The nitrogen (N) cycling was elucidated in a 40-year-old subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest dominated by Cyclobalanopsis glauca growing on red soil in Zhejiang Province, East China. The concentrations of N in the representative species ranged from 0.49%
to 1.64%, the order of which in various layers was liana and herb layers > understory layer > tree and subtree layers; in
various organs was leaf > branch > root > trunk; and aboveground parts > underground parts. The sequence of the concentrations
of N in C. glauca was understory > tree > subtree layer; young and high-growing > old organs; reproductive > vegetative organs. Seasonal dynamics
of the concentrations of N in C. glauca in the tree and subtree layers was comparatively stable. It was lower in autumn (October) in root, branch, and leaf in the
tree layer, and low in January in the understory. There was no evident change in regularity of the concentrations of N in
varying diameter classes. The concentrations of N in the litterfall, precipitation, throughfall, litter layer, and soil were
0.74%–2.30%, 0.000,038%, 0.000,09%, 1.94%, and 0.59%, respectively. The standing crop of N in the plant community was 1,025.28
kg/hm2, accumulation in the litter layer was 224.88 kg/hm2, and reserve in the soil was 55,151 kg/hm2. Annual retention of N was 119.47 kg/hm2, return was about 84.13 kg/hm2, among which litterfall was 78.49 kg/hm2 and throughfall, 5.64 kg/hm2. Annual absorption of N was 203.60 kg/hm2. Annual input of N through incident precipitation was 4.88 kg/hm2. Compared with other forest types, cycling rate of N in the community was lower than in deciduous broad-leaved forests, rain
forests, and mangroves, and was moderate in evergreen broad-leaved forests. N use efficiency of this forest was moderate among
the forest types cited. According to the characteristics of the biocycle of phosphorous, it was concluded that N availability
in the soil of this forest was not lower, and phosphorous not N was the limiting factor in the growth of plants in this community.
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Translated from Acta Ecologica Sinica, 2005, 25(4): 740–748 [译自: 生态学报, 2005, 25(4): 740–748] 相似文献
The dynamics of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N), derived from the decomposition of windrowed harvest residues, was examined in the establishment phase of a second rotation (2R) hoop pine (Araucaria cunninghamii Aiton ex A. Cunn) plantation in subtropical Queensland, Australia. Following harvesting and site preparation, when residues were formed into windrows, in situ N mineralisation was measured in positions along the three tree-planting rows formed between the windrows. The position above the windrow had a higher nitrification rate than the other positions, averaging about 18 kg N ha−1/month compared with 12 and 9 Kg N ha−1 for the positions between and below the windrow positions, respectively. This position also had consistently greater soil moisture.
Macroplots were formed extending 5 m above and 10 m below a windrow. Windrowed residues within the macroplots were replaced by 15N-labelled material comprising hoop pine foliage, branch and stem. Hoop pine trees were planted within each macroplot with foliar samples taken at 12 and 24 months. Differences in foliar 15N enrichment between positions within macroplots were <1‰. Soil samples were taken from positions along the macroplots at 6-monthly intervals. Samples revealed an initial release of labile C and N but soil δ15N showed that residue-derived N was largely immobilised within the windrows for the 30-month sampling period. Whilst the use of windrows may act as a barrier to the down-slope movement of water, the residue N within the windrows may not be available to the trees of the following rotation for a considerable period following planting. Trees closest to the windrows may be able to introduce roots under the windrows thereby gaining access to the available N, but trees in the central tree planting row are unlikely to derive any significant benefit from the decomposition of windrowed residues. 相似文献