Zhang Qiang, Deng Jun, Mao Jin, et al. Impacts of Different Enclosure Ages on Soil and Microbial Carbon and Nitrogen Contents in Semi-arid Grasslands[J]. Bulletin of Soiland Water Conservation, 2021, 41(1): 29-34.
DOI:
Zhang Qiang, Deng Jun, Mao Jin, et al. Impacts of Different Enclosure Ages on Soil and Microbial Carbon and Nitrogen Contents in Semi-arid Grasslands[J]. Bulletin of Soiland Water Conservation, 2021, 41(1): 29-34. DOI: 10.13961/j.cnki.stbctb.2021.01.005.
Impacts of Different Enclosure Ages on Soil and Microbial Carbon and Nitrogen Contents in Semi-arid Grasslands
[Objective] The response characteristics of carbon and nitrogen in rhizosphere soil of semiarid grasslands and soil microbial biomass to different years of grazing exclusion were studied to provide basic information for the study of the material cycle of semi-arid grassland ecosystems and the determination of ecosystem nutrient limits
and to determine reasonable grazing exclusion periods.[Methods] Taking the typical semi-arid grassland of Yunwushan National Nature Reserve in Guyuan City
Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
as the research object
the ecological stoichiometric method was used to compare and analyze the variation process and rule of rhizosphere soil organic carbon
total nitrogen
nitrate nitrogen
ammonium nitrogen
and soil microbial biomass carbon and nitrogen content
as well as the stoichiometric characteristics of the grazing land and the sampled land enclosed for 10
25
and 35 years.[Results] Enclosure treatment significantly increased the soil carbon and nitrogen content. The maximum values appeared in the plot enclosed for 25 years
after which the values declined. The soil organic carbon contents of the plots enclosed for 10
25
and 35 years were 1.37
1.83 times and 1.38 times of that of the grazing plot
and the total nitrogen contents were 1.34
1.52
and 1.24 times of that of the grazing land
respectively. However
soil C:N remained stable with the increase in enclosure years. It was significantly correlated with soil organic carbon content but had no evident correlation with soil total nitrogen. Compared with that of the grazing plot
the ammonium nitrogen content of enclosed plots did not change significantly with the enclosure years
but the nitrate nitrogen content and the nitrate:ammonium nitrogen ratio generally decreased
with the lowest values at 25-year grazing exclusion. Enclosure significantly increased the soil microbial biomass carbon and nitrogen content. The soil microbial biomass carbon contents of the sample plots enclosed for 10
25
and 35-years increased by 20.5%
45.7%
and 15.1% compared with grazing land
while the microbial biomass nitrogen contents increased 24.7%
60.5%
and 40.9%
respectively. The microbial biomass C:N value decreased with the extension of the enclosure period. The percentage of microbial biomass carbon in soil organic carbon did not respond to the enclosure period. Compared with grazing land
10-year and 25-year grazing exclusion had no significant difference in the percentage of microbial biomass nitrogen in total soil nitrogen and the stoichiometric imbalance (i.e.
the ratio of soil C:N to microbial biomass C:N)
but the value significantly increased in 35-year grazing exclusion.[Conclusion] Enclosure measures can significantly improve soil carbon and nitrogen nutrients in semi-arid degraded grasslands
promote soil microbial activities
and facilitate the restoration of degraded grassland. However
a too long enclosure treatment may have a negative effect. Twenty-five years of enclosure is a reasonable enclosure period in long-term enclosure measures of degraded grasslands.
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