Moisture-Microbial Interaction Amplifies N2O Emission Hot Moments Under Deepened Snow in Grasslands

文献类型： 外文期刊

第一作者： Luo, Jie

作者： Luo, Jie;Peng, Yong;Wu, Yuntao;Gao, Yuxuan;Jalaid, Nairsag;Zhang, Xingming;Ge, Heng;Qing, Bowen;Chen, Hongyi;Zhan, Yanxin;Li, Ping;Liu, Lingli;Luo, Jie;Peng, Yong;Wu, Yuntao;Gao, Yuxuan;Jalaid, Nairsag;Zhang, Xingming;Ge, Heng;Qing, Bowen;Chen, Hongyi;Zhan, Yanxin;Li, Ping;Liu, Lingli;Jia, Zhou;Wu, Yuntao;Gao, Yuxuan;Jalaid, Nairsag;Zhang, Xingming;Ge, Heng;Qing, Bowen;Chen, Hongyi;Zhan, Yanxin;Liu, Lingli

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关键词： climate change; freeze-thaw period; grassland ecosystems; microbial function; nitrous oxide; winter snow cover

期刊名称：GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY （ 影响因子：12.0； 五年影响因子：14.0 ）

ISSN： 1354-1013

年卷期： 2025 年 31 卷 5 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Freeze-thaw-induced N2O pulses could account for nearly half of annual N2O fluxes in cold climates, but their episodic nature, sensitivity to snow cover dynamics, and the challenges of cold-season monitoring complicate their accurate estimation and representation in global models. To address these challenges, we combined in situ automated high-frequency flux measurements with cross-ecoregion soil core incubations to investigate the mechanisms driving freeze-thaw-induced N2O emissions. We found that deepened snow significantly amplified freeze-thaw N2O pulses, with these similar to 50-day episodes contributing over 50% of annual fluxes. Additionally, freeze-thaw-induced N2O pulses exhibited significant spatial heterogeneity, ranging from 3.4 to 1184.1 mu g N m(-2) h(-1) depending on site conditions. Despite significant spatiotemporal variation, our results indicated that 68%-86% of this variation can be explained by shifts in controlling factors: from water-filled pore space (WFPS), which drove anaerobic conditions, to microbial constraints as snow depth increases. Below 43% WFPS, soil moisture was the overwhelmingly dominant driver of emissions; between 43% and 66% WFPS, moisture and microbial attributes (including denitrifying gene abundance, nitrogen enzyme kinetics, and microbial biomass) jointly triggered N2O emissions pulses; above 66% WFPS, microbial attributes, particularly nitrogen enzyme kinetics, prevailed. These findings suggested that maintaining higher soil moisture served as a trigger for activating microbial activity, particularly enhancing nitrogen cycling. Furthermore, we showed that hotspots of freeze-thaw-induced N2O emissions were linked to high root production and microbial activity in cold and humid grasslands. Overall, our study highlighted the hierarchical control of WFPS and microbial processes in driving freeze-thaw-induced N2O emission pulses. The easily measurable WFPS and microbial attributes predictable from plant and soil properties could forecast the magnitude and spatial distribution of N2O emission "hot moments" under changing climate. Integrating these hot moments, particularly the dynamics of WFPS, into process-based models could refine N2O emission modeling and enhance the accuracy of global N2O budget prediction.

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