Carbon and nitrogen transformations in New Zealand plantation forest soils from sites with different N status
Carbon and nitrogen transformations in New Zealand plantation forest soils from sites with different N status
复制标题
DOI:
10.1139/x98-067
复制
发表时间:
1998-07
影响因子:
2.2
通讯作者:
N. Scott;R. Parfitt;D. J. Ross;G. Salt
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
N. Scott;R. Parfitt;D. J. Ross;G. Salt
Interactions between soil nutrient cycling processes are likely to influence N losses following disturbance in forest ecosystems. During a 340-day laboratory incubation, we examined C and N transformations in three sandy soils of different N status from Pinus radiata D. Don plantations before clear-cutting. The soils were a high N status Andisol (losing -N in streamwater) and a fertilized and unfertilized Entisol. In contrast to other forest ecosystems, -N accumulated readily in all mineral soils and in the Andisol forest floor but did not accumulate until day 63 and 210 in the fertilized and unfertilized Entisol forest floor, respectively. However, gross nitrification occurred from day 42 in both Entisol treatments. Net nitrification in the Entisol forest floor began when substrate C/N ratio declined to about 40, possibly because of decreased C availability and decreased competition for both -N and -N in conjunction with a lower microbial C/N ratio. Carbon and gross N mineralization rates (per unit of C ...