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Effects of snow cover on water soluble and organic solvent soluble components during foliar litter decomposition in an alpine forestChinese Full Text

XU Li-ya;YANG Wan-qin;LI Han;NI Xiang-yin;HE Jie;WU Fu-zhong;Key Laboratory of Ecological Forestry Engineering/Long-term Research Station of Alpine Forest Ecosystem,Institute of Ecology & Forestry,Sichuan Agricultural University;

Abstract: Seasonal snow cover may change the characteristics of freezing,leaching and freeze-thaw cycles in the scenario of climate change,and then play important roles in the dynamics of water soluble and organic solvent soluble components during foliar litter decomposition in the alpine forest. Therefore,a field litterbag experiment was conducted in an alpine forest in western Sichuan,China. The foliar litterbags of typical tree species( birch,cypress,larch and fir) and shrub species( willow and azalea) were placed on the forest floor under different snow cover thickness( deep snow,medium snow,thin snow and no snow). The litterbags were sampled at snow formation stage,snow cover stage and snow melting stage in winter. The results showed that the content of water soluble components from six foliar litters decreased at snow formation stage and snow melting stage,but increased at snow cover stage as litter decomposition proceeded in the winter. Besides the content of organic solvent soluble components from azalea foliar litter increased at snow cover stage,the content of organic solvent soluble components from the other five foliar litters kept a continue decreasing tendency in the winter. Compared with the content of organic solvent soluble components,the content of water soluble components was affected more strongly by snow cover thickness,especially at snow formation stage and snow cover stage. Compared with the thicker snow covers,the thin snow cover promoted the decrease of water soluble component contents from willow and azalea foliar litter and restrain the decrease of water soluble component content from cypress foliar litter.Few changes in the content of water soluble components from birch,fir and larch foliar litter were observed under the different thicknesses of snow cover. The results suggested that the effects of snow cover on the contents of water soluble and organic solvent soluble components during litter decomposition would be controlled by litter quality.
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    10.13287/j.1001-9332.20141106.002

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    S714

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