Effects of Climate and Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition on Early to Mid-Term Stage Litter Decomposition Across Biomes

Litter decomposition is a key process for carbon and nutrient cycling in terrestrial ecosystems and is mainly controlled by environmental conditions, substrate quantity and quality as well as microbial community abundance and composition. In particular, the effects of climate and atmospheric nitroge...

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Autores principales: Kwon, TaeOh, Shibata, Hideaki, Kepfer-Rojas, Sebastian, Schmidt, Inger K., Larsen, Klaus S, Beier, Claus, Berg, Björn, Verheyen, Kris, Lamarque, Jean-Francois, Hagedorn, Frank, Eisenhauer, Nico, Djukic, Ika, Peri, Pablo Luis
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/9826
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/ffgc.2021.678480/full
https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2021.678480
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author Kwon, TaeOh
Shibata, Hideaki
Kepfer-Rojas, Sebastian
Schmidt, Inger K.
Larsen, Klaus S
Beier, Claus
Berg, Björn
Verheyen, Kris
Lamarque, Jean-Francois
Hagedorn, Frank
Eisenhauer, Nico
Djukic, Ika
Peri, Pablo Luis
author_browse Beier, Claus
Berg, Björn
Djukic, Ika
Eisenhauer, Nico
Hagedorn, Frank
Kepfer-Rojas, Sebastian
Kwon, TaeOh
Lamarque, Jean-Francois
Larsen, Klaus S
Peri, Pablo Luis
Schmidt, Inger K.
Shibata, Hideaki
Verheyen, Kris
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Shibata, Hideaki
Kepfer-Rojas, Sebastian
Schmidt, Inger K.
Larsen, Klaus S
Beier, Claus
Berg, Björn
Verheyen, Kris
Lamarque, Jean-Francois
Hagedorn, Frank
Eisenhauer, Nico
Djukic, Ika
Peri, Pablo Luis
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description Litter decomposition is a key process for carbon and nutrient cycling in terrestrial ecosystems and is mainly controlled by environmental conditions, substrate quantity and quality as well as microbial community abundance and composition. In particular, the effects of climate and atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition on litter decomposition and its temporal dynamics are of significant importance, since their effects might change over the course of the decomposition process. Within the TeaComposition initiative, we incubated Green and Rooibos teas at 524 sites across nine biomes. We assessed how macroclimate and atmospheric inorganic N deposition under current and predicted scenarios (RCP 2.6, RCP 8.5) might affect litter mass loss measured after 3 and 12 months. Our study shows that the early to mid-term mass loss at the global scale was affected predominantly by litter quality (explaining 73% and 62% of the total variance after 3 and 12 months, respectively) followed by climate and N deposition. The effects of climate were not litter-specific and became increasingly significant as decomposition progressed, with MAP explaining 2% and MAT 4% of the variation after 12 months of incubation. The effect of N deposition was litter-specific, and significant only for 12-month decomposition of Rooibos tea at the global scale. However, in the temperate biome where atmospheric N deposition rates are relatively high, the 12-month mass loss of Green and Rooibos teas decreased significantly with increasing N deposition, explaining 9.5% and 1.1% of the variance, respectively. The expected changes in macroclimate and N deposition at the global scale by the end of this century are estimated to increase the 12-month mass loss of easily decomposable litter by 1.1– 3.5% and of the more stable substrates by 3.8–10.6%, relative to current mass loss. In contrast, expected changes in atmospheric N deposition will decrease the mid-term mass loss of high-quality litter by 1.4–2.2% and that of low-quality litter by 0.9–1.5% in the temperate biome. Our results suggest that projected increases in N deposition may have the capacity to dampen the climate-driven increases in litter decomposition depending on the biome and decomposition stage of substrate.
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spelling INTA98262021-07-16T12:09:43Z Effects of Climate and Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition on Early to Mid-Term Stage Litter Decomposition Across Biomes Kwon, TaeOh Shibata, Hideaki Kepfer-Rojas, Sebastian Schmidt, Inger K. Larsen, Klaus S Beier, Claus Berg, Björn Verheyen, Kris Lamarque, Jean-Francois Hagedorn, Frank Eisenhauer, Nico Djukic, Ika Peri, Pablo Luis Degradation Carbon Nitrogen Nutrients Climate Change Microbial Flora Soil Temperature Precipitation Degradación Carbono Nitrógeno Nutrientes Cambio Climático Flora Microbiana Suelo Temperatura Precipitación Atmosférica Terrestrial Ecosystems Liter Descomposition Nutrient Cycling Global Scale Biomes Tea Bag Green Tea Rooibos Tea Ecosistemas Terrestres Descomposición de Hojas Ciclo de Nutrientes Escala Global Biomas Bolsa de Té Té Verde Té Rooibos Litter decomposition is a key process for carbon and nutrient cycling in terrestrial ecosystems and is mainly controlled by environmental conditions, substrate quantity and quality as well as microbial community abundance and composition. In particular, the effects of climate and atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition on litter decomposition and its temporal dynamics are of significant importance, since their effects might change over the course of the decomposition process. Within the TeaComposition initiative, we incubated Green and Rooibos teas at 524 sites across nine biomes. We assessed how macroclimate and atmospheric inorganic N deposition under current and predicted scenarios (RCP 2.6, RCP 8.5) might affect litter mass loss measured after 3 and 12 months. Our study shows that the early to mid-term mass loss at the global scale was affected predominantly by litter quality (explaining 73% and 62% of the total variance after 3 and 12 months, respectively) followed by climate and N deposition. The effects of climate were not litter-specific and