The effect of parent material and soil development on nutrient cycling in temperate ecosystems

Anderson, Daniel W.

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“…Therefore, we attribute the significant response in labile Pi from fertilization, in part, to lower Fe (hydr)oxide generation and more crystalline Fe (hydr) oxides with fewer sites available for sorption and occlusion of phosphate. This suggests that the distribution of P fractions, and the response to applied P, is dependent not only on the degree of weathering, and the evolution of P forms from Ca-Pi to occluded P as suggested by the Walker-Syers model, but also on the absolute amount of P, Ca, and Fe in the parent material and the crystallinity of Fe and Al (hydr)oxides (Walker and Syers, 1976;Anderson, 1988;Porder and Ramachandran, 2013).…”

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confidence: 92%

Seasonal Phosphorus Dynamics in a Volcanic Soil of Northern California

Wilson

Lambert

Dahlgren

2016

Soil Science Soc of Amer J

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Core Ideas Phosphorous fertility was evaluated in weathered volcanic soil in winegrape production. Seasonal Hedley P fractionations, P sorption, microbial biomass carbon, and DOC were investigated. Application of compost, alone or with TSP, reduced sorption and increased MBC. Labile Pi responded significantly to fertilization despite advanced pedogenesis. Significant labile Pi response in weathered soil may be due to low‐Fe lithology. Phosphorus dynamics and management strategies were investigated in a strongly weathered rhyolitic soil in the northern Coast Ranges of California. Recent conversion of upland, native oak (Quercus spp.) woodland ecosystems to winegrape production has led to a P deficiency in these soils. We investigated the growing season behavior of Hedley phosphorus fractions, the P sorption index (PSI), microbial biomass C (MBC), and dissolved organic C (DOC) in response to a single P application from three sources: composted steer manure (CSM), triple superphosphate (TSP), and mixed compost and triple superphosphate (MIX). Phosphorous sources, equal in P application rate (39 kg ha−1), were applied in the winter of 2012, and soils were sampled in spring, summer, and fall. Labile inorganic P (Pi) (resin Pi + NaHCO3 Pi), Fe/Al‐Pi (NaOH Pi), and total P were significantly (p < 0.01) increased by P application, regardless of source. Calcium‐Pi (HCl Pi), DOC, MBC, and pH were increased, and PSI was reduced, by compost addition. Net extractable Fe/Al‐Pi increased during the study period. Moderately labile organic P (Po) (NaOH Po) declined, independent of fertilization, reflecting background soil P cycling. Calcium‐Pi totals were low (mean 9 mg kg−1 for untreated plots), and other indicators of chemical weathering were high, suggesting an advanced stage of pedogenesis with respect to Walker–Syers P availability. In spite of advanced pedogenesis, labile Pi increased significantly from fertilization and remained elevated throughout the growing season. Results of this study inform P management in highly weathered, P‐fixing soils experiencing P deficiencies.

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confidence: 92%

Seasonal Phosphorus Dynamics in a Volcanic Soil of Northern California

Wilson

Lambert

Dahlgren

2016

Soil Science Soc of Amer J

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“…This workshop (e.g. Anderson, 1988;Coleman & Ingham, 1988;Parton, Stewart & Cole, 1988;Tate & Salcedo, 1988;, together with other reviews (e.g. Paul, 1984;Smeck, 1985;Stewart & Tiessen, 1987;Stewart & Cole, 1989) in the mid-to late-1980s, highhghted the importance of the fundamental studies of Walker and others (see above).…”

