Response of litter decomposition and the soil environment to one-year nitrogen addition in a Schrenk spruce forest in the Tianshan Mountains, China.

ABSTRACT: Human activities have increased the input of nitrogen (N) to forest ecosystems and have greatly affected litter decomposition and the soil environment. But differences in forests with different nitrogen deposition backgrounds. To better understand the response of litter decomposition and soil environment of N-limited forest to nitrogen deposition. We established an in situ experiment to simulate the effects of N deposition on soil and litter ecosystem processes in a Picea schrenkiana forest in the Tianshan Mountains, China. This study included four N treatments: control (no N addition), low N addition (LN: 5 kg N ha^-1 a^-1), medium N addition (MN: 10 kg N ha^-1 a^-1) and high N addition (HN: 20 kg N ha^-1 a^-1). Our results showe

SUBMITTER: Ding Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8758753 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature