Effects of climate and atmospheric nitrogen deposition on early to mid-term stage litter decomposition across biomes

Litter decomposition is a key process for carbon and nutrient cycling in terrestrial ecosystems and is mainly controlled by environmental conditions, substrate quantity and quality as well as microbial community abundance and composition. In particular, the effects of climate and atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition on litter decomposition and its temporal dynamics are of significant importance, since their effects might change over the course of the decomposition process. Within the TeaComposition initiative, we incubated Green and Rooibos teas at 524 sites across nine biomes. We assessed how macroclimate and atmospheric inorganic N deposition under current and predicted scenarios (RCP 2.6, RCP 8.5) might affect litter mass loss measured after 3 and 12 months. Our study shows that the early to mid-term mass loss at the global scale was affected predominantly by litter quality (explaining 73% and 62% of the total variance after 3 and 12 months, respectively) followed by climate and N deposition. The effects of climate were not litter-specific and became increasingly significant as decomposition progressed, with MAP explaining 2% and MAT 4% of the variation after 12 months of incubation. The effect of N deposition was litter-specific, and significant only for 12-month decomposition of Rooibos tea at the global scale. However, in the temperate biome where atmospheric N deposition rates are relatively high, the 12-month mass loss of Green and Rooibos teas decreased significantly with increasing N deposition, explaining 9.5% and 1.1% of the variance, respectively. The expected changes in macroclimate and N deposition at the global scale by the end of this century are estimated to increase the 12-month mass loss of easily decomposable litter by 1.1–3.5% and of the more stable substrates by 3.8–10.6%, relative to current mass loss. In contrast, expected changes in atmospheric N deposition will decrease the mid-term mass loss of high-quality litter by 1.4–2.2% and that of low-quality litter by 0.9–1.5% in the temperate biome. Our results suggest that projected increases in N deposition may have the capacity to dampen the climate-driven increases in litter decomposition depending on the biome and decomposition stage of substrate.

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Author Kwon, TaeOh
Shibata, Hideaki
Kepfer-Rojas, Sebastian
Schmidt, Inger K.
Larsen, Klaus S.
Beier, Claus
Berg, Björn
Verheyen, Kris
Lamarque, Jean-Francois
Hagedorn, Frank
Eisenhauer, Nico
Djukic, Ika
Caliman, Adriano
Paquette, Alain
Gutiérrez-Girón, Alba
Petraglia, Alessandro
Augustaitis, Algirdas
Saillard, Amélie
Ruiz-Fernández, Ana Carolina
Sousa, Ana I.
Lillebø, Ana I.
Gripp, Anderson da Rocha
Lamprecht, Andrea
Bohner, Andreas
Francez, André-Jean
Malyshev, Andrey
Andrić, Andrijana
Stanisci, Angela
Zolles, Anita
Avila, Anna
Virkkala, Anna-Maria
Probst, Anne
Ouin, Annie
Khuroo, Anzar A.
Verstraeten, Arne
Stefanski, Artur
Muys, Bart
Gozalo, Beatriz
Ahrends, Bernd
Yang, Bo
Erschbamer, Brigitta
Christiansen, Casper T.
Meredieu, Céline
Mony, Cendrine
Nock, Charles
Wang, Chiao-Ping
Baum, Christel
Rixen, Christian
Delire, Christine
Piscart, Christophe
Andrews, Christopher
Branquinho, Cristina
Jan, Dick
Vujanović, Dušanka
Adair, E. Carol
Crawford, Edward R.
Hornung, Elisabeth
Groner, Elli
Lucot, Eric
Gacia, Esperança
Lévesque, Esther
Benedito, Evanilde
Davydov, Evgeny A.
Bolzan, Fábio Padilha
Maestre, Fernando T.
Maunoury-Danger, Florence
Kitz, Florian
Hofhansl, Florian
Sutter, Flurin
Lobo, Francisco de Almeida
Souza, Franco Leadro
Zehetner, Franz
Koffi, Fulgence Kouamé
Certini, Giacomo
Pinha, Gisele Daiane
González, Grizelle
Pauli, Harald
Bahamonde, Héctor A.
Feldhaar, Heike
Jäger, Heinke
Serrano, Helena Cristina
Verheyden, Hélène
Bruelheide, Helge
Meesenburg, Henning
Jungkunst, Hermann
Jactel, Hervé
Kurokawa, Hiroko
Yesilonis, Ian
van Halder, Inge
Quirós, Inmaculada García
Fekete, István
Ostonen, Ivika
Borovská, Jana
Roales, Javier
Shoqeir, Jawad Hasan
Probst, Jean-Luc
Vijayanathan, Jeyanny
Dolezal, Jiri
Sanchez-Cabeza, Joan-Albert
Merlet, Joël
Loehr, John
von Oppen, Jonathan
Löffler, Jörg
Alonso, José Luis Benito
Cardoso-Mohedano, José-Gilberto
Morina, Joseph C.
Jiménez, Juan J.
Alatalo, Juha M.
