植物生态学报 ›› 2021, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (4): 334-344.DOI: 10.17521/cjpe.2020.0277

• 研究论文 • 上一篇    下一篇

早春和夏季氮磷添加对内蒙古典型草原退化群落碳交换的影响

吕亚香1,2, 戚智彦1,2, 刘伟1, 孙佳美1,*(), 潘庆民1,2   

  1. 1中国科学院植物研究所植被与环境变化国家重点实验室, 北京 100093
    2中国科学院大学, 北京 100049
  • 收稿日期:2020-08-11 接受日期:2020-11-12 出版日期:2021-04-20 发布日期:2021-03-27
  • 通讯作者: 孙佳美
  • 作者简介:* pqm@ibcas.ac.cn
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金(31870517)

Effects of nitrogen and phosphorus addition at early-spring and middle-summer on ecosystem carbon exchanges of a degraded community in Nei Mongol typical steppe

LÜ Ya-Xiang1,2, QI Zhi-Yan1,2, LIU Wei1, SUN Jia-Mei1,*(), PAN Qing-Min1,2   

  1. 1State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
    2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • Received:2020-08-11 Accepted:2020-11-12 Online:2021-04-20 Published:2021-03-27
  • Contact: SUN Jia-Mei
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China(31870517)

摘要:

过度放牧导致的养分“入不敷出”是我国天然草地大面积退化的主要原因之一, 而草地退化又显著影响了草原生态系统的固碳功能。能否通过补充土壤养分来恢复退化草地的固碳功能, 迄今相关研究较少。净生态系统碳交换(NEE)、生态系统呼吸(ER)和生态系统总初级生产力(GEP)是表征生态系统碳循环的重要指标。氮(N)和磷(P)是中国典型草原的主要限制性养分元素, 而草地退化进一步加剧了养分的限制。在退化草地上添加氮磷对碳循环的上述过程(NEEERGEP)有何影响, 以及两种养分之间是否存在互作, 目前尚不清楚。为此, 该研究以内蒙古典型草原的退化草地为研究对象, 选择早春融雪期(4月)和夏季生长期(7月)两个时间节点, 设置不施肥(CK)、N添加(10.5 g·m-2·a-1, NH4NO3)、P添加(7 g·m-2·a-1, KH2PO4)和N、P共同添加((10.5 g N + 7 g P)·m-2·a-1) 4个养分处理, 探究早春和夏季氮磷添加对内蒙古典型草原退化群落碳交换的影响及其互作机制。结果表明: 1)在早春和夏季两个时期, 单独添加N或P对生态系统碳交换过程的影响均未达到显著水平, 而氮磷共同添加可显著提高NEEGEP。2)早春(4月份)氮磷共同添加对NEEERGEP的互作机制表现为正协同效应, 而夏季(7月份)氮磷共同添加对NEEERGEP的互作机制表现为加性效应。为了恢复退化的典型草原的固碳功能, 氮磷共同添加比单一元素添加效果好, 且早春添加优于夏季添加。该研究对指导退化草地的恢复具有参考价值。

关键词: 草地生态系统, 草地施肥, 草地恢复, 碳循环, 氮磷互作

Abstract:

Aims Overgrazing induced reduction in supply of soil nutrients is a major mechanism leading to extensive grassland degradation in China. The capacity of carbon (C) sequestration was demoted in the degraded grassland ecosystems. However, it remains unclear whether the capacity of carbon sequestration in a degraded grassland can be restored by the supplement of nutrients to the soil. Net ecosystem CO2 exchange (NEE), ecosystem respiration (ER) and gross ecosystem productivity (GEP) are important parameters describing the processes of ecosystem carbon cycle. Nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) are two limiting nutrients in typical steppe in China. To date, how these two nutrients alone or in combination affect the three parameters of carbon cycle (i.e., NEE, ER and GEP) in a degraded steppe community, especially their interactive effect, is poorly understood.

Methods To address these scientific questions, we conducted a field experiment in a degraded typical steppe community. Four treatments of nutrient addition were implemented: no nutrient addition (CK, control), adding N alone (10.5 g·m-2, NH4NO3), adding P alone (7 g·m-2, KH2PO4), and adding two nutrients in combination. Two stages were selected for fertilization: early-spring (April 21) and middle-summer (July 15).

Important findings Neither N nor P alone had significant effect on NEE, ER and GEP when nutrients applied at early-spring (April 21) or middle-summer (July 15), while their combination significantly increased the values ofNEE and GEP. 2) N and P exhibited strong synergistic effect on NEE, GEPand ER when applied in combination at early-spring (April 21), while a consistent additive effect between the two nutrients on the three carbon exchange parameters was observed when applied at middle-summer (July 15). Our findings have implications for the restoration of degraded grasslands. To restore the capacity of carbon sequestration of the degraded typical steppe ecosystem, supplying N and P in combination is better than a single nutrient alone, and appling these nutrients at spring is better than at summer.

Key words: grassland ecosystem, fertilization in grassland, grassland restoration, carbon cycle, interaction between nitrogen and phosphorus