Shrub Encroachment Shapes Soil Nutrient Concentration, Stoichiometry and Carbon Storage in an Abandoned Subalpine Grassland

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作者
Ding, Leilei [1 ]
Wang, Puchang [1 ,2 ]
Zhang, Wen [1 ]
Zhang, Yu [1 ]
Li, Shige [1 ]
Wei, Xin [1 ]
Chen, Xi [1 ]
Zhang, Yujun [1 ]
Yang, Fuli [2 ]
机构
[1] Guizhou Acad Agr Sci, Guizhou Inst Prataculture, Guiyang 550006, Guizhou, Peoples R China
[2] Guizhou Univ, Coll Anim Sci, Guiyang 550006, Guizhou, Peoples R China
关键词
space-for-time; succession; soil environment; redundancy analysis; relative importance; important factor; WOODY-PLANT ENCROACHMENT; NORTH-AMERICAN GRASSLANDS; HORQIN SAND LAND; ORGANIC-CARBON; VERTICAL-DISTRIBUTION; LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION; INORGANIC CARBON; TEMPORAL-CHANGES; P STOICHIOMETRY; MESIC GRASSLAND;
D O I
10.3390/su11061732
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
Soil nutrient stoichiometry plays a substantial role in terrestrial carbon and nutrient cycling. However, the changes in soil nutrient stoichiometry with shrub encroachment (SE) remain poorly understood, especially in subalpine areas. We examined the changes in soil nutrient concentration, nutrient stoichiometry, and organic carbon (OC) storage (at a depth of 0-5, 5-10 and 10-20 cm) in three successional shrub encroachment stages (early, mid and late) in an abandoned subalpine Eulalia pallens (Hackel) Kuntze grassland. An ANOVA showed that SE did not produce serious soil acidification, but significantly increased the soil OC and total phosphorous (TP) concentration, and improved the stoichiometry ratio of soil OC to total nitrogen (OC:TN) in all layers. OC storage tended to increase with SE. SE thus did not indicate degradation of the grassland. A redundancy analysis (RDA) and partial RDA revealed that the shrub relative cover and soil water content were the most important factors affecting the soil nutrient concentration, that the soil available phosphorous (AP), nitrogen, potassium, calcium (ACa), and magnesium concentration and shrub relative cover were the most important factors influencing soil nutrient stoichiometry ratios, and that soil OC:TN, TN:TP, OC:TN:TP, and AP:ACa ratios, bulk density, and pH were the most important factors influencing soil OC storage over SE. Our study provides insights into SE in grassland areas, and potentially provides a useful reference for ongoing grassland conservation and restoration in subalpine regions.
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