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Nutrient cycling in forests

1993

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SUMMARY Studies of nutrient cycling in forests span more than 100 yr. In earlier years, most attention was given to the measurement of the pools of nutrients in plants and soil and of the return of nutrients from plant to soil in litterfall. The past 20 yr or so have seen a major concentration on the processes of nutrient cycling, with particular emphasis on those processes by which the supply of nutrients to the growing forest is sustained. In the more highly productive forests, up to 10 tonnes of litter of low nutritional quality is deposited annually on the forest floor. The decomposition of this litter, the mineralization of the nutrients it holds, and the uptake of nutrients by tree roots in the carbon‐rich environment which results are the themes of this review. Studies of decomposition of litter in forests have been dominated by the role of nitrogen as a limiting factor, a domination which reflects the preponderance of studies of temperate forests in the Northern Hemisphere. For many forests of the world growing on soils of considerable age, it seems more probable that growth and nutrient cycling are limited by phosphorus (or some other element). There is increasing evidence for a number of forests that phosphorus is immobilized in the first stages of decomposition to a significantly greater extent than is nitrogen. Advances in research will depend, as with studies of soil organic matter, in denning and developing analytical techniques for studying biologically active forms of potentially limiting nutrients, rather than total elemental concentrations. The availability of phosphorus in forests is sustained by phosphorus cycling. More than 50% of the total phosphorus in the surface soils is in organic forms and much of the more labile phosphorus is in the form of diesters. Phosphorus availability is determined by competition between biological and geochemical sinks, and it is clear that the sinks in the rhizosphere (plant roots, microorganisms, soil mineral and organic components) are extensively modified by active processes (e.g. production of exudates, nutrient storage in a variety of organic or polymeric forms and nutrient transport away from sites of uptake). There is abundant evidence that roots of many species exude compounds which have the ability to solubilize sources of phosphorus of otherwise low availability. The significance of root exudates (for example, phosphatases, organic acids) in the functioning of perennial ecosystems has yet to be quantified and there are conflicting reports as to the effects of simple organic acids on phosphorus availability. The distribution of phosphorus sinks and their relative competitiveness and their modification are topics of fundamental importance for future research. In contrast to the mineralization of phosphorus, our knowledge of transformations and availability of nitrogen in forest soils is well‐developed. Net nitrogen mineralization rates approximate rates of nitrogen return in litterfall but the contribution of nitrification is variable. Nitrification is ...

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“…Studies have confirmed correlations between parent material and soil texture, pH, porosity, and moisture content [1,2], but also nutrient cycling [3] and fertility [4]. Thus, these characteristics are able to select the aboveground vegetation [5,6] and the soil biological features [7] even in environments that are extreme for climatic or geochemical reasons.…”

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Chemical and Biochemical Properties of Soils Developed from Different Lithologies in Northwestern Spain (Galicia)

Cardelli

Cocco

Agnelli

et al. 2017

Forests

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Physical and chemical soil properties are generally correlated with the parent material, as its composition may influence the pedogenetic processes, the content of nutrients, and the element biocycling. This research studied the chemical and biochemical properties of the A horizon from soils developed on different rocks like amphibolite, serpentinite, phyllite, and granite under a relatively similar climatic regime from Galicia (northwest Spain). In particular, the effect of the parent material on soil evolution, organic carbon sequestration, and the hormone-like activity of humic and fulvic acids were tested. Results indicated that all the soils were scarcely fertile because of low concentrations of available P, exchangeable Ca (except for the soils on serpentinite and phyllite), and exchangeable K, but sequestered relevant quantities of organic carbon. The scarce soil fertility was common to all soils independently of the parent material, and we attributed this similarity to the pedogenetic pressure induced by the climatic conditions. Also, the hormone-like activity of humic and fulvic acids, similar for all the soils, was probably due to pedogenesis. We hypothesized that the hormone-like activity of the humic substances helps growth and diffusion of vegetation in low fertile soils and, consequently, soil organic carbon sequestration too.

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The effect of parent material and soil development on nutrient cycling in temperate ecosystems

Cited by 178 publications

References 57 publications

Seasonal Phosphorus Dynamics in a Volcanic Soil of Northern California

Seasonal Phosphorus Dynamics in a Volcanic Soil of Northern California

Nutrient cycling in forests

Chemical and Biochemical Properties of Soils Developed from Different Lithologies in Northwestern Spain (Galicia)

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