Effects of litter traits, soil biota, and soil chemistry on soil carbon stocks at a common garden with 14 tree species

Mueller, Kevin E.; Hobbie, Sarah E.; Chorover, Jon; Reich, Peter B.; Eisenhauer, Nico; Castellano, Michael J.; Chadwick, Oliver A.; Dobies, Tomasz; Hale, Cindy M.; Jagodziński, Andrzej M.; Kałucka, Izabela; Kieliszewska-Rokicka, Barbara; Modrzyński, J.; Rożen, Anna; Skorupski, Maciej; Sobczyk, Łukasz; Stasińska, Małgorzata; Trocha, Lidia K.; Weiner, January; Wierzbicka, Anna; Oleksyn, Jacek

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“…The substrate was presumably getting lower in quality. A previous study of chemical functional group content using 13 NMR and humic substance content in subsamples taken from the North facing pine WS plots showed C in fresh litter contained 15.6% humic substances (mostly polyphenols and fulvic acid) [20]. However, that percentage grew to 39.5% of the C by 13 years, indicating a decline in substrate quality [20].…”

Section: Kinetics Of Litter Vs Humus Mineralizationmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…Land use on the four watersheds had been similar prior to establishment of the pine plantations [10]. The species composition of the deciduous watersheds can be described as mixed oak-hickory-maple forest with fairly high diversity [13]. The vegetation, litterfall, and primary productivity of the North facing deciduous WS was described in detail by Day and Monk [16] and Monk and Day [17] when it was one of the sites of the International Biological Programme.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In one example of very deep accumulations of O horizon litter and humus on boreal forested islands, roots and ericoid mycorrhizae have been shown to account for a large proportion of the accumulated organic matter, in part because the rooting zone was above the very deep mineral soil boundary [29]. In the case of the Coweeta site, it has a humid temperate/subtropical climate, the soil never freezes, and the soils are not extremely nutrient poor [13], factors that Berg and McClaugherty discuss in relation to properties that may lead to the development of extremely refractory humus layers. Mn concentrations in the litter of the two deciduous watersheds averaged 1.1 mg/g for litter and 1.7 mg/g for humus [24].…”

Section: Kinetics Of Litter Vs Humus Mineralizationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For example, in a study of a common garden, experiment plantations of 14 different tree species in Poland demonstrated some fairly large differences on both O and mineral horizon carbon stocks under different species [13]. Augusto et al [35] used a meta-analysis of the number of studies including common garden studies comparing the influence of evergreen gymnosperm and deciduous angiosperm species.…”

Section: Species Differencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Long-Term (13 Years) Decomposition Rates of Forest Floor Organic Matter on Paired Coniferous and Deciduous Watersheds with Contrasting Temperature Regimes

Qualls¹

2016

Forests

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Two sets of paired watersheds on north and South facing slopes were utilized to simulate the effects of temperature differences that are on the scale of those expected with near-term climatic warming on decomposition. Two watersheds were pine plantations (Pinus strobus L.) and two were mature deciduous forests established at similar elevation ranges and precipitation at the Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory, but they differed in slope aspect (north vs. South facing), solar radiation, and litter temperature by about 2.0 • C. Nylon netting was placed on plots each year for 13 years and litterfall was measured. This time span in which decomposition rate was measured encompassed the time until less than 8% of the initial C remained. Decomposition rates of foliar litter were significantly faster on the slightly warmer watersheds, in both the coniferous and deciduous forests (Analysis of Variance). The turnover rate (year −1 ) was 0.359 (±0.006) for the South facing vs. 0.295 (±0.011) for the North facing coniferous watersheds, and 0.328 (±0.011) vs. 0.297 (±0.012) for the corresponding deciduous watersheds. Turnover rates of pine vs. deciduous broadleaf litter over 13 years were not significantly different because of the high proportion of relatively refractory Quercus spp. in the deciduous litterfall and because of a trend towards convergence of the rates after two years. After a greater decomposition rate in the first year or two, years 2-13 fit a negative exponential curve well (a timespan not well represented in literature) and there was only a small accumulation of humus older than 13 years. The fate of C in litterfall in the South facing deciduous forest was as follows: 14.3% was lost as leaching of dissolved organic C, 2.2% was lost as downward fine particulate matter flux from the bottom of the forest floor, 78.2% was mineralized (by mass balance), leaving only 5.4% of foliar litter after 13 years of decomposition. In these soils with a mor type O horizon, there was evidence that translocation of DOC and in-situ root production must be more important sources of mineral soil organic matter than downward migration of particulate humus.

