IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jsusta/v9y2017i6p1019-d101400.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Effects of Understory Liana Trachelospermum jasminoides on Distributions of Litterfall and Soil Organic Carbon in an Oak Forest in Central China

Author

Listed:
  • Yanchun Liu

    (International Joint Research Laboratory for Global Change Ecology, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, Henan, China)

  • Qing Shang

    (Yellow River Conservancy Technical Institute, Kaifeng 475004, Henan, China)

  • Bo Zhang

    (Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB E3B5J1, Canada)

  • Kesheng Zhang

    (International Joint Research Laboratory for Global Change Ecology, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, Henan, China
    Luoyang Institute of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471023, Henan, China)

  • Junwei Luan

    (International Center for Bamboo and Rattan, Beijing 100102, China)

Abstract

Liana constitutes an important structural and functional component in many forest ecosystems and has profound impacts on forest carbon (C) cycling. However, whether and how liana regulates spatial distributions of litterfall and soil organic C are still poorly understood. To address this critical knowledge gap, we investigated litterfall composition and soil physicochemical characteristics in stands with different densities of liana ( Trachelospermum jasminoides (Lindl.) Lem.). Both fresh and decomposed leaf litters were greater in the stands with high density of the liana species T. jasminoides . More liana covered stands also had higher soil respiration rate, soil organic C, and total nitrogen than those with less liana. The findings demonstrate that understory liana can regulate litterfall distribution and thus soil organic C, suggesting that the influences of understory liana on belowground ecological processes should be considered while assessing the role of liana in forest ecosystems.

Suggested Citation

  • Yanchun Liu & Qing Shang & Bo Zhang & Kesheng Zhang & Junwei Luan, 2017. "Effects of Understory Liana Trachelospermum jasminoides on Distributions of Litterfall and Soil Organic Carbon in an Oak Forest in Central China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 9(6), pages 1-11, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:9:y:2017:i:6:p:1019-:d:101400
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/9/6/1019/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/9/6/1019/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Peter M. Cox & David Pearson & Ben B. Booth & Pierre Friedlingstein & Chris Huntingford & Chris D. Jones & Catherine M. Luke, 2013. "Sensitivity of tropical carbon to climate change constrained by carbon dioxide variability," Nature, Nature, vol. 494(7437), pages 341-344, February.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Kailiang Yu & Philippe Ciais & Sonia I. Seneviratne & Zhihua Liu & Han Y. H. Chen & Jonathan Barichivich & Craig D. Allen & Hui Yang & Yuanyuan Huang & Ashley P. Ballantyne, 2022. "Field-based tree mortality constraint reduces estimates of model-projected forest carbon sinks," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-9, December.
    2. Srinet, Ritika & Nandy, Subrata & Patel, N.R. & Padalia, Hitendra & Watham, Taibanganba & Singh, Sanjeev K. & Chauhan, Prakash, 2023. "Simulation of forest carbon fluxes by integrating remote sensing data into biome-BGC model," Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 475(C).
    3. In-Hong Park & Sang-Wook Yeh & Wenju Cai & Guojian Wang & Seung-Ki Min & Sang-Ki Lee, 2023. "Present-day North Atlantic salinity constrains future warming of the Northern Hemisphere," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 13(8), pages 816-822, August.
    4. Jie Lu & Fengqin Yan, 2023. "The Divergent Resistance and Resilience of Forest and Grassland Ecosystems to Extreme Summer Drought in Carbon Sequestration," Land, MDPI, vol. 12(9), pages 1-17, August.
    5. Yan Yu & Jiafu Mao & Stan D. Wullschleger & Anping Chen & Xiaoying Shi & Yaoping Wang & Forrest M. Hoffman & Yulong Zhang & Eric Pierce, 2022. "Machine learning–based observation-constrained projections reveal elevated global socioeconomic risks from wildfire," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-11, December.
    6. Yue Li & Paulo M. Brando & Douglas C. Morton & David M. Lawrence & Hui Yang & James T. Randerson, 2022. "Deforestation-induced climate change reduces carbon storage in remaining tropical forests," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-13, December.
    7. David Rowell & Catherine Senior & Michael Vellinga & Richard Graham, 2016. "Can climate projection uncertainty be constrained over Africa using metrics of contemporary performance?," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 134(4), pages 621-633, February.
    8. Parwati Sofan & Yenni Vetrita & Fajar Yulianto & Muhammad Khomarudin, 2016. "Multi-temporal remote sensing data and spectral indices analysis for detection tropical rainforest degradation: case study in Kapuas Hulu and Sintang districts, West Kalimantan, Indonesia," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 80(2), pages 1279-1301, January.
    9. Jing Peng & Li Dan & Jinming Feng & Kairan Ying & Xiba Tang & Fuqiang Yang, 2021. "Absolute Contribution of the Non-Uniform Spatial Distribution of Atmospheric CO 2 to Net Primary Production through CO 2 -Radiative Forcing," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(19), pages 1-18, September.
    10. David P. Rowell & Catherine A. Senior & Michael Vellinga & Richard J. Graham, 2016. "Can climate projection uncertainty be constrained over Africa using metrics of contemporary performance?," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 134(4), pages 621-633, February.
    11. Xiangzhong Luo & Trevor F. Keenan, 2022. "Tropical extreme droughts drive long-term increase in atmospheric CO2 growth rate variability," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-10, December.
    12. Peng, Jing & Dan, Li, 2015. "Impacts of CO2 concentration and climate change on the terrestrial carbon flux using six global climate–carbon coupled models," Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 304(C), pages 69-83.
    13. Lihan Cui & Wenwen Tang & Sheng Zheng & Ramesh P. Singh, 2022. "Ecological Protection Alone Is Not Enough to Conserve Ecosystem Carbon Storage: Evidence from Guangdong, China," Land, MDPI, vol. 12(1), pages 1-16, December.
    14. Parwati Sofan & Yenni Vetrita & Fajar Yulianto & Muhammad Rokhis Khomarudin, 2016. "Multi-temporal remote sensing data and spectral indices analysis for detection tropical rainforest degradation: case study in Kapuas Hulu and Sintang districts, West Kalimantan, Indonesia," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 80(2), pages 1279-1301, January.
    15. Marcelo Sthel & José Glauco Tostes & Juliana Tavares, 2013. "Sustainable Complex Triangular Cells for the Evaluation of CO 2 Emissions by Individuals instead of Nations in a Scenario for 2030," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 5(5), pages 1-16, May.
    16. Timothy M. Lenton & Jesse F. Abrams & Annett Bartsch & Sebastian Bathiany & Chris A. Boulton & Joshua E. Buxton & Alessandra Conversi & Andrew M. Cunliffe & Sophie Hebden & Thomas Lavergne & Benjamin , 2024. "Remotely sensing potential climate change tipping points across scales," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-15, December.
    17. Kai Wang & Ana Bastos & Philippe Ciais & Xuhui Wang & Christian Rödenbeck & Pierre Gentine & Frédéric Chevallier & Vincent W. Humphrey & Chris Huntingford & Michael O’Sullivan & Sonia I. Seneviratne, 2022. "Regional and seasonal partitioning of water and temperature controls on global land carbon uptake variability," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-11, December.
    18. Wan-Li Zhang & Chun-Ping Chang & Yang Xuan, 2022. "The impacts of climate change on bank performance: What’s the mediating role of natural disasters?," Economic Change and Restructuring, Springer, vol. 55(3), pages 1913-1952, August.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:9:y:2017:i:6:p:1019-:d:101400. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.