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Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology ›› 2018, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (7): 2445-2454.doi: 10.13287/j.1001-9332.201807.041

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Responses mechanism of C:N:P stoichiometry of soil microbial biomass and soil enzymes to climate change.

XU Miao-ping, REN Cheng-jie, ZHANG Wei, CHEN Zheng-xing, FU Shu-yue, LIU Wei-chao, YANG Gai-he, HAN Xin-hui*   

  1. College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University/Research Center of Recycle Agricultural Engineering and Technology of Shaanxi Province, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
  • Received:2018-04-16 Online:2018-07-18 Published:2018-07-18
  • Contact: *E-mail: hanxinhui@nwsuaf.edu.cn
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    This work was supported by the National Key Research & Development Program of China (2017YFC0504601).

Abstract: Microorganisms and soil enzymes are important drivers for biogeochemical cycles in terrestrial ecosystems. Understanding the role of microorganisms in the regulation of ecosystems and the response mechanisms of microbial biomass and soil enzymes to climate change are important topic in ecology. From the perspective of climatic factors, this review introduced the roles of microorganisms and soil enzymes in the carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus cycles of terrestrial ecosystems based on the theory of ecological stoichiometry. Moreover, we synthesized the responses mechanisms of soil microbial and soil enzyme stoichiometry, i.e., changes of microbial metabolic rate, enzymatic acti-vity, microbial community structure, ecological stoichiometry of soil microbial biomass and soil enzymes, and nutrient use efficiency. Finally, we analyzed the current research inadequacies and proposed the scientific problems in this field, i.e., to comprehensively elucidate the response mecha-nism of soil microbes and soil enzymes to climate change; to examine the nutrient coupling mechanism of soil microbes and extracellular enzymes; and to explore the adaptive strategies of C:N:P stoichiometry of soil microbial biomass and soil enzymes to climate change.