Effects of climate and atmospheric nitrogen deposition on early to mid-term stage litter decomposition across biomes
Taeoh Kwon
(1)
,
Hideaki Shibata
(1)
,
Sebastian Kepfer-Rojas
(2)
,
Inger Schmidt
(2)
,
Klaus Larsen
(2)
,
Claus Beier
(2)
,
Björn Berg
(3)
,
Kris Verheyen
(4)
,
Jean-Francois Lamarque
(5)
,
Frank Hagedorn
(6)
,
Nico Eisenhauer
(7, 8)
,
Ika Djukic
(6)
,
Kappel Schmidt Inger
,
Steenberg Larsen Klaus
,
Francois Lamarque Jean
,
Adriano Caliman
,
Alain Paquette
,
Alba Gutiérrez-Girón
,
Alessandro Petraglia
,
Algirdas Augustaitis
,
Amélie Saillard
,
Carolina Ruiz-Fernández Ana
,
I. Sousa Ana
,
I. Lillebø Ana
,
Rocha Gripp Anderson Da
,
Andrea Lamprecht
,
Andreas Bohner
,
André-Jean Francez
(9, 10)
,
Andrey Malyshev
,
Andrijana Andrić
,
Angela Stanisci
,
Anita Zolles
,
Anna Avila
,
Anna-Maria Virkkala
,
Anne Probst
(11)
,
Annie Ouin
,
A. Khuroo Anzar
,
Arne Verstraeten
,
Artur Stefanski
,
Aurora Gaxiola
,
Bart Muys
,
Beatriz Gozalo
,
Bernd Ahrends
,
Bo Yang
,
Brigitta Erschbamer
,
Rodríguez Ortíz Carmen Eugenia
,
T. Christiansen Casper
,
Céline Meredieu
,
Cendrine Mony
,
Charles Nock
,
Chiao-Ping Wang
,
Christel Baum
,
Christian Rixen
,
Christine Delire
,
Christophe Piscart
(9)
,
Christopher Andrews
,
Corinna Rebmann
,
Cristina Branquinho
,
Dick Jan
,
Dirk Wundram
,
Dušanka Vujanović
,
Carol Adair E.
,
Eduardo Ordóñez-Regil
,
R. Crawford Edward
,
F. Tropina Elena
,
Elisabeth Hornung
,
Elli Groner
,
Eric Lucot
,
Esperança Gacia
,
Esther Lévesque
,
Evanilde Benedito
,
A. Davydov Evgeny
,
Padilha Bolzan Fábio
,
T. Maestre Fernando
,
Florence Maunoury-Danger
,
Florian Kitz
,
Florian Hofhansl
,
Flurin Sutter
,
Almeida Lobo Francisco De
,
Leadro Souza Franco
,
Franz Zehetner
,
Kouamé Koffi Fulgence
,
Georg Wohlfahrt
,
Giacomo Certini
,
Daiane Pinha Gisele
,
Grizelle González
,
Guylaine Canut
,
Harald Pauli
,
A. Bahamonde Héctor
,
Heike Feldhaar
,
Heinke Jäger
,
Cristina Serrano Helena
,
Hélène Verheyden
(12)
,
Helge Bruelheide
,
Henning Meesenburg
,
Hermann Jungkunst
,
Hervé Jactel
,
Hiroko Kurokawa
,
Ian Yesilonis
,
Inara Melece
,
Van Halder Inge
,
García Quirós Inmaculada
,
István Fekete
,
Ivika Ostonen
,
Jana Borovská
,
Javier Roales
,
Hasan Shoqeir Jawad
,
Jean-Christophe Lata
,
Jean-Luc Probst
,
Jeyanny Vijayanathan
,
Jiri Dolezal
,
Joan-Albert Sanchez-Cabeza
,
Joël Merlet
,
John Loehr
,
Von Oppen Jonathan
,
Jörg Löffler
,
Benito Alonso José Luis
,
José-Gilberto Cardoso-Mohedano
,
Josep Peñuelas
,
C. Morina Joseph
,
Darío Quinde Juan
,
J. Jiménez Juan
,
M. Alatalo Juha
,
Julia Seeber
,
Julia Kemppinen
,
Jutta Stadler
,
Kaie Kriiska
,
Den Meersche Karel Van
,
Karibu Fukuzawa
,
Katalin Szlavecz
,
Katalin Juhos
,
Katarína Gerhátová
,
Kate Lajtha
,
Katie Jennings
,
Katja Tielbörger
,
Kazuhiko Hoshizaki
,
Ken Green
,
Klaus Steinbauer
,
Laryssa Pazianoto
,
Laura Dienstbach
,
Laura Yahdjian
,
J. Williams Laura
,
Laurel Brigham
,
Lee Hanna
,
Den Brink Liesbeth Van
,
Lindsey Rustad
,
Lourdes Morillas
,
Silva Carneiro Luciana
,
Di Martino Luciano
,
Luis Villar
,
Fernandes Tavares Luísa Alícida
,
Madison Morley
,
Manuela Winkler
,
Marc Lebouvier
,
Marcello Tomaselli
,
Marcus Schaub
,
Maria Glushkova
,
Almazan Torres Maria Guadalupe
,
De Graaff Marie-Anne
,
Marie-Noëlle Pons
,
Marijn Bauters
,
Marina Mazón
,
Mark Frenzel
,
Markus Wagner
,
Markus Didion
,
Maroof Hamid
,
Marta Lopes
,
Martha Apple
,
Martin Weih
,
Matej Mojses
,
Matteo Gualmini
,
Matthew Vadeboncoeur
,
Michael Bierbaumer
,
Michael Danger
,
Michael Scherer-Lorenzen
