Experimental Dataset on Carbon and Nitrogen Release during Litter Decomposition and its Responses to Nitrogen Addition

PEI Guangting1,2LIU Jun1PENG Bo1WANG Chao1JIANG Ping1BAI Edith1,3

1 Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management，Institute of Applied Ecology，Chinese Academy of Sciences，Shenyang 110016，China2 Key Laboratory of Environment Change and Resources Use in Beibu Gulf (Nanning Normal University)，Ministry of Education，Nanning 530001，China3 Key Laboratory of Geographical Processes and Ecological Security in Changbai Mountains，Ministry of Education，Northeast Normal University，Changchun 130024，China

DOI:10.3974/geodb.2019.06.13.V1

Published:Dec. 2019

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Key Words：

Nitrogen deposition,litter decomposition,gross nitrogen release,gross nitrogen immobilization,temperate forest

Abstract：

The experimental dataset on carbon and nitrogen release during litter decomposition and its responses to nitrogen addition was obtained by using ten-year-old P. koraiensis and Q. mongolica seedlings as samples which were selected and transplanted to flowerpot in Changbai Mountain Nature Reserve, Jilin Province, China (41 °23'N, 127 °55'E). The seedlings were fertilized with ¹⁵N labeled NH₄NO₃ solution and the ¹⁵N-enriched leaves and twigs were collected. Finally, the litter was put into the decomposition box and placed on the soil surface in forest stand for litter decomposition. The start time of decomposition was May 2015. Two nitrogen addition levels (0, 5 g N m^-2 yr^-1) were set up in the experiment, and there were four treatments at each level, including P. koraiensis needles, P. koraiensis twigs, Q. mongolica leaves and Q. mongolica twigs, with 4 repeats in each treatment. The carbon and nitrogen release from litter was monitored for more than two years to obtain the dataset. The dataset includes three tables: (1) effect of nitrogen addition on carbon and nitrogen processes during litter decomposition; (2) effects of nitrogen addition on litter chemical properties during litter decomposition; and (3) effects of nitrogen addition on microbial carbon and nitrogen in decayed litter. The dataset is archived in one data file (.xlsx) with data size of 51 KB.

Foundation Item：

Ministry of Science and Technology of P. R. China (SQ2019YFA060061); Chinese Academy of Sciences (2018231)

Data Citation：

PEI Guangting, LIU Jun, PENG Bo, WANG Chao, JIANG Ping, BAI Edith. Experimental Dataset on Carbon and Nitrogen Release during Litter Decomposition and its Responses to Nitrogen Addition[J/DB/OL]. Digital Journal of Global Change Data Repository, 2019. https://doi.org/10.3974/geodb.2019.06.13.V1.

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