Heavy Nitrogen Application Rate and Long-Term Duration Decrease the Soil Organic Carbon and Nitrogen Sequestration Rates in Forest Ecosystems
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Data Collection
- The research objects were forests in terrestrial ecosystems.
- The research method was an artificial nitrogen addition experiment, and studies based on mathematical model calculations were excluded.
- Studies that included both a control group and an experimental group and studies without a control group were excluded.
- The nitrogen application rate and duration of nitrogen addition must be clarified.
- The research data included mean values and are presented in the form of tables or figures.
2.2. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Overall Effects
3.2. Responses of pH, SOC, and TN to Humidity, Duration of Nitrogen Addition, and Nitrogen Application Rate
3.3. Relationships between pH, SOC, and TN
4. Discussion
4.1. Effects of Nitrogen Addition on SOC and TN Accumulation
4.2. Different Effects of Nitrogen Addition Duration and Nitrogen Application Rate on SOC and TN Accumulation
4.3. Effects of Humidity on SOC and TN Accumulation
4.4. Limitations
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Keywords 1 | Keywords 2 | |
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nitrogen addition or nitrogen deposition or nitrogen input or nitrogen application or fertilization | AND | soil organic carbon or soil organic matter or soil chemical or soil nutrient |
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Yang, Y.; Yang, J.; Dong, Q.; Li, D.; Tan, B.; Wu, Q.; Xu, Z.; Xu, H. Heavy Nitrogen Application Rate and Long-Term Duration Decrease the Soil Organic Carbon and Nitrogen Sequestration Rates in Forest Ecosystems. Forests 2024, 15, 1585. https://doi.org/10.3390/f15091585
Yang Y, Yang J, Dong Q, Li D, Tan B, Wu Q, Xu Z, Xu H. Heavy Nitrogen Application Rate and Long-Term Duration Decrease the Soil Organic Carbon and Nitrogen Sequestration Rates in Forest Ecosystems. Forests. 2024; 15(9):1585. https://doi.org/10.3390/f15091585
Chicago/Turabian StyleYang, Yulian, Jiaping Yang, Qing Dong, Dehui Li, Bo Tan, Qinggui Wu, Zhenfeng Xu, and Hongwei Xu. 2024. "Heavy Nitrogen Application Rate and Long-Term Duration Decrease the Soil Organic Carbon and Nitrogen Sequestration Rates in Forest Ecosystems" Forests 15, no. 9: 1585. https://doi.org/10.3390/f15091585