Soil properties explain tree growth and mortality, but not biomass, across phosphorus-depleted tropical forests

We observed strong positive relationships between soil properties and forest dynamics of growth and mortality across twelve primary lowland tropical forests in a phosphorus-poor region of the Guiana Shield. Average tree growth (diameter at breast height) increased from 0.81 to 2.1 mm yr-1 along a so...

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Autores: Soong, Jennifer L.|||0000-0003-3840-7968, Janssens, Ivan|||0000-0002-5705-1787, Grau Fernández, Oriol|||0000-0002-3816-9499, Margalef, Olga|||0000-0002-3036-3182, Stahl, Clément|||0000-0001-5411-1169, Van Langenhove, Leandro|||0000-0002-9603-5106, Urbina Barreto, Ifigenia|||0000-0002-8541-950X, Chave, Jerome|||0000-0002-7766-1347, Dourdain, Aurélie, Ferry, Bruno, Freycon, Vicent, Hérault, Bruno|||0000-0002-6950-7286, Sardans i Galobart, Jordi|||0000-0003-2478-0219, Peñuelas, Josep|||0000-0002-7215-0150, Verbruggen, Erik|||0000-0001-7015-1515
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:Biogeochemistry
Carbon cycle
Climate-change ecology
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spelling Soil properties explain tree growth and mortality, but not biomass, across phosphorus-depleted tropical forestsSoong, Jennifer L.|||0000-0003-3840-7968Janssens, Ivan|||0000-0002-5705-1787Grau Fernández, Oriol|||0000-0002-3816-9499Margalef, Olga|||0000-0002-3036-3182Stahl, Clément|||0000-0001-5411-1169Van Langenhove, Leandro|||0000-0002-9603-5106Urbina Barreto, Ifigenia|||0000-0002-8541-950XChave, Jerome|||0000-0002-7766-1347Dourdain, AurélieFerry, BrunoFreycon, VicentHérault, Bruno|||0000-0002-6950-7286Sardans i Galobart, Jordi|||0000-0003-2478-0219Peñuelas, Josep|||0000-0002-7215-0150Verbruggen, Erik|||0000-0001-7015-1515BiogeochemistryCarbon cycleClimate-change ecologyWe observed strong positive relationships between soil properties and forest dynamics of growth and mortality across twelve primary lowland tropical forests in a phosphorus-poor region of the Guiana Shield. Average tree growth (diameter at breast height) increased from 0.81 to 2.1 mm yr-1 along a soil texture gradient from 0 to 67% clay, and increasing metal-oxide content. Soil organic carbon stocks in the top 30 cm ranged from 30 to 118 tons C ha-1, phosphorus content ranged from 7 to 600 mg kg-1 soil, and the relative abundance of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi ranged from 0 to 50%, all positively correlating with soil clay, and iron and aluminum oxide and hydroxide content. In contrast, already low extractable phosphorus (Bray P) content decreased from 4.4 to <0.02 mg kg-1 in soil with increasing clay content. A greater prevalence of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in more clayey forests that had higher tree growth and mortality, but not biomass, indicates that despite the greater investment in nutrient uptake required, soils with higher clay content may actually serve to sustain high tree growth in tropical forests by avoiding phosphorus losses from the ecosystem. Our study demonstrates how variation in soil properties that retain carbon and nutrients can help to explain variation in tropical forest growth and mortality, but not biomass, by requiring niche specialization and contributing to biogeochemical diversification across this region. 22020-01-0120202020-01-01Articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://ddd.uab.cat/record/224210https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1038/s41598-020-58913-8reponame:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UABinstname:Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaInglésengEuropean Commission https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000780 610028open accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, la comunicació pública de l'obra i la creació d'obres derivades, fins i tot amb finalitats comercials, sempre i quan es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ddd.uab.cat:2242102026-06-06T12:50:31Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Soil properties explain tree growth and mortality, but not biomass, across phosphorus-depleted tropical forests
title Soil properties explain tree growth and mortality, but not biomass, across phosphorus-depleted tropical forests