,
Michal Růžek
,
Michel Isabellon
,
Di Musciano Michele
,
Michele Carbognani
,
Miglena Zhiyanski
,
Mihai Puşcaş
,
Milan Barna
,
Mioko Ataka
,
Miska Luoto
,
H. Alsafaran Mohammed
,
Nadia Barsoum
,
Naoko Tokuchi
,
Nathalie Korboulewsky
(13)
,
Nicolas Lecomte
,
Nina Filippova
,
Norbert Hölzel
,
Olga Ferlian
,
Oscar Romero
,
Osvaldo Pinto-Jr
,
Pablo Peri
,
Dan Turtureanu Pavel
,
Peter Haase
,
Peter Macreadie
,
B. Reich Peter
,
Petr Petřík
,
Philippe Choler
,
Pierre Marmonier
(14, 15)
,
Quentin Ponette
,
Dettogni Guariento Rafael
,
Rafaella Canessa
,
Ralf Kiese
,
Rebecca Hewitt
,
Robert Weigel
,
Róbert Kanka
,
Cazzolla Gatti Roberto
,
Lemes Martins Rodrigo
,
Romà Ogaya
,
Romain Georges
,
G. Gavilán Rosario
,
Sally Wittlinger
,
Sara Puijalon
(16)
,
Satoshi Suzuki
,
Schädler Martin
,
Schmidt Anja
,
Sébastien Gogo
,
Silvio Schueler
,
Simon Drollinger
,
Simone Mereu
,
Sonja Wipf
,
Stacey Trevathan-Tackett
,
Stefan Stoll
,
Stefan Löfgren
,
Stefan Trogisch
,
Steffen Seitz
,
Stephan Glatzel
,
Susanna Venn
,
Sylvie Dousset
,
Taiki Mori
,
Takanori Sato
,
Takuo Hishi
,
Tatsuro Nakaji
,
Theurillat Jean-Paul
,
Thierry Camboulive
,
Thomas Spiegelberger
,
Thomas Scholten
,
J. Mozdzer Thomas
,
Till Kleinebecker
,
Tomáš Rusňák
,
Tshililo Ramaswiela
,
Tsutom Hiura
,
Tsutomu Enoki
,
Tudor-Mihai Ursu
,
Di Cella Umberto Morra
,
Ute Hamer
,
Valentin Klaus
,
Di Cecco Valter
,
Vanessa Rego
,
Veronika Fontana
,
Veronika Piscová
,
Vincent Bretagnolle
,
Vincent Maire
,
Vinicius Farjalla
,
Vittoz Pascal
,
Wenjun Zhou
,
Wentao Luo
,
William Parker
,
Yasuhiro Utsumi
,
Yuji Kominami
,
Zsolt Kotroczó
,
Zsolt Tóth
,
Hélène Verheyden
(12)
1
Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere
2 IGN - Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management [Copenhagen]
3 Department of Forest Sciences [Helsinki]
4 Department of Forest and Water Management, Forest & Nature Lab
5 NCAR - National Center for Atmospheric Research [Boulder]
6 Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL
7 iDiv - German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research
8 Leipzig University
9 ECOBIO - Ecosystèmes, biodiversité, évolution [Rennes]
10 ZAM - Zone Atelier du Bassin de la Moselle [LTSER France]
11 LEFE - Laboratoire Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Environnement
12 CEFS - Unité de recherche Comportement et Ecologie de la Faune Sauvage
13 UR EFNO - Ecosystèmes forestiers
14 E3S - Équipe 3 - Écologie, Évolution, Écosystemes Souterrains
15 LEHNA - Laboratoire d'Ecologie des Hydrosystèmes Naturels et Anthropisés
16 EVZH - Équipe 2 - Écologie Végétale et Zones Humides
2 IGN - Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management [Copenhagen]
3 Department of Forest Sciences [Helsinki]
4 Department of Forest and Water Management, Forest & Nature Lab
5 NCAR - National Center for Atmospheric Research [Boulder]
6 Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL
7 iDiv - German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research
8 Leipzig University
9 ECOBIO - Ecosystèmes, biodiversité, évolution [Rennes]
10 ZAM - Zone Atelier du Bassin de la Moselle [LTSER France]
11 LEFE - Laboratoire Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Environnement
12 CEFS - Unité de recherche Comportement et Ecologie de la Faune Sauvage
13 UR EFNO - Ecosystèmes forestiers
14 E3S - Équipe 3 - Écologie, Évolution, Écosystemes Souterrains
15 LEHNA - Laboratoire d'Ecologie des Hydrosystèmes Naturels et Anthropisés
