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Influence of Tree Species on Forest Soils under Global Change: New Evidences from Field Study

A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Ecophysiology and Biology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 November 2018)

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Bartosz Adamczyk

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Department of Food & Environmental Science, University of Helsinki, Viikinkaari 9, Helsinki, Finland

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Dear Colleagues,

Word forests span boreal, temperate and tropical ecosystems, having, globally, about 4000 Mha of area and storing 861 Pg of carbon (C), mainly in soil and biomass. Although forest ecosystems have a high potential to absorb global carbon emissions, they also react sensitively to global change. Plant–soil feedbacks play a key role in controlling carbon flows between the plant–soil and atmosphere interface. However, climate change and biological invasions may lead to changes in tree species composition, thus modifying plant–soil–microbe interactions at spatial and temporal scales. Thus, there is an urgent need to understand the processes and underlying mechanisms steering the interactions of trees with the environment to predict and develop strategies for future forest management. This research topic aims to provide the newest state-of-the-art studies on the role of tree species and their influence on soil under global change. We especially encourage experimental studies providing new evidences, new methodology or even challenging present ecological paradigms, to contribute to this Special Issue to promote knowledge and undestanding of role of tree species in soil processes under global change.

Dr. Bartosz Adamczyk
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Keywords

  • Carbon Cycling
  • Carbon Sequestration
  • Invasive Species
  • Plant–Soil Feedbacks
  • Plant–Soil–Microbe Interactions
  • Tree Species

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Environmental Conditions and Species Identity Drive Metabolite Levels in Green Leaves and Leaf Litter of 14 Temperate Woody Species
by Judy Simon, Veit M. Dörken, Anne L.-M.-Arnold and Bartosz Adamczyk
Forests 2018, 9(12), 775; https://doi.org/10.3390/f9120775 - 15 Dec 2018
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Research Highlights: Leaf chemistry is a key driver of litter decomposition; however, studies directly comparing metabolites that are important for tree growth and defence across different woody species are scarce. Background and Objectives: Choosing 14 temperate woody species differing in their growth rates, [...] Read more.
Research Highlights: Leaf chemistry is a key driver of litter decomposition; however, studies directly comparing metabolites that are important for tree growth and defence across different woody species are scarce. Background and Objectives: Choosing 14 temperate woody species differing in their growth rates, nutrient demand, shade tolerance, and drought sensitivity, we hypothesized that the species would group according to their metabolite profiles based on their ecological background. Materials and Methods: We analysed total N and C, soluble amino acid, protein, and phenolic levels in green leaves and leaf litter of these species, each in two consecutive years. Results: Metabolite levels varied significantly across species and between the sampling years which differed in temperature and precipitation (i.e., colder/drier vs warmer/ wetter). Conclusions: The 14 woody species could not be grouped according to their green leaf or leaf litter metabolite profiles. In litter leaves, most of the variation was explained by total phenolics and total nitrogen levels, and in green leaves by total phenolics and total soluble amino acid levels. Local climate variation between the two consecutive years for green leaves or leaf litter led to significant differences in metabolite levels, although some of them were species-specific. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Influence of Tree Species on Forest Soils under Global Change: New Evidences from Field Study)
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Increased Forest Soil CO2 and N2O Emissions During Insect Infestation
by Maren Marine Grüning, Franziska Germeshausen, Carsten Thies and Anne L.-M.-Arnold
Forests 2018, 9(10), 612; https://doi.org/10.3390/f9100612 - 05 Oct 2018
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Forest soils are major sinks of terrestrial carbon, but this function may be threatened by mass outbreak events of forest pests. Here, we measured soil CO2-C and N2O-N fluxes from a Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) forest that [...] Read more.
Forest soils are major sinks of terrestrial carbon, but this function may be threatened by mass outbreak events of forest pests. Here, we measured soil CO2-C and N2O-N fluxes from a Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) forest that was heavily infested by the nun moth (Lymantria monacha L.) and an adjacent noninfested (control) forest site during one year. In the infested forest, net emissions of CO2-C were higher during main defoliation, summer and autumn, while indications of increased N2O-N emissions were found at one sampling date. On basis of this, a microcosm incubation experiment with different organic matter treatments was conducted. Soil treatments with needle litter, insect feces plus needle litter, and insect feces showed 3.7-, 10.6-, and 13.5-fold higher CO2-C emissions while N2O-N of the insect feces plus needle litter, and insect feces treatment was 8.9-, and 10.4-fold higher compared with soil treatments without added organic matter (control). Hence, the defoliation in combination with high inputs of organic matter during insect outbreaks distinctly accelerate decomposition processes in pine forest soils, which in turn alters forests nutrient cycling and the functioning of forests as carbon sinks. Full article
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Contrasting Responses of Soil Respiration Components in Response to Five-Year Nitrogen Addition in a Pinus tabulaeformis Forest in Northern China
by Bo Zhao, Yan Geng, Jing Cao, Lu Yang and Xiuhai Zhao
Forests 2018, 9(9), 544; https://doi.org/10.3390/f9090544 - 04 Sep 2018
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Increasing atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition has profound effects on carbon (C) cycling in forest ecosystems. As an important part of belowground C dynamics, soil respiration is potentially affected by changing N availability. However, the responses of total soil respiration (RST) [...] Read more.
Increasing atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition has profound effects on carbon (C) cycling in forest ecosystems. As an important part of belowground C dynamics, soil respiration is potentially affected by changing N availability. However, the responses of total soil respiration (RST) and its three components, soil respiration derived from plant roots (RSR), root-free soil (RSS) and the litter layer (RSL), to such N enrichment remains poorly understood. To assess the effects of N enrichment on soil respiration components, three levels of N addition, namely low (LN, 50 kg N ha−1 year−1), medium (MN, 100 kg N ha−1 year−1) and high (HN, 150 kg N ha−1 year−1), were conducted over five growing seasons from 2011 to 2015 in a temperate Chinese pine (Pinus tabulaeformis) forest in northern China. A control plot without N addition (CK) was also established. The five-year mean annual rate of RST was 2.18 ± 0.43 μmol m−2 s−1, and the contributions of RSR, RSS and RSL were 8.8 ± 3.1%, 82.2 ± 4.5% and 9.0 ± 5.5%, respectively. Compared with CK, RST was significantly increased by 16.5% in the HN plots, but not in the LN or MN treatments. RSS was significantly decreased by 18.1%, 26.6% and 18.4% in the LN, MN and HN plots, respectively, due to the reduction of both microbial biomass carbon (MBC) and enzyme activity. In contrast, RSR was increased by more than twice under the MN treatment, which promoted root growth and activity (higher fine root biomass and N concentration). A significant elevation in RSL was only detected in the HN plots, where the increased litter input enhanced litter decomposition and hence RSL. Our findings clearly demonstrated that N addition of different intensities had different effects on soil components. In particular, the above- and belowground components of heterotrophic respiration, RSL and RSR, showed contrasting responses to high level addition of N. Thus, we highlight that the response of soil respiration components to N addition should be examined individually. Our results may contribute to a better understanding of soil respiration dynamics under future N scenarios, and have important implications in forest management. Full article
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