Land cover change effects on soil chemical and biological properties after planting Mongolian pine (Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica) in sandy lands in Keerqin, northeastern China

Zeng, De‐Hui; Hu, Ya-Lin; Chang, Scott X.; Fan, Zhiping

doi:10.1007/s11104-008-9793-z

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“…In addition, the concentration of NO 3 − -N in the impervious sites was positively affected by alkali-hydro N (see Table 3). Therefore, lack of plant litter inputs and imbalance between inputs and outputs of nutrients in the sealed soils may be the most important drivers to alter soil nutrient and functions (Zeng et al 2009). …”

Section: Variations Of Soil Nutrient Status At Different Types and Depthmentioning

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“…Meanwhile, soil enzymes involved in the degradation of soil N are also important indicators of soil N transformation (Yang et al 2008;Sardans et al 2008;Nannipieri and Eldor 2009). Therefore, studying the links between these microbial properties and N transformation will enable us to better understand how soil underneath sealed areas is functioning; in particular, this will also provide a quantitative evaluation of the impact of soil sealing on soil quality and ecological functions (Lehmann and Stahr 2007;Zeng et al 2009). …”

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Effect of soil sealing on the microbial biomass, N transformation and related enzyme activities at various depths of soils in urban area of Beijing, China

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Effect of soil sealing on the microbial biomass, N transformation and related enzyme activities at various depths of soils in urban area of Beijing, China

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“…The mean annual frost-free period is 145-150 days (Zheng 1998). The soil is an aeolian sandy soil (Typic Ustipsamment) with low organic C, N, and P (Chen et al 2006) and a 10-12% water holding capacity (Zeng et al 2009). …”

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Important foliar traits depend on species-grouping: analysis of a remnant temperate forest at the Keerqin Sandy Lands, China

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Foliar traits are often interpreted to reflect strategies for coping with water and nutrient supply limitations. In this study, we measured several important leaf traits for 147 species sampled from a remnant, temperate deciduous broad-leaved forest in Keerqin Sandy Lands, Northeast China to test whether these traits are 'invariant' or dependent on water supply limitations. Our data show that average specific leaf area (SLA), nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) concentrations, leaf C/N, C/P and N/P were 273 cm 2 g −1 , 18.1 mgg −1 , 1.60 mgg −1 , 28.2, 343 and 12.4, respectively. However, most of these traits were significantly different (P<0.05) for different species groupings based on growth forms, phylogenetic history, photosynthetic pathways, or habitats. SLA was positively correlated with leaf P concentration across the broad spectrum of 118 species and most species functional groupings. However, SLA was not correlated with N concentration across all species or within each species functional group. SLA and N and P concentrations in dry habitats were lower than those in wet habitats, whereas leaf C/N, C/P, and N/P had the opposite trend both across all species and within major species functional groupings (herb, monocots and C3 species). Our data indicate that SLA vs. leaf N and SLA vs. P relationships may be regulated differentially for different species functional groupings and that water limitation may have a greater influence than nutrient limitation for plant growth.

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“…Due to the long-term influence of extensive fuelwood gathering, heavy grazing, and reclamation, Horqin Sandy Land has become one of the most severely desertified regions in northern China. In recent years, the problems of land desertification and its influence on environmental change in the Horqin region have been intensively studied, e.g., the desertification processes and mechanisms (Zhao et al 2005;Li et al 2008), community succession of vegetation restoration on dunes (Zhang et al 2005a, b), vertical distribution, and production and turnover of fine roots in a sandy shrubland (Huang et al 2008), land cover change effects on soil chemical and biological properties (Zeng et al 2008), and spatial pattern and heterogeneity of soil properties in sand dunes under grazing and restoration (Zuo et al 2008b). In addition, owing to the annual precipitation of 350-500 mm, some mobile dunes can be gradually and naturally restored to semi-fixed or fixed dunes after excluding destructive land uses.…”

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Spatial heterogeneity of soil properties and vegetation–soil relationships following vegetation restoration of mobile dunes in Horqin Sandy Land, Northern China

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Quantitative methods were used to examine soil properties and their spatial heterogeneity in a 0-year fenced mobile dune (MD0), an 11-year fenced mobile dune (MD11) and a 20-year fenced mobile dune (MD20) in Horqin Sandy Land, Northern China. The objective of the study was to assess the effect of vegetation restoration on heterogeneity of soil properties in sand dunes and to provide a concept model to describe the relationship between vegetation succession and spatial heterogeneity variation of soil properties in the dunes. The results showed that the average values of vegetation cover, species number and diversity, soil organic carbon (C), total nitrogen (N), and electrical conductivity (EC) increased with the increase in fenced age of mobile dunes, while soil water content (0-20 cm) showed the reverse trend. Geostatistical analysis revealed that the spatial heterogeneity of soil organic C, total N, EC, very fine sand content, and soil water content (0-20 cm) increased from MD0 to MD11 with succession from sand pioneer plant to shrub species then decreased from MD11 to MD20 due to continuous development of herbaceous plants. Canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) showed that there was a relatively high correspondence between vegetation and soil factors, suggesting that the major gradients relating soil organic C, total N, EC, pH, slope, very fine sand content, and soil water content are the main factors for the distribution of dune plants and account for 68.1% of the species-environment relationship among the three sites. In addition, the distribution of the sand pioneer plant was positively related to the relative height of the sampling site and soil water content, and that of most herbaceous plants were determined by soil organic C, total N, EC, pH, and very fine sand content in mobile dunes. The conceptual model of relationship between vegetation succession and spatial heterogeneity of soil properties in mobile dunes suggests spatial patterns of soil properties are most strongly related to plant-induced heterogeneity in dune ecosystems prone to wind erosion, and conversely, the magnitude and degree of spatial heterogeneity in soil properties can influence the plant distribution pattern and vegetation succession of mobile dunes.

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Land cover change effects on soil chemical and biological properties after planting Mongolian pine (Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica) in sandy lands in Keerqin, northeastern China

Cited by 133 publications

References 25 publications

Effect of soil sealing on the microbial biomass, N transformation and related enzyme activities at various depths of soils in urban area of Beijing, China

Effect of soil sealing on the microbial biomass, N transformation and related enzyme activities at various depths of soils in urban area of Beijing, China

Important foliar traits depend on species-grouping: analysis of a remnant temperate forest at the Keerqin Sandy Lands, China

Spatial heterogeneity of soil properties and vegetation–soil relationships following vegetation restoration of mobile dunes in Horqin Sandy Land, Northern China

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