Phytolith-occluded carbon sequestration potential in three major steppe types along a precipitation gradient in Northern China

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第一作者： Qi, Limin

作者： Qi, Limin;Guo, Xudong;Li, Frank Yonghong;Qi, Limin;Guo, Xudong;Li, Frank Yonghong;Qi, Limin;Sun, Tingyu;Guo, Ying;Li, Frank Yonghong;Qi, Limin

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关键词： belowground PhytOC production; desert steppe; perennial grass; phytolith‐ occluded carbon; species composition; typical steppe

期刊名称：ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION （ 影响因子：2.912； 五年影响因子：3.271 ）

ISSN： 2045-7758

年卷期： 2021 年 11 卷 3 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Phytolith-occluded carbon (PhytOC) is an important long-term stable carbon fraction in grassland ecosystems and plays a promising role in global carbon sequestration. Determination of the PhytOC traits of different plants in major grassland types is crucial for precisely assessing their phytolith carbon sequestration potential. Precipitation is the predominant factor in controlling net primary productivity (NPP) and species composition of the semiarid steppe grasslands. We selected three representative steppe communities of the desert steppe, the dry typical steppe, and the wet typical steppe in Northern Grasslands of China along a precipitation gradient, to investigate their species composition, biomass production, and PhytOC content for quantifying its long-term carbon sequestration potential. Our results showed that (a) the phytolith and PhytOC contents in plants differed significantly among species, with dominant grass and sedge species having relatively high contents, and the contents are significantly higher in the below- than the aboveground parts. (b) The phytolith contents of plant communities were 16.68, 17.94, and 15.85 g/kg in the above- and 86.44, 58.73, and 76.94 g/kg in the belowground biomass of the desert steppe, the dry typical steppe, and the wet typical steppe, respectively; and the PhytOC contents were 0.68, 0.48, and 0.59 g/kg in the above- and 1.11, 0.72, and 1.02 g/kg in the belowground biomass of the three steppe types. (c) Climatic factors affected phytolith and PhytOC production fluxes of steppe communities mainly through altering plant production, whereas their effects on phytolith and PhytOC contents were relatively small. Our study provides more evidence on the importance of incorporating belowground PhytOC production for estimating phytolith carbon sequestration potential and suggests it crucial to quantify belowground PhytOC production taking into account of plant perenniality and PhytOC deposition over multiple years.

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