEPPES; PUCCINELLIA; PHRAGMITES australis; HUMIDITY
- Publication
Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology / Yingyong Shengtai Xuebao, 2014, Vol 25, Issue 1, p45
- ISSN
1001-9332
- Publication type
Article