Soil properties explain tree growth and mortality, but not biomass, across phosphorus-depleted tropical forests
Abstract
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 30cm 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 <0.0 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 canmore »
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Univ. of Antwerp, Wilrijk (Belgium)
- Univ. of Antwerp, Wilrijk (Belgium)
- Center for Ecological Research and Forestry Application, Catalonia (Spain); Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Catalonia (Spain); French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD), Kourou (France)
- Center for Ecological Research and Forestry Application, Catalonia (Spain); Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Catalonia (Spain)
- Univ. of Antilles, Kourou (France); Univ. of Guyane, Kourou (France)
- Paul Sabatier Univ., Toulouse (France)
- French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD), Kourou (France)
- Univ. of Lorraine, Nancy (France)
- French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD), Kourou (France); Univ. of Montpellier (France)
- French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD), Kourou (France); Univ. of Montpellier (France); Inst. National Polytechnique Felix Houphouet-Biogny, Yamoussoukro (Ivory Coast)
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- Journal Volume: 10; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2045-2322
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Soong, Jennifer L., Janssens, Ivan A., Grau, Oriol, Margalef, Olga, Stahl, Clément, Van Langenhove, Leandro, Urbina, Ifigenia, Chave, Jerome, Dourdain, Aurelie, Ferry, Bruno, Freycon, Vincent, Herault, Bruno, Sardans, Jordi, Peñuelas, Josep, and Verbruggen, Erik. Soil properties explain tree growth and mortality, but not biomass, across phosphorus-depleted tropical forests. United States: N. p., 2020.
Web. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-58913-8.
Soong, Jennifer L., Janssens, Ivan A., Grau, Oriol, Margalef, Olga, Stahl, Clément, Van Langenhove, Leandro, Urbina, Ifigenia, Chave, Jerome, Dourdain, Aurelie, Ferry, Bruno, Freycon, Vincent, Herault, Bruno, Sardans, Jordi, Peñuelas, Josep, & Verbruggen, Erik. Soil properties explain tree growth and mortality, but not biomass, across phosphorus-depleted tropical forests. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-58913-8
Soong, Jennifer L., Janssens, Ivan A., Grau, Oriol, Margalef, Olga, Stahl, Clément, Van Langenhove, Leandro, Urbina, Ifigenia, Chave, Jerome, Dourdain, Aurelie, Ferry, Bruno, Freycon, Vincent, Herault, Bruno, Sardans, Jordi, Peñuelas, Josep, and Verbruggen, Erik. Mon .
"Soil properties explain tree growth and mortality, but not biomass, across phosphorus-depleted tropical forests". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-58913-8. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1603621.
@article{osti_1603621,
title = {Soil properties explain tree growth and mortality, but not biomass, across phosphorus-depleted tropical forests},
author = {Soong, Jennifer L. and Janssens, Ivan A. and Grau, Oriol and Margalef, Olga and Stahl, Clément and Van Langenhove, Leandro and Urbina, Ifigenia and Chave, Jerome and Dourdain, Aurelie and Ferry, Bruno and Freycon, Vincent and Herault, Bruno and Sardans, Jordi and Peñuelas, Josep and Verbruggen, Erik},
abstractNote = {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 30cm 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 <0.0 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.},
doi = {10.1038/s41598-020-58913-8},
journal = {Scientific Reports},
number = 1,
volume = 10,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Feb 10 00:00:00 EST 2020},
month = {Mon Feb 10 00:00:00 EST 2020}
}
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