Non-additive effects of litter diversity on greenhouse gas emissions from alpine steppe soil in Northern Tibet.

ABSTRACT: While litter decomposition is a fundamental ecological process, previous studies have mainly focused on the decay of single species. In this study, we conducted a litter-mixing experiment to investigate litter diversity effects on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from an alpine steppe soil in Northern Tibet. Significant non-additive effects of litter diversity on GHG dynamics can be detected; these non-additive effects were the result of species composition rather than species richness. Synergistic effects were frequent for CO2 and N2O emissions, as they were found to occur in 70.5% and 47.1% of total cases, respectively; antagonistic effects on CH4 uptake predominated in 60.3% of the cases examined. The degree of synergism and antagonism may be significantly impacted by litter chemical trai

SUBMITTER: Chen Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4669496 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature