Soil Carbon, Nitrogen and Microbial Dynamics of Pasturelands： Impacts of Grazing Intensity and Planting Systems-论文.pdf

Pedosphere 24(3)：408416，2014 ISSN 1002-0·160／CN32-·1315／P PEDOSPHERE ⑥ 2014SoilScienceSocietyofChina Published by ElsevierB．V．and SciencePress www elseviercom ／locate／pedosphere SoilCarbon，N itrogen and M icrobialDynam icsofPasturelands： Im pactsofGrazingIntensity andPlanting Systems W ANG Yi，-，DUAN 、Ven—Xia2,3 C．TU2， S．WASHBURN4，CHENG Lei2andS．HU2 ， ， StateKeyLaboratoryofLoessandQuaternaryGeology，InstituteofEarthEnvironment，ChineseAcademyofSciences，Xi’an710075 (Chin DepartmentofPlantPathology，NorthCarolinaStateUniversity，RaleighNC27695—7616 (USA) 。Sichuan Tourism University， Chengdu610100(China) DepartmentofAnimalScience，NorthCarolinaStateUniversity，RaleighNC27695—7621(USA) (ReceivedJune6，2013；revisedJanuary15，2014) ABSTRACT M anagementintensitycriticallyinfluencestheproductivityandsustainabilityofpasturesystemsthroughmodifyingsoilmicrobes， andsoilcarbon(C)andnutrientdynamics；however，sucheffectsarenotwellunderstoodyetivthesoutheasternUSA．Weexamined theeffectsofgrazingintensityandgrassplantingsystem onsoilCandnitrogen(N)dynamics，andmicrobialbiomassandrespiration in along—term field experimentinGoldsboro，NorthCarolina，USA．A split—plotexperimentwasinitiated in2003on ahighlysandy soilundertreatmentsoftwograssplantingsystems(ryegrassrotationwithsorghum—sudangrasshybridandryegrassseedinginto aperennialbermudagrassstand)atlow andhighgrazingdensities．After4yearsofcontinuoustreatments，soiltotalC andN contentsacrossthe0 30cm soilprofilewere24．7％ and 17．5％ higheratthehighthanatthelow grazingintensity．1ikelythrough promoting plantproductivity and C allocation belowground as wellasfecaland urinary inputs．Grassplantingsystem effectswere significantonly atthelow grazingintensity，with soilC，N，and microbialbiomas sand respiration