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Section: Kinetics Of Litter Vs Humus Mineralizationmentioning

confidence: 97%

Section: Site Descriptionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Kinetics Of Litter Vs Humus Mineralizationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Species Differencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Long-Term (13 Years) Decomposition Rates of Forest Floor Organic Matter on Paired Coniferous and Deciduous Watersheds with Contrasting Temperature Regimes

Qualls¹

2016

Forests

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“…Due to the longevity and size of woody species (Richardson and Rejmánek 2011;Rejmánek 2014), as well as their strong ability to modify habitat (transformers species sensu Richardson et al 2000), invasive woody species can be especially damaging to the environment. Tree species (both alien and native) influence light availability (Knight et al 2008;Niinemets 2010), mineral nutrient cycling (Augusto et al 2002;Reich et al 2005;Dauer et al 2007;Mueller et al 2012), soil acidity (Binkley and Valentine 1991;Binkley and Giardina 1998;Mueller et al 2012), decomposition rate (Hobbie et al 2006(Hobbie et al , 2010, fine root and leaf lifespans (Withington et al 2006), ectomycorrhizal infections (Dickie et al 2006;Trocha et al 2012), and soil biota (Mueller et al 2015(Mueller et al , 2016. Modifying effects of invasive woody species on habitat was also reported from several biomes across the world (e.g., Vitousek 1990; Ehrenfeld 2003;Stohlgren and Rejmánek 2014;Castro-Díez et al 2014;Menge and Chazdon 2016).…”

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confidence: 93%

Interaction between invasive and potentially invasive shrub species does not influence relationships between their ecological success and distance from propagule sources

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Although interactions between alien and native plant species are well studied, data on interactions between two co-existing alien species with respect to their invasibility are scarce. The aims of this study were (1) to evaluate three factors shaping abundance of the alien shrub species Cornus alternifolia: abundance of another alien (invasive) shrub species (Prunus serotina), type of tree stand (coniferous vs. broadleaved) and distance to propagule sources and (2) to assess the potential dispersal distance of the species studied. Densities of both species were assessed within 194 experimental plots (located in experimental plantations of trees) in Rogów Arboretum (Central Poland). P. serotina occurred on 79 and C. alternifolia on 33 of the 194 plots. The furthest distance of C. alternifolia from the propagule source was 338 m. C. alternifolia reached higher densities in coniferous than broadleaved tree stands. Density of C. alternifolia depended on tree stand type and distance from the propagule source, but did not depend on density of P. serotina. Density of C. alternifolia decreased with increasing distance from the propagule source; however, this relationship was modified by the type of tree stand: densities were lower in broadleaved than in coniferous stands. The presence of the invasive species seems to neither facilitate nor limit the dispersal distance of C. alternifolia, as these two species differ in shade tolerance. The study also provided the first information about C. alternifolia potential invasiveness, because earlier this species was noticed only as casually escaping from cultivation in Slovakia.

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Functional diversity of leaf litter mixtures slows decomposition of labile but not recalcitrant carbon over two years

Grossman

Cavender‐Bares

Hobbie

2020

Ecological Monographs

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Effects of litter traits, soil biota, and soil chemistry on soil carbon stocks at a common garden with 14 tree species

Cited by 84 publications

References 74 publications

Long-Term (13 Years) Decomposition Rates of Forest Floor Organic Matter on Paired Coniferous and Deciduous Watersheds with Contrasting Temperature Regimes

Long-Term (13 Years) Decomposition Rates of Forest Floor Organic Matter on Paired Coniferous and Deciduous Watersheds with Contrasting Temperature Regimes

Interaction between invasive and potentially invasive shrub species does not influence relationships between their ecological success and distance from propagule sources

Functional diversity of leaf litter mixtures slows decomposition of labile but not recalcitrant carbon over two years

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