《Effect of rain enrichment on soil respiration of Nitraria sphaerocarpa community in a hyperarid area》.pdfVIP

Sciences in Cold and Arid Regions 2013, 5(6): 0722– 0732 DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1226.2013.00722 Effect of rain enrichment on soil respiration of Nitraria sphaerocarpa community in a hyperarid area DianJun Liu 1,4, Bo Wu 1, YongHua Li 1, GuangHui Lin 2 , ShiPing Chen 3, YaJuan Zhu 1 , Qi Lu 1* , Bin Yao 1 1. Institute of Desertification Studies, Key Laboratory of Tree Breading and Cultivation of State Forestry Administration, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China 2. Center for Earth System Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China 3. State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China 4. Inner Mongolia Hydraulic Research Institute, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia 010019, China *Correspondence to: Dr. Qi Lu, Institute of Desertification Studies, Key Laboratory of Tree Breading and Cultivation of State Forestry Administration, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China. E-mail: luqi@ Received: March 11, 2013 Accepted: June 15, 2013 ABSTRACT In order to analyze the effect of rain enrichment on soil respiration rate of a Nitraria sphaerocarpa community, we measured soil respiration rate in bare and vegetated areas in a hyperarid area (Dunhuang) during the growing season. Results show that rain enrichment can increase bare and vegetated soil respiration rates. The more rainfall enrichment, the greater the increment and the longer duration time effect for soil respi