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Research | Open Access

Linkage of microbial living communities and residues to soil organic carbon accumulation along a forest restoration gradient in southern China

Shuo Zhang1,2,3,†, Qi Deng1,†, Ying-Ping Wang4, Ji Chen3,5,6, Mengxiao Yu1, Xi Fang7, Hongbo He8, Jinlei Chen7, Pingping Xu1,2, Shenhua Wang1,2, Junhua Yan1( )
Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 510650 Guangzhou, China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049 Beijing, China
Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, 8830 Tjele, Denmark
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, PMB 1, Victoria 3195 Aspendale, Australia
Aarhus University Centre for Circular Bioeconomy, Aarhus University, 8830 Tjele, Denmark
iCLIMATE Interdisciplinary Centre for Climate Change, Aarhus University, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, 410004 Changsha, China
Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 110016 Shenyang, China

†Shuo Zhang and Qi Deng contributed equally to this work and should be considered as co-first authors.

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Abstract

Background

Forest restoration has been considered an effective method to increase soil organic carbon (SOC), whereas it remains unclear whether long-term forest restoration will continuously increase SOC. Such large uncertainties may be mainly due to the limited knowledge on how soil microorganisms will contribute to SOC accumulation over time.

Methods

We simultaneously documented SOC, total phospholipid fatty acids (PLFAs), and amino sugars (AS) content across a forest restoration gradient with average stand ages of 14, 49, 70, and > 90 years in southern China.

Results

The SOC and AS continuously increased with stand age. The ratio of fungal PLFAs to bacterial PLFAs showed no change with stand age, while the ratio of fungal AS to bacterial AS significantly increased. The total microbial residue-carbon (AS-C) accounted for 0.95-1.66 % in SOC across all forest restoration stages, with significantly higher in fungal residue-C (0.68-1.19 %) than bacterial residue-C (0.05-0.11 %). Furthermore, the contribution of total AS-C to SOC was positively correlated with clay content at 0-10 cm soil layer but negatively related to clay content at 10-20 cm soil layer.

Conclusions

These findings highlight the significant contribution of AS-C to SOC accumulation along forest restoration stages, with divergent contributions from fungal residues and bacterial residues. Soil clay content with stand age significantly affects the divergent contributions of AS-C to SOC at two different soil layers.

Keywords

Forest restorationMicrobial biomassSoil carbon stockMicrobial residuesSoil clay contentSoil layer

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Forest Ecosystems
Volume 8 Issue 4,
December 2021
Article number: 57
DOI: 10.1186/s40663-021-00334-8
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Zhang S, Deng Q, Wang Y-P, et al. Linkage of microbial living communities and residues to soil organic carbon accumulation along a forest restoration gradient in southern China. Forest Ecosystems, 2021, 8(4): 57. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40663-021-00334-8

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