青藏高原高寒草原根系动态对氮添加的响应及其调控因素

本研究于2015—2016年进行野外控制试验,分析了不同施氮(N)水平(0、1、2、4、8、16 g N·m^-2·a^-1)对青藏高原高寒草原根系生产、周转速率和现存量的影响及其调控因素。结果表明: 随着施N量的增加,根系生产量和现存量呈线性或指数下降的趋势。与对照相比,16 g N·m^-2·a^-1处理根系生产量和现存量2年平均下降43.0%和45.7%。根系周转速率呈先上升后下降的趋势,2015年和2016年分别在2和4 g N·m^-2·a^-1处理达到峰值。线性混合模型结果显示,根系淀粉含量是调控根系生产量和周转速率的主要因素,分别解释二者变异的21.7%和25.4%;而根系现存量则受根系蛋白含量的影响,其解释率为20.8%。N富集对根系生产和现存量表现出抑制作用,低N促进而高N抑制根系周转速率,根系碳氮代谢指标是调控根系动态对N添加响应的主要因素。

Response of root dynamics to nitrogen addition and the influencing factors in a Tibetan alpine steppe,China

A field manipulative experiment was carried out during 2015 and 2016 to examine the changes and influencing factors of root production, turnover rate, and standing crop under different nitrogen (N) addition levels, i.e., 0, 1, 2, 4, 8 and 16 g N·m^-2·a^-1, in a Tibetan alpine steppe. The results showed that root production and standing crop decreased linearly or exponentially with increasing N addition rates. Compared with control, 16 g N·m^-2·a^-1 significantly reduced the two-year average root production and standing crop by 43.0% and 45.7%, respectively. Root turnover rate increased first and then decreased along the N addition gradient, with the maximum appearing under 2 and 4 g N·m^-2·a^-1 treatments for 2015 and 2016, respectively. Results from linear mixed-effects models showed that root starch content was the main factor modulating the N-induced changes in root production and turnover rate, explaining 21.7% and 25.4% of their variations. Root protein content mainly contributed to the variations in standing crop, with an explanation of 20.8% of its variance. Overall, N addition had negative effect on root production and standing crop, and low N promoted while high N inhibited root turnover rate. Root metabolic parameters were the main factors modulating the N-induced changes in root dynamics.