Home-field advantage of litter decomposition differs among leaves, absorptive roots, and transport roots
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Home-field advantage of litter decomposition differs among leaves, absorptive roots, and transport roots. / Zhao, Xiaoxiang; Tian, Qiuxiang; Michelsen, Anders; Lin, Qiaoling; Yuan, Xudong; Chen, Long; Lu, Mengzhen; Jiang, Qinghu; Zhao, Rudong; Liu, Feng.
I: Plant and Soil, 2024.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Home-field advantage of litter decomposition differs among leaves, absorptive roots, and transport roots
AU - Zhao, Xiaoxiang
AU - Tian, Qiuxiang
AU - Michelsen, Anders
AU - Lin, Qiaoling
AU - Yuan, Xudong
AU - Chen, Long
AU - Lu, Mengzhen
AU - Jiang, Qinghu
AU - Zhao, Rudong
AU - Liu, Feng
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2024, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Background and aims: Home-field advantage (HFA) in litter decomposition occurs widely in terrestrial ecosystems, but it remains unknown that how leaf, absorptive and transport roots differ in their HFA. Here we conducted a 635-day litter transplant (leaves, absorptive roots, and transport roots) decomposition experiment, using three tree species (Cyclobalanopsis multinervis, Fagus lucida, Cryptomeria japonica), in a subtropical forest to explore their differences in HFA effects. Results: The mass loss of leaves was higher than that of absorptive and transport roots. The mass loss of fine roots differed among species. Leaves were more prone to exhibit significant HFA compared to absorptive and transport roots, and absorptive roots were more prone to exhibit significant HFA compared to transport roots. The HFA effect was not explained by the initial chemical characteristics of litter except C concentration. Conclusions: These findings suggest that HFA effect can occur in labile and recalcitrant litters and are generally not regulated by the initial chemical characteristics. Absorptive and transport roots exhibit different HFA patterns, highlighting the need to identify the effects of HFA on root decomposition by functional classification rather than diameter class to gain a better understanding of fine root decomposition.
AB - Background and aims: Home-field advantage (HFA) in litter decomposition occurs widely in terrestrial ecosystems, but it remains unknown that how leaf, absorptive and transport roots differ in their HFA. Here we conducted a 635-day litter transplant (leaves, absorptive roots, and transport roots) decomposition experiment, using three tree species (Cyclobalanopsis multinervis, Fagus lucida, Cryptomeria japonica), in a subtropical forest to explore their differences in HFA effects. Results: The mass loss of leaves was higher than that of absorptive and transport roots. The mass loss of fine roots differed among species. Leaves were more prone to exhibit significant HFA compared to absorptive and transport roots, and absorptive roots were more prone to exhibit significant HFA compared to transport roots. The HFA effect was not explained by the initial chemical characteristics of litter except C concentration. Conclusions: These findings suggest that HFA effect can occur in labile and recalcitrant litters and are generally not regulated by the initial chemical characteristics. Absorptive and transport roots exhibit different HFA patterns, highlighting the need to identify the effects of HFA on root decomposition by functional classification rather than diameter class to gain a better understanding of fine root decomposition.
KW - Absorptive roots
KW - Home-field advantage
KW - Leaves
KW - Litter decomposition
KW - Transport roots
U2 - 10.1007/s11104-024-06487-z
DO - 10.1007/s11104-024-06487-z
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85183048768
JO - Plant and Soil
JF - Plant and Soil
SN - 0032-079X
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ID: 381061258