植物生态学报 ›› 2017, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (6): 610-621.DOI: 10.17521/cjpe.2016.0329

所属专题: 青藏高原植物生态学:植物-土壤-微生物

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氮素富集对青藏高原东缘窄叶鲜卑花灌丛根系分泌物碳输入的影响

何为1,2, 杨雪英3, 肖娟4, 张子良1,2, 蒋铮1,2, 袁远爽1,2, 王东1,2, 刘庆1, 尹华军1,4,*()   

  1. 1中国科学院成都生物研究所, 中国科学院山地生态恢复与生物资源利用重点实验室, 生态恢复与生物多样性保育四川省重点实验室, 成都 610041
    2中国科学院大学, 北京 100049
    3四川省理县林业局, 四川理县 623100
    4西华师范大学环境科学与工程学院, 四川南充 637000
  • 收稿日期:2017-04-05 接受日期:2016-10-21 出版日期:2017-06-10 发布日期:2017-07-19
  • 通讯作者: 尹华军
  • 作者简介:* 通信作者Author for correspondence (E-mail:sunzhiqiang1956@sina.com)
  • 基金资助:
    基金项目 中国科学院前沿科学重点研究项目(QYZDB-SSW-SMC023)、中国科学院青年创新促进会人才项目(20132420)、国家自然科学基金(31670449)和四川省青年科技基金(2016JQ0037)

Effects of nitrogen enrichment on root exudative carbon inputs in Sibiraea angustata shrubbery at the eastern fringe of Qinghai-Xizang Plateau

Wei HE1,2, Xue-Ying YANG3, Juan XIAO4, Zi-Liang ZHANG1,2, Zheng JIANG1,2, Yuan-Shuang YUAN1,2, Dong WANG1,2, Qing LIU1, Hua-Jun YIN1,4,*()   

  1. 1Key Laboratory of Mountain Ecological Restoration and Bioresource Utilization & Ecological Restoration Biodiversity Conservation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China;

    2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

    3Lixian Forestry Bureau, Lixian, Sichuan 623100, China
    and
    4College of Environmental Science and Engineering, China West Normal University, Nanchong, Sichuan 637000, China
  • Received:2017-04-05 Accepted:2016-10-21 Online:2017-06-10 Published:2017-07-19
  • Contact: Hua-Jun YIN
  • About author:KANG Jing-yao(1991-), E-mail: kangjingyao_nj@163.com

摘要:

为探究高寒灌丛生态系统根系分泌物碳(C)输入通量对大气氮(N)沉降的响应规律, 该文以青藏高原东缘窄叶鲜卑花(Sibiraea angustata)灌丛为研究对象, 采用根系分泌物野外原位收集法, 分析了不同施N水平(对照N0 = 0 g·m-2·a-1; 低N处理N5 = 5 g·m-2·a-1; 高N处理N10 = 10 g·m-2·a-1)对根系分泌物C输入速率与通量季节动态变化规律的影响。结果表明: (1)窄叶鲜卑花灌丛单位根生物量、单位根长、单位根表面积根系分泌物C输入速率均表现出明显的季节性动态变化, 具体表现为8月> 6月> 10月, 并呈现出与5 cm土壤温度相一致的变化趋势。(2)施N降低了窄叶鲜卑花灌丛单位根生物量、单位根长和单位根表面积根系分泌物C输入速率, 但仅N10处理与对照(N0处理)间存在显著差异(p < 0.05)。(3) N5和N10处理下, 窄叶鲜卑花灌丛细根生物量与N0处理相比分别降低了23.36%和33.84%。(4)由于施N导致根系分泌物C输入速率与细根生物量二者均显著降低, 使得施N对窄叶鲜卑花灌丛根系分泌物C输入通量(g·m-2·a-1)有显著的抑制作用, 并随着施N浓度的增加抑制作用增大。推测其可能的原因是N素富集在一定程度上缓和了植物根系对养分的微生物驱动需求, 从而降低了植物根系分泌物C输入通量, 即N素富集条件下植物采取了低N收益-低C投入的生理策略。该研究结果对于进一步认知不同环境变化下高寒灌丛生态系统根系分泌物C输入及其介导的土壤生物C-养分循环过程具有重要的理论意义。

关键词: 窄叶鲜卑花灌丛, 氮添加, 根系分泌物, 细根生物量, 根系分泌物通量

Abstract:

Aims Understanding the responses of root exudative carbon (C) to increasing nitrogen deposition is important for predicting carbon cycling in terrestrial ecosystems. However, fewer studies have investigated the dynamics of root exudation in shrubbery ecosystems compared to forests and grassland ecosystems. This objective of this study was to determine the effects of nitrogen fertilization on the rate and C flux of root exudates.Methods Three levels of nitrogen addition treatments were applied to a Sibiraea angustata shrubbery ecosystem situated at the eastern fringe of Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, including N0 (without nitrogen application), N5 (nitrogen addition rate of 5 g·m-2·a-1), and N10 (nitrogen addition rate of 10 g·m-2·a-1), respectively, in 5 m ´ 5 m plots. Root exudates were collected in June, August and October of 2015, using a modified culture-based cuvette system. Root biomass in each plot was measured with root core method.Important findings The rates of root exudates on biomass, length, and surface area basis all displayed apparent seasonal variations during the experimental period, with the magnitude ranked in the order of: August > June > October, consistent with changes in soil temperature at 5 cm depth. With increases in the nitrogen addition rate, the rate of root exudates on biomass, length, and area basis all trended lower. Compared with the control (N0), the N5 and N10 treatments significantly reduced fine root biomass in the Sibiraea angustata shrubbery, by 23.36% and 33.84%, respectively. The decreasing root exudation and fine root biomass in response to nitrogen addition significantly decreased C flux of root exudates. Our results provide additional evidences toward a robust theoretical foundation for better understanding soil C-nutrient cycling process mediated by root exudation inputs in Alpine shrubbery ecosystems under various environmental changes.

Key words: Sibiraea angustata shrubbery, nitrogen addition, root exudation, root biomass, root exudation flux