生态环境学报 ›› 2025, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (12): 1879-1889.DOI: 10.16258/j.cnki.1674-5906.2025.12.005

• 研究论文【生态学】 • 上一篇    下一篇

土壤硝化N2O排放时空动态对退化热带森林恢复的响应

颜营林1(), 李少辉1, 王邵军1,2,*(), 曹子林1, 曹乾斌1, 左倩倩1, 陈闽昆1   

  1. 1.西南林业大学/云南省高原湿地保护修复与生态服务重点实验室/国家高原湿地研究中心云南 昆明 650224
    2.南京林业大学南方现代林业协同创新中心江苏 南京 210037
  • 收稿日期:2025-03-18 出版日期:2025-12-18 发布日期:2025-12-10
  • 通讯作者: *E-mail:shaojunwang2009@163.com
  • 作者简介:颜营林(2001年生),男,硕士研究生,主要研究方向为土壤生态学。E-mail: 1765133055@qq.com
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金项目(32271722);国家自然科学基金项目(32060281)

Response of Spatiotemporal Variation in Soil N2O Emissions from Nitrification to the Restoration of Degraded Tropical Forests

YAN Yinglin1(), LI Shaohui1, WANG Shaojun1,2,*(), CAO Zilin1, CAO Qianbin1, ZUO Qianqian1, CHEN Minkun1   

  1. 1. Southwest Forestry University/Yunnan Key Laboratory of Plateau Wetland Conservation, Restoration and Ecological Services/ National Plateau Wetlands Research Center, Kunming 650224, P. R. China
    2. Co-Innovation Center for the Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, P. R. China
  • Received:2025-03-18 Online:2025-12-18 Published:2025-12-10

摘要: 硝化作用是调控森林土壤氮素转变的关键微生物过程,并能产生氧化亚氮(N2O)而影响全球气候变化进程。为探明土壤硝化N2O排放动态对森林恢复的响应,选择西双版纳不同恢复阶段热带森林(初期的白背桐群落、中期的崖豆藤群落、后期的高檐蒲桃群落)为研究对象,采用“乙炔抑制土壤硝化作用”的室内连续培养方法,研究热带森林恢复过程中土壤硝化N2O排放速率的干湿季和沿土层的变化动态及其与环境因子的关系。结果表明,1)热带森林恢复促进了土壤硝化的N2O排放(p<0.01)。土壤硝化N2O排放速率(以N计,下同)的大小顺序为:恢复后期[(90.8±2.2)μg∙kg−1∙h−1]>中期[(87.7±2.3)μg∙kg−1∙h−1]>初期[(57.5±2.5)μg∙kg−1∙h−1]。2)不同恢复阶段热带森林土壤硝化N2O排放速率均表现为:雨季[(120.9±2.7)μg∙kg−1∙h−1]>干季[(69.8±1.5)μg∙kg−1∙h−1],其中,恢复中期土壤硝化N2O排放速率季节变幅最大,变异系数为48.3%。3)不同恢复阶段热带森林土壤硝化的N2O排放速率均沿土层加深而降低,其中,恢复后期变幅最大,且0-5 cm土层硝化N2O排放均占0-15 cm土层的50.0%以上。4)土壤理化性质变化显著影响硝化N2O排放。其中,土壤温度与水分变化分别解释硝化N2O排放的52.0%-58.2%和60.7%-71.4%;相关性分析表明,硝化N2O排放与土壤铵态氮呈极显著正相关,与土壤有机碳、微生物生物量碳、全氮、pH显著正相关,而与土壤容重呈显著负相关;结构方程结果显示,土壤氮组分、碳组分、容重分别解释了67.3%、53.4%和41.7%的通量变化。因此,热带森林恢复主要通过介导土壤氮组分特别是铵态氮含量变化而调控硝化N2O的排放。

关键词: 森林恢复, 硝化作用, N2O排放, 退化热带森林, 时空动态, 西双版纳

Abstract:

Nitrification is a key microbial process that regulates the transformation of nitrogen nutrients in forest soils, from which nitrous oxide (N2O) is produced, affecting global climate change. Three tropical forests (i.e., Mallotus paniculatus community at early restoration stage, Mellettia leptobotrya community at medium restoration stage, and Syzygium oblatum community at late restoration stage) were chosen to explore the impact of Xishuangbanna tropical forest restoration on N2O emission dynamics from soil nitrification. We also identified the linkage of wet-dry seasonal and vertical variation in soil N2O emissions from nitrification with environmental factors during tropical forest restoration, using an indoor continuous culture method of “acetylene inhibition of soil nitrification”. The results showed that: 1) Tropical forest restoration promoted N2O emissions from soil nitrification (p<0.01). The order of soil nitrification N2O emission rates in different restoration stages was as follows (taking N as an example): late recovery stage [(90.8±2.2) μg∙kg−1∙h−1]>medium recovery stage [(87.7±2.3) μg∙kg−1∙h−1]>early recovery stage [(57.5±2.5) μg∙kg−1∙h−1]. 2) Obvious seasonal variations were observed in N2O emission rates during soil nitrification during tropical forest restoration. The N2O emission rates were higher in wet season [(120.9±2.7) μg∙kg−1∙h−1] than in the dry season [(69.8±1.52) μg∙kg−1∙h−1]; they had the largest variation [(74.5±2.5-144.1±5.2) μg∙kg−1∙h−1] in the medium recovery stage, with a variation coefficient of 48.30%. 3) N2O emissions from nitrification decreased along the soil profile during tropical forest restoration. The greatest variation in N2O emissions [(58.7-219.3) μg∙kg−1∙h−1] was observed in the later stages of recovery. The N2O emissions from nitrification in the 0-5 cm soil layer accounted for more than 50.0% of the total emissions in the 0-15 cm soil layer. 4) Changes in soil physicochemical properties during tropical forest restoration significantly affected nitrification-derived N2O emissions. Soil temperature, water content, and their interactions significantly affected the dynamics of N2O emissions from nitrification, with soil temperature and water content accounting for 52.0%-58.2% and 60.7%-71.4% of the variation in N2O emissions, respectively. Correlation analysis showed that N2O emissions from nitrification were significantly positively correlated with soil ammonium nitrogen (r=0.822; p<0.01), soil organic carbon, microbial biomass carbon, total nitrogen, and pH (r=0.460-0.646; p<0.05), but negatively correlated with soil bulk density (r= −0.589; p<0.05). The results of the structural equation showed that the soil nitrogen component, carbon component, and bulk density explained 67.3%, 53.4%, and 41.7% of the changes in N2O emissions, respectively. Therefore, the restoration of tropical forests can regulate N2O emissions from nitrification, primarily by mediating changes in soil nitrogen components, particularly the ammonium nitrogen concentration.

Key words: forest restoration, nitrification, N2O emissions, restored tropical forests, spatiotemporal dynamics, Xishuangbanna

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