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Liu, Hongfei ; Banfield, Callum ; Gomes, Sofia I. F. ; Gube, Matthias ; Weig, Alfons ; Pausch, Johanna:
Vegetation transition from meadow to forest reduces priming effect on SOM decomposition.
In: Soil Biology & Biochemistry.
Vol. 184
(2023)
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- 109123.
ISSN 0038-0717
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2023.109123
Abstract in another language
Meadows and forests are the main vegetation types in temperate terrestrial ecosystems, and largely contribute to soil carbon (C) stock. Bioavailable C inputs can accelerate microbial decomposition of soil organic matter (SOM), which is known as “priming effect”. However, it is still unclear how priming effect, as an important mechanism influencing soil C sequestration, is influenced by spatial transition of vegetation from meadow to forest. To investigate the mechanism of priming effect along a spatial transition gradient of vegetation, a soil incubation experiment with 14C labeled glucose was combined with microbial rDNA sequencing and gene composition prediction. The results showed that with the vegetation transition from meadow to forest soil available phosphorus (P) significantly increased, in contrast to dissolved nitrogen (N) and C which remained unaffected. Moreover, the soil microbial community composition shifted towards a higher relative abundance of K-strategists (Acidobacteria) and a lower abundance of r-strategists (Actinobacteriota) along the vegetation transition from meadow to forest.
In the meadow, the microbial community consumed more of the added glucose and increased priming effect. This was accompanied by lower available P but higher soil bacterial gene function encoding P cycling. In contrast, increased soil P availability in forest soils caused a decelerated microbial metabolism of phosphorylated organic compounds within microbial biomass due to decreased microbial demand for P acquisition from SOM, and thus resulted in suppression of the priming effect. Our study showed that P availability and microbial community shifts in spatial transition zones between meadows and forests are important drivers for the priming effect on SOM decomposition.
Further data
| Item Type: | Article in a journal |
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| Refereed: | Yes |
| Keywords: | Soil organic matter; Microbial decomposition; 14C labelling; Radioactive isotope; Phosphorus; Microbial nutrient mining |
| Institutions of the University: | Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Biology Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Earth Sciences > Professor Agroecology |
| Result of work at the UBT: | Yes |
| DDC Subjects: | 500 Science > 550 Earth sciences, geology 500 Science > 570 Life sciences, biology |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Jul 2023 07:56 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Jul 2023 07:56 |
| URI: | https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/86089 |