Nutrient amendment promotes vegetation restoration and improves ecosystem carbon uptake capacity in a degraded grassland

IF 6 1区 农林科学 Q1 AGRICULTURE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Yaxiang Lü , Binger An , Qingmin Pan , Wei Liu , Jiamei Sun , Jing Wang , Zhiyan Qi , Chao Li , Shande Dou , Xingguo Han
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Approximately 49 % of global grasslands are degraded due to overgrazing and other forms of mismanagement, resulting in great reduction in vegetation productivity and carbon uptake capacity. Degradation-induced losses of soil nutrients, particularly nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P), severely hinder the restoration of degraded grasslands in China. However, whether and how amendments of N and/or P promote vegetation recovery and improve carbon uptake capacity in degraded grasslands remain poorly understood. Here we present the results of a nutrient amendment experiment conducted in a degraded grassland in Inner Mongolia, where we evaluated the individual and joint effects of N and P amendments. We found that N amendment increased the aboveground net primary productivity (ANPP), belowground net primary productivity (BNPP), gross ecosystem carbon production (GEP), ecosystem respiration (ER), and net ecosystem exchange (NEE) by 66.9 %, 61.6 %, 27.3 %, 18.8 %, and 32.3 %, respectively, while NP co-amendment stimulated these variables by 104.7 %, 171.4 %, 48.7 %, 36.7 % and 56.8 %, respectively. In contrast, P amendment alone had little effect on these variables except for BNPP. We observed a distinct shift in the dominance of plant species, with short-stature, unproductive grasses being replaced by the originally-dominant, tall-stature, productive grasses. This shift significantly contributed to the improvement of ecosystem carbon uptake capacity. Moreover, we identified a synergistic interaction between N and P on GEP, ER, and NEE. Our results suggest that effective restoration strategies, such as the proper amendment of limiting nutrients, can help restore the large-scale, degraded grasslands and enhance their carbon uptake capacity in China.
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Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment
Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 环境科学-环境科学
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11.70
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9.10%
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392
审稿时长
26 days
期刊介绍: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment publishes scientific articles dealing with the interface between agroecosystems and the natural environment, specifically how agriculture influences the environment and how changes in that environment impact agroecosystems. Preference is given to papers from experimental and observational research at the field, system or landscape level, from studies that enhance our understanding of processes using data-based biophysical modelling, and papers that bridge scientific disciplines and integrate knowledge. All papers should be placed in an international or wide comparative context.
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