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DOI | 10.1111/gcb.15648 |
Low-intensity frequent fires in coniferous forests transform soil organic matter in ways that may offset ecosystem carbon losses | |
Adam F. A. Pellegrini; Anthony C. Caprio; Katerina Georgiou; Colin Finnegan; Sarah E. Hobbie; Jeffery A. Hatten; Robert B. Jackson | |
2021-04-21 | |
发表期刊 | Global Change Biology
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出版年 | 2021 |
英文摘要 | The impact of shifting disturbance regimes on soil carbon (C) storage is a key uncertainty in global change research. Wildfires in coniferous forests are becoming more frequent in many regions, potentially causing large C emissions. Repeated low-intensity prescribed fires can mitigate wildfire severity, but repeated combustion may decrease soil C unless compensatory responses stabilize soil organic matter. Here, we tested how 30 years of decadal prescribed burning affected C and nitrogen (N) in plants, detritus, and soils in coniferous forests in the Sierra Nevada mountains, USA. Tree basal area and litter stocks were resilient to fire, but fire reduced forest floor C by 77% (−36.4 Mg C/ha). In mineral soils, fire reduced C that was free from minerals by 41% (−4.4 Mg C/ha) but not C associated with minerals, and only in depths ≤ 5 cm. Fire also transformed the properties of remaining mineral soil organic matter by increasing the proportion of C in a pyrogenic form (from 3.2% to 7.5%) and associated with minerals (from 46% to 58%), suggesting the remaining soil C is more resistant to decomposition. Laboratory assays illustrated that fire reduced microbial CO2 respiration rates by 55% and the activity of eight extracellular enzymes that degrade cellulosic and aromatic compounds by 40–66%. Lower decomposition was correlated with lower inorganic N (−49%), especially ammonium, suggesting N availability is coupled with decomposition. The relative increase in forms of soil organic matter that are resistant to decay or stabilized onto mineral surfaces, and the associated decline in decomposition suggest that low-intensity fires may promote mineral soil C storage in pools with long mean residence times in coniferous forests. |
领域 | 气候变化 ; 资源环境 |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/328663 |
专题 | 气候变化 资源环境科学 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Adam F. A. Pellegrini,Anthony C. Caprio,Katerina Georgiou,et al. Low-intensity frequent fires in coniferous forests transform soil organic matter in ways that may offset ecosystem carbon losses[J]. Global Change Biology,2021. |
APA | Adam F. A. Pellegrini.,Anthony C. Caprio.,Katerina Georgiou.,Colin Finnegan.,Sarah E. Hobbie.,...&Robert B. Jackson.(2021).Low-intensity frequent fires in coniferous forests transform soil organic matter in ways that may offset ecosystem carbon losses.Global Change Biology. |
MLA | Adam F. A. Pellegrini,et al."Low-intensity frequent fires in coniferous forests transform soil organic matter in ways that may offset ecosystem carbon losses".Global Change Biology (2021). |
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