spellingShingle Soil properties explain tree growth and mortality, but not biomass, across phosphorus-depleted tropical forests
Soong, Jennifer L.|||0000-0003-3840-7968
Biogeochemistry
Carbon cycle
Climate-change ecology
title_short Soil properties explain tree growth and mortality, but not biomass, across phosphorus-depleted tropical forests
title_full Soil properties explain tree growth and mortality, but not biomass, across phosphorus-depleted tropical forests
title_fullStr Soil properties explain tree growth and mortality, but not biomass, across phosphorus-depleted tropical forests
title_full_unstemmed Soil properties explain tree growth and mortality, but not biomass, across phosphorus-depleted tropical forests
title_sort Soil properties explain tree growth and mortality, but not biomass, across phosphorus-depleted tropical forests
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Soong, Jennifer L.|||0000-0003-3840-7968
Janssens, Ivan|||0000-0002-5705-1787
Grau Fernández, Oriol|||0000-0002-3816-9499
Margalef, Olga|||0000-0002-3036-3182
Stahl, Clément|||0000-0001-5411-1169
Van Langenhove, Leandro|||0000-0002-9603-5106
Urbina Barreto, Ifigenia|||0000-0002-8541-950X
Chave, Jerome|||0000-0002-7766-1347
Dourdain, Aurélie
Ferry, Bruno
Freycon, Vicent
Hérault, Bruno|||0000-0002-6950-7286
Sardans i Galobart, Jordi|||0000-0003-2478-0219
Peñuelas, Josep|||0000-0002-7215-0150
Verbruggen, Erik|||0000-0001-7015-1515
author Soong, Jennifer L.|||0000-0003-3840-7968
author_facet Soong, Jennifer L.|||0000-0003-3840-7968
Janssens, Ivan|||0000-0002-5705-1787
Grau Fernández, Oriol|||0000-0002-3816-9499
Margalef, Olga|||0000-0002-3036-3182
Stahl, Clément|||0000-0001-5411-1169
Van Langenhove, Leandro|||0000-0002-9603-5106
Urbina Barreto, Ifigenia|||0000-0002-8541-950X
Chave, Jerome|||0000-0002-7766-1347
Dourdain, Aurélie
Ferry, Bruno
Freycon, Vicent
Hérault, Bruno|||0000-0002-6950-7286
Sardans i Galobart, Jordi|||0000-0003-2478-0219
Peñuelas, Josep|||0000-0002-7215-0150
Verbruggen, Erik|||0000-0001-7015-1515
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author2 Janssens, Ivan|||0000-0002-5705-1787
Grau Fernández, Oriol|||0000-0002-3816-9499
Margalef, Olga|||0000-0002-3036-3182
Stahl, Clément|||0000-0001-5411-1169
Van Langenhove, Leandro|||0000-0002-9603-5106
Urbina Barreto, Ifigenia|||0000-0002-8541-950X
Chave, Jerome|||0000-0002-7766-1347
Dourdain, Aurélie
Ferry, Bruno
Freycon, Vicent
Hérault, Bruno|||0000-0002-6950-7286
Sardans i Galobart, Jordi|||0000-0003-2478-0219
Peñuelas, Josep|||0000-0002-7215-0150
Verbruggen, Erik|||0000-0001-7015-1515
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Biogeochemistry
Carbon cycle
Climate-change ecology
topic Biogeochemistry
Carbon cycle
Climate-change ecology
description We observed strong positive relationships between soil properties and forest dynamics of growth and mortality across twelve primary lowland tropical forests in a phosphorus-poor region of the Guiana Shield. Average tree growth (diameter at breast height) increased from 0.81 to 2.1 mm yr-1 along a soil texture gradient from 0 to 67% clay, and increasing metal-oxide content. Soil organic carbon stocks in the top 30 cm ranged from 30 to 118 tons C ha-1, phosphorus content ranged from 7 to 600 mg kg-1 soil, and the relative abundance of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi ranged from 0 to 50%, all positively correlating with soil clay, and iron and aluminum oxide and hydroxide content. In contrast, already low extractable phosphorus (Bray P) content decreased from 4.4 to <0.02 mg kg-1 in soil with increasing clay content. A greater prevalence of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in more clayey forests that had higher tree growth and mortality, but not biomass, indicates that despite the greater investment in nutrient uptake required, soils with higher clay content may actually serve to sustain high tree growth in tropical forests by avoiding phosphorus losses from the ecosystem. Our study demonstrates how variation in soil properties that retain carbon and nutrients can help to explain variation in tropical forest growth and mortality, but not biomass, by requiring niche specialization and contributing to biogeochemical diversification across this region.
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