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Mowing increased plant diversity but not soil microbial biomass under N-enriched environment in a temperate grassland

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Aims

The anthropogenic nitrogen (N) input has considerable consequences on soil microbial biomass, which is critical for biogeochemical cycling. As prevalent grassland management, mowing may reduce soil N storage, enhance plant biodiversity and soil microbial carbon (C) availability, all of which are important regulators of soil microbial biomass. However, convincing data is still scarce about how mowing affects soil microbial biomass under N enrichment.

Methods

The interactive effects of N addition (0 – 50 g N m−2 yr−1) and mowing (unmown vs. mown) on soil microbial biomass C (MBC) were measured by manipulating 6 years’ N addition experiment in Inner Mongolia grassland of China.

Results

Mowing increased soil inorganic N concentration, available Cu2+ concentration, plant aboveground net primary production (ANPP), species richness, Shannon-Wiener biodiversity and ratio of fungal to bacterial biomass, and decreased soil available Mn2+ concentration under N enrichment. Mowing also significantly reduced the dominance of Leymus chinensis. While mowing did not affect the soil MBC compared with that in only N added plots. The soil MBC was positively regulated by plant species richness and biodiversity, while was negatively regulated by ANPP, soil inorganic N, available Cu2+ and Mn2+ concentration in mown plots.

Conclusions

The results highlight that mowing cannot mitigate the negative effects of N enrichment on soil MBC. The soil, plant and microbial properties play important roles in regulating the response of soil MBC to mowing in N-enriched soil. This work improves the mechanistic understanding of the linkages between plant community and soil microbial C cycling.

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Acknowledgements

We appreciated Dr. Feike Dijkstra at the University of Sydney and **aotao Lv at the Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences for providing helpful comments on an early version of this manuscript. We thank the Inner Mongolia Grassland Ecosystem Research Station for logistical support. This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (42130515 and 31770506), the Open Foundation of the State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology of China, and the open Foundation of the State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems of China.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Bei**g, 100093, China

    Qiushi Ning, Liangchao Jiang, Sha Liao, Jianhui Huang, **ngguo Han & Junjie Yang

  2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Bei**g, 100049, China

    Liangchao Jiang, Sha Liao, Jianhui Huang, **ngguo Han & Junjie Yang

  3. Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510650, China

    Guoxiang Niu

  4. National Hulunber Grassland Ecosystem Observation and Research Station, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Bei**g, 100081, China

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  5. Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology of the Ministry of Education, Jilin Songnen Grassland Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, Institute of Grassland Science, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China

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  6. Erguna Forest-Steppe Ecotone Research Station, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, 110016, China

    Ruzhen Wang

  7. School of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, 071002, China

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Ning, Q., Jiang, L., Niu, G. et al. Mowing increased plant diversity but not soil microbial biomass under N-enriched environment in a temperate grassland. Plant Soil 491, 205–217 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-022-05332-5

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