Soil C:P Ratio along Elevational Gradients in Picea schrenkiana Forest of Tianshan Mountains

• Autorzy: Cao Y. , Wang Y. , Xu Z.

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.3161/15052249PJE2018.66.4.002

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Forest soils potentially store a large pool of carbon and phosphorus. A deep understanding of the total carbon and phosphorus stock in forest soils is vital in the assessment of the nutrients dynamics in forest ecosystems. This study examined the effects of elevation, soil depth, and climatic variables, specifically mean annual temperature (MAT) and mean annual precipitation (MAP), on soil carbon and organic phosphorus in Schrenk's spruce (Picea schrenkiana) forest at Tianshan Mountains. Results showed that soil organic carbon (SOC) significantly increased while organic phosphorus decreased with elevation. Interestingly, carbon increased faster with increasing elevation in the alluvial horizon than in the leached horizon, demonstrating the important role of deep soils in carbon sequestration potential. SOC concentration decreased with soil depth, whereas phosphorus concentration initially decreased and then increased. SOC had no significant relationships with MAT and MAP, whereas phosphorus concentration decreased with MAT. Similar to the impacts of MAT and MAP on SOC, these two climatic variables also exerted no significant influence on C:P ratio.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

carbon stock; C:P stoichiometry; forest soil; elevation; climatic condition

PL

zasoby węgla; C:P stechiometria; gleba leśna; elewacja; warunki klimatyczne

• Wydawca: Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Czasopismo: Polish Journal of Ecology
• Rocznik: 2018
• Tom: Vol. 66, nr 4
• Strony: 325--336
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 61 poz., mapa, wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Cao Y.

• College of Resource and Environmental Science, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China
• Key Laboratory of Oasis Ecology of the Ministry of Education, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China

autor

Wang Y.

• Institute of Desert Meteorology, China Meteorological Administration, Urumqi 830002, China

autor

Xu Z.

• College of Resource and Environmental Science, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China
• Key Laboratory of Oasis Ecology of the Ministry of Education, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu w ramach umowy 509/P-DUN/2018 ze środków MNiSW przeznaczonych na działalność upowszechniającą naukę (2019).