作 者： Xing AJ, Du EZ, Shen HH*, Xu LC, de Vries W, Zhao MY, Liu XY, Fang JY*
期刊名称： Ecology Letters
影响因子： 9.492
出版年份： 2021
卷 期 号： ( )
页 码： DOI: 10.1111/ ele.13906
论文摘要：
Nitrogen (N) deposition is known to increase carbon (C) sequestration in N-limited boreal forests. However, the long-term effects of N deposition on ecosystem carbon fluxes have been rarely investigated in old-growth boreal forests. Here we show that decade-long experimental N additions significantly stimulated net primary production (NPP) but the effect decreased with increasing N loads. The effect on soil heterotrophic respiration (Rh) shifted from a stimulation at low-level N additions to an inhibition at higher levels of N additions. Consequently, low-level N additions resulted in a neutral effect on net ecosystem productivity (NEP), due to a comparable stimulating effect on NPP and Rh, while NEP was increased by high-level N additions. Moreover, we found nonlinear temporal responses of NPP, Rh and NEP to low-level N additions. Our findings imply that actual N deposition in boreal forests likely exerts a minor contribution to their soil C storage.
原文链接：DOI: 10.1111/ele.13906