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Title

Heavy Nitrogen Application Rate and Long-Term Duration Decrease the Soil Organic Carbon and Nitrogen Sequestration Rates in Forest Ecosystems.

Authors

Yang, Yulian; Yang, Jiaping; Dong, Qing; Li, Dehui; Tan, Bo; Wu, Qinggui; Xu, Zhenfeng; Xu, Hongwei

Abstract

Nitrogen addition alters soil organic carbon (SOC) and total nitrogen (TN) accumulation in forest ecosystems, but the responses of SOC and TN sequestration rates and dynamics to nitrogen addition in forest ecosystems worldwide remain unclear. This study conducted a global analysis to evaluate the effects of the nitrogen application rate, nitrogen addition duration (time), and humidity on the SOC and TN accumulation rates from 257 data points (63 articles). Nitrogen addition increased SOC and TN by 4.48% and 10.18%, respectively. The SOC and TN accumulation rates were 0.65 and 0.11 g kg−1 yr−1, respectively. Moreover, the percentage changes of SOC and TN overall increased with the nitrogen application rate and duration of nitrogen addition; however, the accumulation rates of SOC and TN overall decreased with the nitrogen application rate and the duration of nitrogen addition. In addition, the percentage changes and change rates of SOC and TN increased overall with the humidity index. In conclusion, nitrogen addition promoted SOC and TN accumulation in forest soil, and the nitrogen application rate and nitrogen addition duration increased the percentage changes in SOC and TN; however, they decreased the accumulation rate, whereas humidity increased the accumulation rates of SOC and TN. These results enhance our understanding of soil carbon and nitrogen cycling in forest soils in the context of global nitrogen deposition.

Subjects

NITROGEN in soils; FOREST soils; NUTRIENT cycles; CARBON cycle; FOREST microclimatology

Publication

Forests (19994907), 2024, Vol 15, Issue 9, p1585

ISSN

1999-4907

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.3390/f15091585

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