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The effects of litter quantity and quality on soil nutrients and litter invertebrates in the understory of two forests in southern China

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作者Lu, Jessica1,2; Turkington, Roy1,2; Zhou, Zhe-kun3,4
刊名PLANT ECOLOGY
出版日期2016-11-01
卷号217期号:11页码:1415-1428
关键词Decomposition Invertebrate diversity Litter invertebrates Litter quality PRS probes Subtropical montane evergreen broad-leaved forest Tropical lowland forest
英文摘要We designed and carried out a short-term litter decomposition experiment to test the direct effects of litter manipulations on soil nutrients and litter invertebrates in a tropical lowland forest and a diverse subtropical montane evergreen broad-leaved forest in southern China. Our experimental design involved testing both litter quantity and litter quality. To test for the effects of litter quantity, we manipulated different depths of mixed litter, with and without periodic topping-up. To test for the effects of litter quality, we compared four different species of litter individually with mixed, natural, litter control plots. The response by soil nutrients to these manipulations was monitored using ion-exchange membranes and the response by litter invertebrates was estimated using pitfall traps. We show a clear difference in the available soil nutrients and litter invertebrate composition between the two sites. The only response detected in the more diverse montane forests was an invertebrate response to litter quantity. In contrast, we detected both nutrient and invertebrate responses to litter quantity and an invertebrate response to litter species (quality) in the lower diversity forests. We conclude that many of the differences may be attributed to the general temperature and rainfall conditions at the two sites. At the local scale, differences in soil nutrients and invertebrate abundance may partially be explained by litter quantity and the diversity of the forests, and litter abundance has a more significant impact on soil nutrients and litter invertebrates than litter species composition.
类目[WOS]Plant Sciences ; Ecology ; Forestry
研究领域[WOS]Plant Sciences ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Forestry
关键词[WOS]BROAD-LEAVED FOREST ; LEAF-LITTER ; TROPICAL FOREST ; ARTHROPOD ABUNDANCE ; RAIN-FOREST ; PUERTO-RICO ; WEST CHINA ; DECOMPOSITION ; DIVERSITY ; XISHUANGBANNA
收录类别SCI
语种英语
WOS记录号WOS:000385195700012
源URL[http://ir.kib.ac.cn/handle/151853/33620]  
专题昆明植物研究所_中国科学院东亚植物多样性与生物地理学重点实验室
作者单位1.Univ British Columbia, Dept Bot, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
2.Univ British Columbia, Biodivers Res Ctr, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
3.Chinese Acad Sci, Kunming Inst Bot, Key Lab Biodivers & Biogeog, Kunming 650201, Peoples R China
4.Chinese Acad Sci, Xishuangbanna Trop Bot Garden, Mengla 666303, Yunnan, Peoples R China
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Lu, Jessica,Turkington, Roy,Zhou, Zhe-kun. The effects of litter quantity and quality on soil nutrients and litter invertebrates in the understory of two forests in southern China[J]. PLANT ECOLOGY,2016,217(11):1415-1428.
APA Lu, Jessica,Turkington, Roy,&Zhou, Zhe-kun.(2016).The effects of litter quantity and quality on soil nutrients and litter invertebrates in the understory of two forests in southern China.PLANT ECOLOGY,217(11),1415-1428.
MLA Lu, Jessica,et al."The effects of litter quantity and quality on soil nutrients and litter invertebrates in the understory of two forests in southern China".PLANT ECOLOGY 217.11(2016):1415-1428.

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