JOURNAL OF NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY ›› 2020, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (1): 81-88.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-2006.201808031

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Soil nitrification denitrification respiration and their influence factor analysis in different vegetation zones along elevationnal gradient in Mao’er Mountain of China

DENG Xiaojun1(), TANG Jian1, WANG Huili1, SONG Xianchong1, CAO Jizhao1, QING Zuoyu1, SONG Guangtao2,*()   

  1. 1. Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Forestry Research Institute, Key Laboratory of Central South Fast-Growing Timber Cultivation of Forestry Ministry of China, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Superior Timber Trees Resource Cultivation, Nanning 530003, China
    2. Hunan Environment-Biologic Polytechnic, Hengyang 421005, China
  • Received:2018-08-15 Revised:2019-10-22 Online:2020-02-08 Published:2020-02-02
  • Contact: SONG Guangtao E-mail:dengxiaojun2008@sina.com;823769006@qq.com

Abstract:

【Objective】 To study the effects of soil respiration, nitrification, and denitrification and the influence of various environmental factors in vegetation zones at different altitudes in the Mao’er Mountain.【Method】 Different forest types at a National Nature Reserve in Mao’er Mmountain were the experimental sites. Soil respiration rate (SRR), gross nitrification rate (GNR) and denitrification rate (DR) in different vegetation zones at different altitudes were investigated based on the Barometric Process Separation system, and the response of SRR, GNR or DR to soil temperature and other environmental factors was studied.【Result】 Under normal temperature, the SRR was in the order of Chinese fir plantation (CFP) > evergreen and deciduous broad-leaved forest (EDBF) > bamboo plantation (BP) > mountaintop shrub (MS) > (Southern hemlock forest (SHF) > Beech natural forest (BNF), and the highest rate was 361.6 μg/(kg·h) at CPF. The GNR in the SHF was 275.3 μg/(kg·h), and the lowest GNR was 58.3 μg/(kg·h) in the BP. In addition, the DRs were in the order BP>CFP>EDBF>BNF>SHF>MS, and the highest was 172.2 μg/(kg·h) at BP. SRR, GNR and DR in the six vegetation zones increased with an increase of temperature when the temperature was between 5 ℃ and 20 ℃. Correlation analysis results revealed that altitude, soil temperature, water content, pH, organic matter concentration, total nitrogen, total potassium, available N, available P and available K were the key factors influencing SRR, GNR and DR. 【Conclusion】 Low altitude plantations had higher SRRs and DRs than high altitude natural forests. However, soil nitrification, denitrification and respiration were more sensitive to temperature changes in high altitude vegetation. In the wake of climate change and the ensuing warming, soils in high altitude vegetation zones could release higher amounts of greenhouse gases.

Key words: soil respiration rate, gross nitrification rate, denitrification rate, vertical vegetation zone, Mao’er Mountain

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