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The biogeochemical consequences of litter transformation by insect herbivory in the Subarctic : a microcosm simulation experiment
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- Kristensen, Jeppe A. (författare)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap,Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten,Dept of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science,Faculty of Science
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- Metcalfe, Daniel B. (författare)
- Umeå University,Lund University,Lunds universitet,Umeå universitet,Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap,Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University, Lund, Sweden,Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap,Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten,Dept of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science,Faculty of Science
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- Rousk, Johannes (författare)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,MEMEG,Biologiska institutionen,Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten,Mikrobiologisk ekologi,Forskargrupper vid Lunds universitet,Department of Biology,Faculty of Science,Microbial Ecology,Lund University Research Groups
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- 2018-05-05
- 2018
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Biogeochemistry. - : Springer. - 0168-2563 .- 1573-515X. ; 138:3, s. 323-336
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Abstract
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- Warming may increase the extent and intensity of insect defoliations within Arctic ecosystems. A thorough understanding of the implications of this for litter decomposition is essential to make predictions of soil-atmosphere carbon (C) feedbacks. Soil nitrogen (N) and C cycles naturally are interlinked, but we lack a detailed understanding of how insect herbivores impact these cycles. In a laboratory microcosm study, we investigated the growth responses of heterotrophic soil fungi and bacteria as well as C and N mineralisation to simulated defoliator outbreaks (frass addition), long-term increased insect herbivory (litter addition at higher background N-level) and non-outbreak conditions (litter addition only) in soils from a Subarctic birch forest. Larger amounts of the added organic matter were mineralised in the outbreak simulations compared to a normal year; yet, the fungal and bacterial growth rates and biomass were not significantly different. In the simulation of long-term increased herbivory, less litter C was respired per unit mineralised N (C:N of mineralisation decreased to 20 +/- 1 from 38 +/- 3 for pure litter), which suggests a directed microbial mining for N-rich substrates. This was accompanied by higher fungal dominance relative to bacteria and lower total microbial biomass. In conclusion, while a higher fraction of foliar C will be respired by insects and microbes during outbreak years, predicted long-term increases in herbivory linked to climate change may facilitate soil C-accumulation, as less foliar C is respired per unit mineralised N. Further work elucidating animal-plant-soil interactions is needed to improve model predictions of C-sink capacity in high latitude forest ecosystems.
Ämnesord
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Biologi -- Ekologi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Biological Sciences -- Ecology (hsv//eng)
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap -- Multidisciplinär geovetenskap (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Earth and Related Environmental Sciences -- Geosciences, Multidisciplinary (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- Subarctic birch forest
- soil respiration
- nitrogen mineralisation
- soil microbial ecology
- herbivory
- biogeochemistry
- Biogeochemistry
- Herbivory
- Nitrogen mineralisation
- Soil microbial ecology
- Soil respiration
- Subarctic birch forest
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