High frequency of extreme precipitation increases Stipa grandis biomass by altering plant and microbial nitrogen acquisition

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第一作者： Wen, Shuhai

作者： Wen, Shuhai;Tian, Yuqiang;Ouyang, Shengnan;Wen, Shuhai;Tian, Yuqiang;Ouyang, Shengnan;Li, Xiaobing;Song, Minghua;Xu, Xingliang;Zhang, Yong;Gao, Si;Kuzyakov, Yakov;Kuzyakov, Yakov;Kuzyakov, Yakov

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关键词： Extreme precipitation; Nitrogen acquisition; Stipa grandis; Soil microorganisms; (15) N uptake; Plant-microbial preference for N form

期刊名称：BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS （ 影响因子：6.605； 五年影响因子：7.116 ）

ISSN： 0178-2762

年卷期： 2022 年 58 卷 1 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Climate changes are altering precipitation to more frequent extreme precipitation events that have strong impacts on the structure and functions of grassland ecosystems. We conducted a rain simulation experiment combined with in situ (15) N labeling of three nitrogen (N) forms (NO3-, NH4+, glycine) to investigate how the frequency of extreme precipitation influences plant productivity and N acquisition (N uptake, (15) N recovery, and preference for N form) by the dominant species Stipa grandis and soil microorganisms in the temperate steppe. Extreme precipitation had three frequencies (1, 3, and 6 events for low, medium, and high frequency) with the same total rain amount in 1-month cycle. The low frequency reduced the S. grandis biomass by 39%, whereas the high ones raised the S. grandis biomass by 43% and increased plant and microbial N uptake up to 6.3-fold and 5.1-fold of those under ambient precipitation, respectively. Plants preferred NO3- and microorganisms preferred NH4+ under low frequency, but they showed similar preference for three N forms, leading to chemical niche overlap for NO3-, NH4+, and glycine under high frequency. This indicated that high precipitation frequency effectively reduced the proportion of each N form, which plants and microorganisms competed for as the available N pool increased. Overall, the increase of precipitation frequency (decreasing intensity) shifted the extreme (low frequency but high intensity) to optimal conditions for plant productivity and N acquisition by plants and microorganisms in the temperate steppe. These findings provide new insights for understanding the diverse responses of ecosystem functions to extreme climate events.

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