Plant-soil interactions alter nitrogen and phosphorus dynamics in an advancing subarctic treeline.
biogeochemistry
climate change
elevation gradient
extracellular enzymatic activity
forest
microbial biomass
nutrient cycling
stoichiometry
tundra
Journal
Global change biology
ISSN: 1365-2486
Titre abrégé: Glob Chang Biol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9888746
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Mar 2024
Mar 2024
Historique:
revised:
22
01
2024
received:
31
10
2023
accepted:
22
01
2024
medline:
4
3
2024
pubmed:
4
3
2024
entrez:
3
3
2024
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Résumé
Treelines advance due to climate warming. The impacts of this vegetation shift on plant-soil nutrient cycling are still uncertain, yet highly relevant as nutrient availability stimulates tree growth. Here, we investigated nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) in plant and soil pools along two tundra-forest transects on Kola Peninsula, Russia, with a documented elevation shift of birch-dominated treeline by 70 m during the last 50 years. Results show that although total N and P stocks in the soil-plant system did not change with elevation, their distribution was significantly altered. With the transition from high-elevation tundra to low-elevation forest, P stocks in stones decreased, possibly reflecting enhanced weathering. In contrast, N and P stocks in plant biomass approximately tripled and available P and N in the soil increased fivefold toward the forest. This was paralleled by decreasing carbon (C)-to-nutrient ratios in foliage and litter, smaller C:N:P ratios in microbial biomass, and lower enzymatic activities related to N and P acquisition in forest soils. An incubation experiment further demonstrated manifold higher N and P net mineralization rates in litter and soil in forest compared to tundra, likely due to smaller C:N:P ratios in decomposing organic matter. Overall, our results show that forest expansion increases the mobilization of available nutrients through enhanced weathering and positive plant-soil feedback, with nutrient-rich forest litter releasing greater amounts of N and P upon decomposition. While the low N and P availability in tundra may retard treeline advances, its improvement toward the forest likely promotes tree growth and forest development.
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eng
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Organisme : Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
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Organisme : Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
ID : PZ00P2_174047
Organisme : Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
ID : KA1673/9-2
Organisme : Austrian Science Fund
ID : J-4369
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