Effects of Nitrogen Deposition on Soil Dissolved Organic Carbon and Nitrogen in Moso Bamboo Plantations Strongly Depend on Management Practices
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Site
2.2. Experimental Design and N Treatment
2.3. Soil Sampling and Measurement
2.4. Data and Statistical Analyses
3. Results
3.1. Soil DOC
3.2. Soil DON
3.3. Combined Influence of N Deposition and Management on Soil DOC and DON
4. Discussion
4.1. Effects of Management Practices on Soil DOC and DON
4.2. Effects of N Deposition on Soil DOC and DON
4.3. Combined Influence of N Deposition and Management Practices on Soil DOC and DON
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Months | Total Monthly Precipitation (mm) | Average Monthly Air Temperature (°C) |
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April | 352.5 | 11.49 |
July | 244.8 | 19.34 |
December | 67.2 | 3.46 |
Months | Source of Variation/Factors | N Deposition | Management Practices | Interaction | ||||||
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F Value | p Value | Contribution (%) a | F Value | p Value | Contribution (%) | F Value | p Value | Contribution (%) | ||
April | DOC | 18.98 | 0.0000 | 22.00 | 38.67 | 0.0000 | 14.94 | 49.07 | 0.0000 | 56.88 |
DON | 58.31 | 0.0000 | 33.81 | 74.61 | 0.0000 | 14.42 | 83.96 | 0.0000 | 48.68 | |
July | DOC | 66.26 | 0.0000 | 82.92 | 14.37 | 0.0016 | 5.99 | 3.53 | 0.0390 | 4.42 |
DON | 6.82 | 0.0036 | 28.98 | 32.99 | 0.0000 | 46.74 | 0.38 | 0.7700 | 1.61 | |
December | DOC | 6.23 | 0.0052 | 26.46 | 0.36 | 0.5553 | 0.51 | 11.87 | 0.0002 | 50.38 |
DON | 2.30 | 0.1161 | 19.95 | 7.54 | 0.0143 | 21.80 | 1.39 | 0.2831 | 12.02 |
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Lei, Z.; Sun, H.; Li, Q.; Zhang, J.; Song, X. Effects of Nitrogen Deposition on Soil Dissolved Organic Carbon and Nitrogen in Moso Bamboo Plantations Strongly Depend on Management Practices. Forests 2017, 8, 452. https://doi.org/10.3390/f8110452
Lei Z, Sun H, Li Q, Zhang J, Song X. Effects of Nitrogen Deposition on Soil Dissolved Organic Carbon and Nitrogen in Moso Bamboo Plantations Strongly Depend on Management Practices. Forests. 2017; 8(11):452. https://doi.org/10.3390/f8110452
Chicago/Turabian StyleLei, Zhaofeng, Huanfa Sun, Quan Li, Junbo Zhang, and Xinzhang Song. 2017. "Effects of Nitrogen Deposition on Soil Dissolved Organic Carbon and Nitrogen in Moso Bamboo Plantations Strongly Depend on Management Practices" Forests 8, no. 11: 452. https://doi.org/10.3390/f8110452
APA StyleLei, Z., Sun, H., Li, Q., Zhang, J., & Song, X. (2017). Effects of Nitrogen Deposition on Soil Dissolved Organic Carbon and Nitrogen in Moso Bamboo Plantations Strongly Depend on Management Practices. Forests, 8(11), 452. https://doi.org/10.3390/f8110452