Reconsidering the phosphorus limitation of soil microbial activity in tropical forests
Reconsidering the phosphorus limitation of soil microbial activity in tropical forests
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重新考虑热带森林土壤微生物活动的磷限制
DOI:
10.1111/1365-2435.13043
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发表时间:
2018-05
影响因子:
5.2
通讯作者:
Jiangming Mo
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作者:
Taiki Mori;Xiangkai Lu;Ryota Aoyagi;Jiangming Mo
Abstract..1.It has long been believed that soil microbial activity in tropical forest ecosystems is limited by phosphorus (P) rather than nitrogen (N) availability. In this study, we reviewed the methods used to determine the limiting nutrients and evaluated the validity of the widespread P-limitation hypothesis in tropical forest soils...2.The most commonly used analysis method entails testing whether fertilization increased microbial biomass or soil respiration. Fertilization using microbial biomass as an indicator was not a satisfactory method because standing microbial biomass does not always signal microbial activity. An increase in soil respiration after fertilization was also an insufficient indicator because the negative response shown by organic matter decomposition to nutrient addition can also be driven by nutrient shortage (nutrient mining). Nutrient amendment can also shift microbial communities toward more copiotrophic organisms, which may exhibit lower microbial respiration rates...3.We suggest that P addition may accelerate soil organic matter decomposition compared with N, which is independent of the nutrient limitation of soil microbial activity. The negative response of organic matter decomposition to N addition through nutrient mining is driven by N shortage, which is less likely to occur with P. N addition inhibits microbial activity via chemical reactions, whereas P addition may stimulate activity through replacement by C bound to sorption sites in the soil, improving C availability. Thus, the P-limitation hypothesis must be reconsidered because of the contrasting effects of exogenous N and P addition on soil microbial activity, which could lead to misdetection of P limitation on soil microbial activity in tropical forest ecosystems...4.We recommend caution in applying the statement that soil microbial activity in tropical forest ecosystems is limited by P until a novel method is established to accurately determine the nutrients limiting soil microbial activity at the ecosystem level. We propose alternative ways to describe nutrient shortage for soil microbes.
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DOI:
10.1038/ismej.2011.159
发表时间:
2012-05
期刊:
The ISME journal
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通讯作者:
Taiki Mori;C. Wachrinrat;D. Staporn;Ponthep Meunpong;Warawich Suebsai;K. Matsubara;Khitja Boonsri;Warisa Lumban;Manassawee Kuawong;Thanida Phukdee;Juruwan Srifai;K. Boonman
影响因子:
4
作者:
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通讯作者:
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影响因子:
4
作者:
P. Vitousek;R. Howarth
通讯作者:
P. Vitousek;R. Howarth
DOI:
10.1146/annurev.es.17.110186.001033
发表时间:
1986
期刊:
Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics
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作者:
P. Vitousek;R. Sanford
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