Carbon turnover; Green tea; Rooibos tea; Tea bag; TeaComposition initiative
Abstract :
[en] Through litter decomposition enormous amounts of carbon is emitted to the atmosphere. Numerous large-scale decomposition experiments have been conducted focusing on this fundamental soil process in order to understand the controls on the terrestrial carbon transfer to the atmosphere. However, previous studies were mostly based on site-specific litter and methodologies, adding major uncertainty to syntheses, comparisons and metaanalyses across different experiments and sites. In the TeaComposition initiative, the potential litter decomposition is investigated by using standardized substrates (Rooibos and Green tea) for comparison of litter mass loss at 336 sites (ranging from −9 to +26 °C MAT and from 60 to 3113mm MAP) across different ecosystems. In this study we tested the effect of climate (temperature and moisture), litter type and land-use on early stage decomposition
(3 months) across nine biomes. We show that litter quality was the predominant controlling factor in
early stage litter decomposition, which explained about 65% of the variability in litter decomposition at a global scale. The effect of climate, on the other hand, was not litter specific and explained b0.5% of the variation for Green tea and 5% for Rooibos tea, and was of significance only under unfavorable decomposition conditions (i.e. xeric versus mesic environments).When the data were aggregated at the biome scale, climate played a significant role on decomposition of both litter types (explaining 64% of the variation for Green tea and 72% for Rooibos tea).No significant effect of land-use on early stage litter decompositionwas notedwithin the temperate biome. Our results indicate that multiple drivers are affecting early stage littermass loss with litter quality being dominant. In order to be able to quantify the relative importance of the different drivers over time, long-term studies combined with experimental trials are needed.
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Kepfer-Rojas, Sebastian; Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 23, Frederiksberg, Denmark
Schmidt, Inger Kappel; Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 23, Frederiksberg, Denmark
Larsen, Klaus Steenberg; Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 23, Frederiksberg, Denmark
Beier, Claus; Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 23, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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Bauters, M.; Isotope Bioscience Laboratory - ISOFYS, Department of Green Chemistry and Technology, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, Gent, Belgium
Mazón, M.; Programa de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Recursos Ecosistémicos, Universidad Nacional de Loja, Ciudadela Universitaria, sector La Argelia, Loja, Ecuador
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Didion, M.; Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Forest Resources and Management, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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Hamid, M.; Centre for Biodiversity & Taxonomy, Department of Botany, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu, and Kashmir, India
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Weih, M.; Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Crop Production Ecology, PO Box 7043, Uppsala, Sweden
Gualmini, M.; Università di Parma, Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, della Vita e della Sostenibilità Ambientale, Parco Area delle Scienze 11/A, Parma, Italy
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