Responses of tropical forest soil organic matter pools to shifts in precipitation patterns
Sun, Feng (Hua nan shi fan da xue. School of Life Sciences)
Fan, Linan (Hua nan shi fan da xue. School of Life Sciences)
Deng, Guangyan (Hua nan shi fan da xue. School of Life Sciences)
Kuzyakov, Yakov (University of Goettingen. Department of Soil Science of Temperate Ecosystems)
Zhang, Yue (Hua nan shi fan da xue. School of Life Sciences)
Wang, Jinchuang (Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences. Environmental and Plant Protection Institute)
Li, Yingwen (Xiaoliang Research Station of Tropical Coastal Ecosystems)
Wang, Faming (Xiaoliang Research Station of Tropical Coastal Ecosystems)
Li, Zhian (Xiaoliang Research Station of Tropical Coastal Ecosystems)
Tariq, Akash (Chinese Academy of Sciences. Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography)
Sardans i Galobart, Jordi (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals)
Peñuelas, Josep (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals)
Wang, Mei (Hua nan shi fan da xue. School of Geographic Sciences)
Peng, Changlian (Hua nan shi fan da xue. School of Life Sciences)

Fecha:	2024
Resumen:	Subsoils contain more than half of global soil organic matter (SOM) stocks. Given that sequestration and turnover processes of SOM are slower in the subsoil than in the topsoil, subsoil carbon (C) stocks are likely to be vulnerable to shifts in precipitation patterns. Therefore, we investigated the responses of different sources of tropical forest soil organic C (SOC) pools to a delayed onset and increased intensity of seasonal precipitation in a 10-year rainfall manipulation experiment. While total SOC varied with soil depth, regardless of shifts in rainfall pattern, we observed that changes in precipitation patterns affected the composition of SOC pools. A delayed wet season increased both the content and proportion of the light fraction C in the SOC at the 0-10 cm depth, potentially due to a decrease in the light fraction decomposition. The delayed wet season also led to a higher content of iron (Fe)-bound organic C, due to impacts on free iron (Fe3+) and aluminum oxides. In addition, wetter wet season led to a higher content of lignin phenols in the top- and subsoil (0-70 cm), due to anoxic conditions preventing lignin decomposition. However, this precipitation shift decreased both the content and proportion of fungal necromass in the SOC in the subsoil (50-70 cm), this was attributed to fungal necromass decomposition by microorganisms facilitated by increased N-acquisition enzyme activity. Overall, greater precipitation intensity increased the vulnerability of subsoil C to losses, primarily due to greater microbial decomposition under increased N limitation. Our study demonstrates the subsoil C-cycling processes in shaping SOM stocks to global changes in precipitation patterns.
Ayudas:	Agencia Estatal de Investigación PID2022-140808NB-I00 Agencia Estatal de Investigación TED2021-132627B-I00 Agencia Estatal de Investigación PID2020-115770RB-I
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Lengua:	Anglès
Documento:	Article ; recerca ; Versió acceptada per publicar
Materia:	Tropical forest ; Rainfall changes ; Soil carbon fractions ; Microbial necromass ; Lignin phenols ; Mineral bound carbon
Publicado en:	Soil biology and biochemistry, Vol. 197 (October 2024) , art. 109530, ISSN 1879-3428

DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2024.109530

Disponible a partir de: 2026-10-30 Postprint

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