Climate controls on nitrate dynamics and gross nitrogen cycling response to nitrogen deposition in global forest soils

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Understanding the patterns and controls regulating nitrogen (N) transformation and its response to N enrichment is critical to re-evaluating soil N limitation or availability and its environmental consequences. Nevertheless, how climatic conditions affect nitrate dynamics and the response of gross N cycling rates to N enrichment in forest soils is still only rudimentarily known. Through collecting and analyzing 4426-single and 769-paired observations from 231 15N labeling studies, we found that nitrification capacity [the ratio of gross autotrophic nitrification (GAN) to gross N mineralization (GNM)] was significantly lower in tropical/subtropical (19%) than in temperate (68%) forest soils, mainly due to the higher GNM and lower GAN in tropical/subtropical regions resulting from low C/N ratio and high precipitation, respectively. However, nitrate retention capacity [the ratio of dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium (DNRA) plus gross nitrate immobilization (INO3) to gross nitrification] was significantly higher in tropical/subtropical (86%) than in temperate (54%) forest soils, mainly due to the higher precipitation and GNM of tropical/subtropical regions, which stimulated DNRA and INO3. As a result, the ratio of GAN to ammonium immobilization (INH4) was significantly higher in temperate than in tropical/subtropical soils. Climatic rather than edaphic factors control heterotrophic nitrification rate (GHN) in forest soils. GHN significantly increased with increasing temperature in temperate regions and with decreasing precipitation in tropical/subtropical regions. In temperate forest soils, gross N transformation rates were insensitive to N enrichment. In tropical/subtropical forests, however, N enrichment significantly stimulated GNM, GAN and GAN to INH4 ratio, but inhibited INH4 and INO3 due to reduced microbial biomass and pH. We propose that temperate forest soils have higher nitrification capacity and lower nitrate retention capacity, implying a higher potential risk of N losses. However, tropical/subtropical forest systems shift from a conservative to a leaky N-cycling system in response to N enrichment.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:920

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The Science of the total environment - 920(2024) vom: 10. März, Seite 171006

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Elrys, Ahmed S [VerfasserIn]
Desoky, El-Sayed M [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Qilin [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Lijun [VerfasserIn]
Yun-Xing, Wan [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Chengzhi [VerfasserIn]
Shuirong, Tang [VerfasserIn]
Yanzheng, Wu [VerfasserIn]
Meng, Lei [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Jinbo [VerfasserIn]
Müller, Christoph [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Ammonium Compounds
Forests
Journal Article
N762921K75
Nitrates
Nitrification
Nitrogen
Nitrogen deposition and losses
Nitrogen retention
Soil
Soil nitrogen cycle

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Date Completed 06.03.2024

Date Revised 06.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171006

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NLM368591980