植物生态学报 ›› 2025, Vol. 49 ›› Issue (3): 393-403.DOI: 10.17521/cjpe.2024.0144

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全球植物凋落物纤维素分解速率的变化特征及其影响因子

周思琪1, 艾灵1, 倪祥银1,2,3, 吴福忠1,2,3, 吴秋霞1, 朱晶晶1, 张欣影1,2,3,*()   

  1. 1福建师范大学地理科学学院, 福州 350117
    2福建师范大学湿润亚热带生态-地理过程教育部重点实验室, 福州 350117
    3福建三明森林生态系统国家野外科学观测研究站, 福建三明 365002
  • 收稿日期:2024-05-08 接受日期:2024-12-10 出版日期:2025-03-20 发布日期:2025-01-02
  • 通讯作者: * 张欣影(xyzhang@fjnu.edu.cn)
  • 基金资助:
    国家重点研发计划(2023YFF1305500);国家自然科学基金(32022056);国家自然科学基金(32101509);国家自然科学基金(32171641)

Global patterns and controls of variation in cellulose decomposition rates of plant litters

ZHOU Si-Qi1, AI Ling1, NI Xiang-Yin1,2,3, WU Fu-Zhong1,2,3, WU Qiu-Xia1, ZHU Jing-Jing1, ZHANG Xin-Ying1,2,3,*()   

  1. 1School of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350117, China
    2Key Laboratory for Humid Subtropical Eco-Geographical Processes of the Ministry of Education, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350117, China
    3Fujian Sanming Forest Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, Sanming, Fujian 365002, China
  • Received:2024-05-08 Accepted:2024-12-10 Online:2025-03-20 Published:2025-01-02
  • Contact: * ZHANG Xin-Ying(xyzhang@fjnu.edu.cn)
  • Supported by:
    National Key R&D Program of China(2023YFF1305500);National Natural Science Foundation of China(32022056);National Natural Science Foundation of China(32101509);National Natural Science Foundation of China(32171641)

摘要: 纤维素作为凋落物的关键组分之一, 其分解过程在陆地生态系统碳循环中具有重要作用。该研究汇集了现有研究关于凋落物纤维素分解的时间序列数据, 根据一级指数动力学方程估算了凋落物纤维素分解常数(k), 探索了k在不同气候带、生态系统和叶形态的分布格局, 以及气候、地形、土壤性质、凋落物底物质量对k的影响。结果表明: (1) k在不同气候带与叶形态上差异显著, 表现为: 热带(0.086) >亚热带(0.069) >温带(0.048), 阔叶树种(0.069) >针叶树种(0.059); (2)考虑了随机效应后, k随凋落物初始碳氮比、木质素纤维素比增加而下降, 而随年平均气温升高而增加。该结果表明, 凋落物底物质量和气候对纤维素分解具有重要影响。该研究深化了对凋落物纤维素分解规律的认识, 有助于优化植物凋落物周转和生态系统碳循环模型。

关键词: 纤维素, 凋落物分解, 气候, 凋落物底物质量

Abstract:

Aims As one of the key components of litter, cellulose decomposition plays an important role in the carbon cycle of terrestrial ecosystems. The objective of this study was to investigate the global patterns of cellulose decomposition rates of plant litters and the associated influential factors.
Methods We compiled a dataset from existing studies that reported the litter cellulose decomposition constant (i.e., k value, a measure of the decomposition rate). Using the first-order exponential kinetic model, we calculated the k values for litter cellulose decomposition. Then, we explored the distribution patterns of k across climatic zones, ecosystem types and leaf morphological types, and determined the extent to which these patterns were influenced by climate, terrain, soil properties, and litter substrate quality.
Important findings The decomposition rates of litter cellulose shifted pronouncedly with climatic zones and leaf morphological types, with climatic zone being highest in tropical (0.086), intermediate in subtropical (0.069) and lowest in temperate (0.048) regions, and with leaf morphology being higher in broadleaf than coniferous litters. Cellulose decomposition rates decreased with increase in initial carbon nitrogen ratio and lignin cellulose ratio, while increased with increasing mean annual temperature. These results suggest that litter substrate quality and climate play significant role for influencing litter cellulose decomposition. This study enhances our understanding of the litter cellulose decomposition, and helps to optimize plant litter turnover and ecosystem carbon cycle models.

Key words: cellulose, litter decomposition, climate, litter substrate quality