Seeber, Julia
Kemppinen, Julia
Stadler, Jutta
Kriiska, Kaie
van den Meersche, Karel
Fukuzawa, Karibu
Szlavecz, Katalin
Gerhátová, Katarína
Lajtha, Kate
Hoshizaki, Kazuhiko
Green, Ken
Steinbauer, Klaus
Pazianoto, Laryssa
Dienstbach, Laura
Yahdjian, Laura
Williams, Laura J.
van den Brink, Liesbeth
Rustad, Lindsey
Carneiro, Luciana Silva
Di Martino, Luciano
Villar, Luis
Morley, Madison
Lebouvier, Marc
Tomaselli, Marcello
Schaub, Marcus
Glushkova, Maria
Torres, Maria Guadalupe Almazan
de Graaff, Marie-Anne
Bauters, Marijn
Mazón, Marina
Frenzel, Mark
Wagner, Markus
Didion, Markus
Hamid, Maroof
Lopes, Marta
Apple, Martha
Mojses, Matej
Gualmini, Matteo
Vadeboncoeur, Matthew
Danger, Michael
Scherer-Lorenzen, Michael
Růžek, Michal
Isabellon, Michel
Di Musciano, Michele
Carbognani, Michele
Zhiyanski, Miglena
Puşcaş, Mihai
Barna, Milan
Ataka, Mioko
Luoto, Miska
Alsafaran, Mohammed H.
Barsoum, Nadia
Korboulewsky, Nathalie
Lecomte, Nicolas
Filippova, Nina
Hölzel, Norbert
Ferlian, Olga
Romero, Oscar
Pinto-Jr, Osvaldo
Peri, Pablo
Turtureanu, Pavel Dan
Haase, Peter
Macreadie, Peter
Reich, Peter B.
Petřík, Petr
Choler, Philippe
Marmonier, Pierre
Ponette, Quentin
Guariento, Rafael Dettogni
Canessa, Rafaella
Kiese, Ralf
Kanka, Róbert
Gatti, Roberto Cazzolla
Martins, Rodrigo Lemes
Ogaya, Romà
Georges, Romain
Gavilán, Rosario G.
Wittlinger, Sally
Suzuki, Satoshi
Martin, Schädler
Anja, Schmidt
Gogo, Sébastien
Schueler, Silvio
Drollinger, Simon
Mereu, Simone
Wipf, Sonja
Trevathan-Tackett, Stacey
Stoll, Stefan
Löfgren, Stefan
Trogisch, Stefan
Seitz, Steffen
Glatzel, Stephan
Venn, Susanna
Dousset, Sylvie
Mori, Taiki
Sato, Takanori
Hishi, Takuo
Nakaji, Tatsuro
Jean-Paul, Theurillat
Camboulive, Thierry
Spiegelberger, Thomas
Scholten, Thomas
Mozdzer, Thomas J.
Rusňák, Tomáš
Ramaswiela, Tshililo
Enoki, Tsutomu
Ursu, Tudor-Mihai
di Cella, Umberto Morra
Hamer, Ute
Klaus, Valentin
Di Cecco, Valter
Rego, Vanessa
Fontana, Veronika
Piscová, Veronika
Bretagnolle, Vincent
Maire, Vincent
Farjalla, Vinicius
Pascal, Vittoz
Zhou, Wenjun
Luo, Wentao
Parker, William
Utsumi, Yasuhiro
Kominami, Yuji
Kotroczó, Zsolt
Tóth, Zsolt
Publisher UCAR/NCAR - Library
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Suggested Citation Kwon, TaeOh, Shibata, Hideaki, Kepfer-Rojas, Sebastian, Schmidt, Inger K., Larsen, Klaus S., Beier, Claus, Berg, Björn, Verheyen, Kris, Lamarque, Jean-Francois, Hagedorn, Frank, Eisenhauer, Nico, Djukic, Ika, Caliman, Adriano, Paquette, Alain, Gutiérrez-Girón, Alba, Petraglia, Alessandro, Augustaitis, Algirdas, Saillard, Amélie, Ruiz-Fernández, Ana Carolina , Sousa, Ana I. , Lillebø, Ana I. , Gripp, Anderson da Rocha, Lamprecht, Andrea, Bohner, Andreas, Francez, André-Jean, Malyshev, Andrey, Andrić, Andrijana, Stanisci, Angela, Zolles, Anita, Avila, Anna, Virkkala, Anna-Maria, Probst, Anne, Ouin, Annie, Khuroo, Anzar A. , Verstraeten, Arne, Stefanski, Artur, Muys, Bart, Gozalo, Beatriz, Ahrends, Bernd, Yang, Bo, Erschbamer, Brigitta, Christiansen, Casper T. , Meredieu, Céline, Mony, Cendrine, Nock, Charles, Wang, Chiao-Ping, Baum, Christel, Rixen, Christian, Delire, Christine, Piscart, Christophe, Andrews, Christopher, Branquinho, Cristina, Jan, Dick, Vujanović, Dušanka, Adair, E. Carol , Crawford, Edward R. , Hornung, Elisabeth, Groner, Elli, Lucot, Eric, Gacia, Esperança, Lévesque, Esther, Benedito, Evanilde, Davydov, Evgeny A. , Bolzan, Fábio Padilha , Maestre, Fernando T. , Maunoury-Danger, Florence, Kitz, Florian, Hofhansl, Florian, Sutter, Flurin, Lobo, Francisco de Almeida, Souza, Franco Leadro , Zehetner, Franz, Koffi, Fulgence Kouamé , Certini, Giacomo, Pinha, Gisele Daiane , González, Grizelle, Pauli, Harald, Bahamonde, Héctor A. , Feldhaar, Heike, Jäger, Heinke, Serrano, Helena Cristina , Verheyden, Hélène, Bruelheide, Helge, Meesenburg, Henning, Jungkunst, Hermann, Jactel, Hervé, Kurokawa, Hiroko, Yesilonis, Ian, van Halder, Inge, Quirós, Inmaculada García , Fekete, István, Ostonen, Ivika, Borovská, Jana, Roales, Javier, Shoqeir, Jawad Hasan , Probst, Jean-Luc, Vijayanathan, Jeyanny, Dolezal, Jiri, Sanchez-Cabeza, Joan-Albert, Merlet, Joël, Loehr, John, von Oppen, Jonathan, Löffler, Jörg, Alonso, José Luis Benito, Cardoso-Mohedano, José-Gilberto, Morina, Joseph C. , Jiménez, Juan J. , Alatalo, Juha M. , Seeber, Julia, Kemppinen, Julia, Stadler, Jutta, Kriiska, Kaie, van den Meersche, Karel, Fukuzawa, Karibu, Szlavecz, Katalin, Gerhátová, Katarína, Lajtha, Kate, Hoshizaki, Kazuhiko, Green, Ken, Steinbauer, Klaus, Pazianoto, Laryssa, Dienstbach, Laura, Yahdjian, Laura, Williams, Laura J. , van den Brink, Liesbeth, Rustad, Lindsey, Carneiro, Luciana Silva , Di Martino, Luciano, Villar, Luis, Morley, Madison, Lebouvier, Marc, Tomaselli, Marcello, Schaub, Marcus, Glushkova, Maria, Torres, Maria Guadalupe Almazan, de Graaff, Marie-Anne, Bauters, Marijn, Mazón, Marina, Frenzel, Mark, Wagner, Markus, Didion, Markus, Hamid, Maroof, Lopes, Marta, Apple, Martha, Mojses, Matej, Gualmini, Matteo, Vadeboncoeur, Matthew, Danger, Michael, Scherer-Lorenzen, Michael, Růžek, Michal, Isabellon, Michel, Di Musciano, Michele, Carbognani, Michele, Zhiyanski, Miglena, Puşcaş, Mihai, Barna, Milan, Ataka, Mioko, Luoto, Miska, Alsafaran, Mohammed H. , Barsoum, Nadia, Korboulewsky, Nathalie, Lecomte, Nicolas, Filippova, Nina, Hölzel, Norbert, Ferlian, Olga, Romero, Oscar, Pinto-Jr, Osvaldo, Peri, Pablo, Turtureanu, Pavel Dan , Haase, Peter, Macreadie, Peter, Reich, Peter B. , Petřík, Petr, Choler, Philippe, Marmonier, Pierre, Ponette, Quentin, Guariento, Rafael Dettogni , Canessa, Rafaella, Kiese, Ralf, Kanka, Róbert, Gatti, Roberto Cazzolla , Martins, Rodrigo Lemes , Ogaya, Romà, Georges, Romain, Gavilán, Rosario G. , Wittlinger, Sally, Suzuki, Satoshi, Martin, Schädler, Anja, Schmidt, Gogo, Sébastien, Schueler, Silvio, Drollinger, Simon, Mereu, Simone, Wipf, Sonja, Trevathan-Tackett, Stacey, Stoll, Stefan, Löfgren, Stefan, Trogisch, Stefan, Seitz, Steffen, Glatzel, Stephan, Venn, Susanna, Dousset, Sylvie, Mori, Taiki, Sato, Takanori, Hishi, Takuo, Nakaji, Tatsuro, Jean-Paul, Theurillat, Camboulive, Thierry, Spiegelberger, Thomas, Scholten, Thomas, Mozdzer, Thomas J. , Rusňák, Tomáš, Ramaswiela, Tshililo, Enoki, Tsutomu, Ursu, Tudor-Mihai, di Cella, Umberto Morra , Hamer, Ute, Klaus, Valentin, Di Cecco, Valter, Rego, Vanessa, Fontana, Veronika, Piscová, Veronika, Bretagnolle, Vincent, Maire, Vincent, Farjalla, Vinicius, Pascal, Vittoz, Zhou, Wenjun, Luo, Wentao, Parker, William, Utsumi, Yasuhiro, Kominami, Yuji, Kotroczó, Zsolt, Tóth, Zsolt. (2021). Effects of climate and atmospheric nitrogen deposition on early to mid-term stage litter decomposition across biomes. UCAR/NCAR - Library. http://n2t.net/ark:/85065/d7wq077g. Accessed 14 February 2025.

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