In situ gross nitrogen transformations differ between temperate deciduous and coniferous forest soils
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- Jeroen Staelens (UGent) , Tobias Rütting, Dries Huygens (UGent) , An De Schrijver (UGent) , Christoph Müller, Kris Verheyen (UGent) and Pascal Boeckx (UGent)
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- Despite long-term enhanced nitrogen (N) inputs, forests can retain considerable amounts of N. While rates of N inputs via throughfall and N leaching are increased in coniferous stands relative to deciduous stands at comparable sites, N leaching below coniferous stands is disproportionally enhanced relative to the N input. A better understanding of factors affecting N retention is needed to assess the impact of changing N deposition on N cycling and N loss of forests. Therefore, gross N transformation pathways were quantified in undisturbed well-drained sandy soils of adjacent equal-aged deciduous (pedunculate oak (Quercus robur L.)) and coniferous (Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.)) planted forest stands located in a region with high N deposition (north Belgium). In situ inorganic N-15 labelling of the mineral topsoil (0-10 cm) combined with numerical data analysis demonstrated that (i) all gross N transformations differed significantly (p < 0.05) between the two forest soils, (ii) gross N mineralization in the pine soil was less than half the rate in the oak soil, (iii) meaningful N immobilization was only observed for ammonium, (iv) nitrate production via oxidation of organic N occurred three times faster in the pine soil while ammonium oxidation was similar in both soils, and (v) dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium was detected in both soils but was higher in the oak soil. We conclude that the higher gross nitrification (including oxidation of organic N) in the pine soil compared to the oak soil, combined with negligible nitrate immobilization, is in line with the observed higher nitrate leaching under the pine forest.
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- Mineralization, Forest type, Nitrification, N-15, Tracing model, Nutrient cycling, MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURE, CHILEAN NOTHOFAGUS FOREST, HUMID TROPICAL FOREST, GRASSLAND SOIL, INORGANIC NITROGEN, N TRANSFORMATIONS, PINUS-SYLVESTRIS, ORGANIC-MATTER, BETULA-PENDULA, CYCLING RATES
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-2950407
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- Staelens, Jeroen, et al. “In Situ Gross Nitrogen Transformations Differ between Temperate Deciduous and Coniferous Forest Soils.” BIOGEOCHEMISTRY, vol. 108, no. 1–3, 2012, pp. 259–77, doi:10.1007/s10533-011-9598-7.
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- Staelens, J., Rütting, T., Huygens, D., De Schrijver, A., Müller, C., Verheyen, K., & Boeckx, P. (2012). In situ gross nitrogen transformations differ between temperate deciduous and coniferous forest soils. BIOGEOCHEMISTRY, 108(1–3), 259–277. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-011-9598-7
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- Staelens, Jeroen, Tobias Rütting, Dries Huygens, An De Schrijver, Christoph Müller, Kris Verheyen, and Pascal Boeckx. 2012. “In Situ Gross Nitrogen Transformations Differ between Temperate Deciduous and Coniferous Forest Soils.” BIOGEOCHEMISTRY 108 (1–3): 259–77. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-011-9598-7.
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- Staelens, Jeroen, Tobias Rütting, Dries Huygens, An De Schrijver, Christoph Müller, Kris Verheyen, and Pascal Boeckx. 2012. “In Situ Gross Nitrogen Transformations Differ between Temperate Deciduous and Coniferous Forest Soils.” BIOGEOCHEMISTRY 108 (1–3): 259–277. doi:10.1007/s10533-011-9598-7.
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- 1.Staelens J, Rütting T, Huygens D, De Schrijver A, Müller C, Verheyen K, et al. In situ gross nitrogen transformations differ between temperate deciduous and coniferous forest soils. BIOGEOCHEMISTRY. 2012;108(1–3):259–77.
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- [1]J. Staelens et al., “In situ gross nitrogen transformations differ between temperate deciduous and coniferous forest soils,” BIOGEOCHEMISTRY, vol. 108, no. 1–3, pp. 259–277, 2012.
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