became increasingly significant as decomposition progressed, with MAP explaining 2% and MAT 4% of the variation after 12 months of incubation. The effect of N deposition was litter-specific, and significant only for 12-month decomposition of Rooibos tea at the global scale. However, in the temperate biome where atmospheric N deposition rates are relatively high, the 12-month mass loss of Green and Rooibos teas decreased significantly with increasing N deposition, explaining 9.5% and 1.1% of the variance, respectively. The expected changes in macroclimate and N deposition at the global scale by the end of this century are estimated to increase the 12-month mass loss of easily decomposable litter by 1.1– 3.5% and of the more stable substrates by 3.8–10.6%, relative to current mass loss. In contrast, expected changes in atmospheric N deposition will decrease the mid-term mass loss of high-quality litter by 1.4–2.2% and that of low-quality litter by 0.9–1.5% in the temperate biome. Our results suggest that projected increases in N deposition may have the capacity to dampen the climate-driven increases in litter decomposition depending on the biome and decomposition stage of substrate. EEA Santa Cruz Fil: Kwon, TaeOh. Hokkaido University. Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere; Japón. Fil: Shibata, Hideaki. Hokkaido University. Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere; Japón. Fil: Kepfer-Rojas, Sebastian. University of Copenhagen. Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management; Dinamarca Fil: Schmidt, Inger K. University of Copenhagen. Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management; Dinamarca Fil: Larsen, Klaus S. University of Copenhagen. Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management; Dinamarca Fil: Beier, Claus. University of Copenhagen. Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management; Dinamarca Fil: Berg, Björn. University of Helsinki. Department of Forest Sciences; Finlandia. Fil: Verheyen, Kris. Ghent University. Forest & Nature Lab. Department of Forest and Water Management; Bélgica Fil: Lamarque, Jean-Francois. National Center for Atmospheric Research; Estados Unidos Fil: Hagedorn, Frank. Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research; Suiza Fil: Eisenhauer, Nico. German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig; Alemania Fil: Eisenhauer, Nico. Leipzig University. Institute of Biology; Alemania Fil: Djukic, Ika. Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research; Suiza Fil: Peri, Pablo Luis. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Santa Cruz; Argentina. Fil: Peri, Pablo Luis. Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Austral; Argentina. Fil: Peri, Pablo Luis. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. 2021-07-16T11:55:47Z 2021-07-16T11:55:47Z 2021-07-14 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/9826 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/ffgc.2021.678480/full Kwon T, Shibata H, Kepfer-Rojas S, Schmidt IK, Larsen KS, Beier C, Berg B, Verheyen K, Lamarque J-F, Hagedorn F, Eisenhauer N, Djukic I and TeaComposition Network (2021) Effects of Climate and Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition on Early to Mid-Term Stage Litter Decomposition Across Biomes. Front. For. Glob. Change 4:678480. doi: 10.3389/ffgc.2021.678480 2624-893X https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2021.678480 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Frontiers Editorial Frontiers in Forests and Global Change 4 : 678480. (2021)
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Carbon
Nitrogen
Nutrients
Climate Change
Microbial Flora
Soil
Temperature
Precipitation
Degradación
Carbono
Nitrógeno
Nutrientes
Cambio Climático
Flora Microbiana
Suelo
Temperatura
Precipitación Atmosférica
Terrestrial Ecosystems
Liter Descomposition
Nutrient Cycling
Global Scale
Biomes
Tea Bag
Green Tea
Rooibos Tea
Ecosistemas Terrestres
Descomposición de Hojas
Ciclo de Nutrientes
Escala Global
Biomas
Bolsa de Té
Té Verde
Té Rooibos
Kwon, TaeOh
Shibata, Hideaki
Kepfer-Rojas, Sebastian
Schmidt, Inger K.
Larsen, Klaus S
Beier, Claus
Berg, Björn
Verheyen, Kris
Lamarque, Jean-Francois
Hagedorn, Frank
Eisenhauer, Nico
Djukic, Ika
Peri, Pablo Luis
Effects of Climate and Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition on Early to Mid-Term Stage Litter Decomposition Across Biomes
title Effects of Climate and Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition on Early to Mid-Term Stage Litter Decomposition Across Biomes
title_full Effects of Climate and Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition on Early to Mid-Term Stage Litter Decomposition Across Biomes
title_fullStr Effects of Climate and Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition on Early to Mid-Term Stage Litter Decomposition Across Biomes
title_full_unstemmed Effects of Climate and Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition on Early to Mid-Term Stage Litter Decomposition Across Biomes
title_short Effects of Climate and Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition on Early to Mid-Term Stage Litter Decomposition Across Biomes
title_sort effects of climate and atmospheric nitrogen deposition on early to mid term stage litter decomposition across biomes
topic Degradation
Carbon
Nitrogen
Nutrients
Climate Change
Microbial Flora
Soil
Temperature
Precipitation
Degradación
Carbono
Nitrógeno
Nutrientes
Cambio Climático
Flora Microbiana
Suelo
Temperatura
Precipitación Atmosférica
Terrestrial Ecosystems
Liter Descomposition
Nutrient Cycling
Global Scale
Biomes
Tea Bag
Green Tea
Rooibos Tea
Ecosistemas Terrestres
Descomposición de Hojas
Ciclo de Nutrientes
Escala Global
Biomas
Bolsa de Té
Té Verde
Té Rooibos
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/9826
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https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2021.678480
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