Cross-scale spatial variability and associations of carbon pools provide insight into regulating carbon sequestration in tropical montane rainforests

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The spatial distribution of plant, soil, and microbial carbon pools, along with their intricate interactions, presents a great challenge for the current carbon cycle research. However, it is not clear what are the characteristics of the spatial variability of these carbon pools, particularly their cross-scale relationships. We investigated the cross-scale spatial variability of microbial necromass carbon (MNC), soil organic carbon (SOC) and plant biomass (PB), as well as their correlation in a tropical montane rainforest using multifractal analysis. The results showed multifractal spatial variations of MNC, SOC, and PB, demonstrating their adherence to power-law scaling. MNC, especially low MNC, exhibited stronger spatial heterogeneity and weaker evenness compared with SOC and PB. The cross-scale correlation between MNC and SOC was stronger than their correlations at the measurement scale. Furthermore, the cross-scale spatial variability of MNC and SOC exhibited stronger and more stable correlations than those with PB. Additionally, this research suggests that when SOC and PB are both low, it is advisable for reforestations to potentiate MNC formation, whereas when both SOC and PB are high some thinning can be advisable to favour MNC formation. Thus, these results support the utilization of management measures such as reforestation or thinning as nature-based solutions to regulate carbon sequestration capacity of tropical forests by affecting the correlations among various carbon pools.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:353

Enthalten in:

Journal of environmental management - 353(2024) vom: 27. Feb., Seite 120288

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ding, Zhangqi [VerfasserIn]
Mou, Zhijian [VerfasserIn]
Li, Yanpeng [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Jun [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Donghai [VerfasserIn]
Liang, Chao [VerfasserIn]
Hui, Dafeng [VerfasserIn]
Sardans, Jordi [VerfasserIn]
Peñuelas, Josep [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Han [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Zhanfeng [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

7440-44-0
Carbon
Joint multifractal analysis
Journal Article
Microbial necromass carbon
Multifractal analysis
Plant biomass
Soil
Soil organic carbon
Spatial variability

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Date Completed 19.02.2024

Date Revised 19.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120288

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM368250903