16 EVZH - Équipe 2 - Écologie Végétale et Zones Humides
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Kappel Schmidt Inger
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Francois Lamarque Jean
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Adriano Caliman
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Alain Paquette
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Alba Gutiérrez-Girón
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Alessandro Petraglia
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Algirdas Augustaitis
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Amélie Saillard
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I. Sousa Ana
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Annie Ouin
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Arne Verstraeten
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Artur Stefanski
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Aurora Gaxiola
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Ute Hamer
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Valentin Klaus
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Abstract
Litter decomposition is a key process for carbon and nutrient cycling in terrestrial ecosystems and is mainly controlled by environmental conditions, substrate quantity and quality as well as microbial community abundance and composition. In particular, the effects of climate and atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition on litter decomposition and its temporal dynamics are of significant importance, since their effects might change over the course of the decomposition process. Within the TeaComposition initiative, we incubated Green and Rooibos teas at 524 sites across nine biomes. We assessed how macroclimate and atmospheric inorganic N deposition under current and predicted scenarios (RCP 2.6, RCP 8.5) might affect litter mass loss measured after 3 and 12 months. Our study shows that the early to mid-term mass loss at the global scale was affected predominantly by litter quality (explaining 73% and 62% of the total variance after 3 and 12 months, respectively) followed by climate and N deposition. The effects of climate were not litter-specific and became increasingly significant as decomposition progressed, with MAP explaining 2% and MAT 4% of the variation after 12 months of incubation. The effect of N deposition was litter-specific, and significant only for 12-month decomposition of Rooibos tea at the global scale. However, in the temperate biome where atmospheric N deposition rates are relatively high, the 12-month mass loss of Green and Rooibos teas decreased significantly with increasing N deposition, explaining 9.5% and 1.1% of the variance, respectively. The expected changes in macroclimate and N deposition at the global scale by the end of this century are estimated to increase the 12-month mass loss of easily decomposable litter by 1.1– 3.5% and of the more stable substrates by 3.8–10.6%, relative to current mass loss. In contrast, expected changes in atmospheric N deposition will decrease the mid-term mass loss of high-quality litter by 1.4–2.2% and that of low-quality litter by 0.9–1.5% in the temperate biome. Our results suggest that projected increases in N deposition may have the capacity to dampen the climate-driven increases in litter decomposition depending on the biome and decomposition stage of substrate.
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