Seasonal Changes of Soil Nitrogen Mineralization Along Restoration Gradient of Sandy Grassland, Northern China

Lv, Peng; Zuo, Xiaoan; Sun, Shanshan; Zhang, Jing; Zhao, Shenglong; Hu, Ya

doi:10.3161/15052249PJE2020.68.4.002

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Seasonal Changes of Soil Nitrogen Mineralization Along Restoration Gradient of Sandy Grassland, Northern China

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Lv Peng , Zuo Xiaoan , Sun Shanshan , Zhang Jing , Zhao Shenglong , Hu Ya

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10.3161/15052249PJE2020.68.4.002

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Soil nitrogen mineralization strongly affects N availability, thus impacting the primary productivity in ecosystems. The seasonal environmental changes affect soil mineralization in restored sandy grasslands such as a studied mobile dune (MD), a semi-fixed dune (SFD), a fixed dune (FD) and a grassland (G). During the growing season, we examined the association of soil N mineralization rate with vegetation characteristics, soil properties and climatic factors through the multivariate stepwise regression model. The vegetation cover, species diversity, above- and belowground biomass, soil carbon, nitrogen, soil water content (SWC), pH, electrical conductivity, very fine sand, clay and silt fractions increased during sandy grassland restoration. The NH₄⁺-N concentration in MD and SFD was higher than that in FD and G, while NO₃^--N and inorganic N concentration showed a reverse trend. The NH₄⁺N, NO₃^--N and inorganic N concentrations in MD, SFD and FD reached to the highest values in June, while in G they were highest in May. The net mineralization and nitrification rates increased with sandy grassland restoration; both of these rates were much greater in June than in other months at all sites. Regression analysis showed that the NO₃^--N concentration, SWC, pH of the soil and precipitation could explain 75% of the total variation in net nitrification rate, and the NO₃^--N concentration and precipitation could explain 59% of the total variation in the net mineralization rate. These results illustrate that the sandy grassland restoration can enhance the soil N availability, with soil N mineralization mainly determined by the changes of the NO₃^--N concentration and precipitation.

Słowa kluczowe

growing season Horqin Sandy Grassland nitrogen mineralization restoration soil properties vegetation characteristics

sezon wegetacyjny Piaszczysta Ziemia Horqin mineralizacja azotu odtwarzanie właściwości gleby charakterystyka roślinności

Wydawca

Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences

Czasopismo

Polish Journal of Ecology

Rocznik

2020

Tom

Vol. 68, nr 4

Strony

283--295

Opis fizyczny

Bibliogr. 58 poz., rys., tab., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Lv Peng

Naiman Desertification Research Station, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou,730000, China
Urat Desert-grassland Research Station, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou,730000, China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

autor

Zuo Xiaoan

zuoxa@lzb.ac.cn

Naiman Desertification Research Station, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou,730000, China
Urat Desert-grassland Research Station, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou,730000, China

autor

Sun Shanshan

Naiman Desertification Research Station, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou,730000, China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

autor

Zhang Jing

Naiman Desertification Research Station, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou,730000, China
Urat Desert-grassland Research Station, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou,730000, China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

autor

Zhao Shenglong

Urat Desert-grassland Research Station, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou,730000, China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

autor

Hu Ya

Urat Desert-grassland Research Station, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou,730000, China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

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