Effects of ant nesting on seasonal dynamics of soil N2O emission in a secondary tropical forest

doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.202305.009

Abstract

Abstract: We assessed the seasonal dynamics of N₂O emission in ant nests soils in secondary tropical Millettia leptobotrya forest of Xishuangbanna by using the static chamber-gas chromatography method, and determined the lin-kages between ant-mediated changes in soil properties (e.g., carbon pool, nitrogen pool, and temperature and humidity) and N₂O emission. The results showed that ant nesting significantly affected soil N₂O emission. The ave-rage soil N₂O emission (0.67 mg·m^-2·h^-1) in ant nests was 40.2% higher than that in the control (0.48 mg·m^-2·h^-1). N₂O emission in ant nests and the control showed substantial seasonal variation, with higher rate in June (0.90 and 0.83 mg·m^-2·h^-1, respectively) than that in March (0.38 and 0.19 mg·m^-2·h^-1, respectively). Ant nesting significantly increased the values (7.1%-74.1%) of moisture, temperature, organic carbon, total nitrogen, hydrolytic nitrogen, ammonium nitrogen, nitrate nitrogen, and microbial biomass carbon, but decreased pH (9.9%) compared with the control. Results of structural equation model showed that soil N₂O emission was promoted by soil C and N pool, temperature, and humidity, but was inhibited by soil pH. The explained extents of soil nitrogen pool, carbon pool, temperature and humidity, and pH for N₂O emission changes were 37.2%, 27.7%, 22.9% and 9.4%, respectively. Therefore, ant nesting regulated N₂O emission dynamics by changing nitrification and denitrification substrates (e.g., nitrate and ammoniacal nitrogen), carbon pool, and micro-habitat (temperature and moisture) of soil in the secondary tropical forest.

Key words: tropical forest, ant nesting, N₂O emission, soil physicochemical property, Xishuangbanna

ZHANG Kunfeng, WANG Shaojun, WANG Ping, ZHANG Lulu, FAN Yuxiang, XIE Lingling, XIAO Bo, WANG Zhengjun, GUO Zhipeng. Effects of ant nesting on seasonal dynamics of soil N₂O emission in a secondary tropical forest[J]. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology, 2023, 34(5): 1218-1224.

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