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07 Dec 2015
Research article |
| 07 Dec 2015
Contrasting pH buffering patterns in neutral-alkaline soils along a 3600 km transect in northern China
W. T. Luo
State Key Laboratory of Forest and Soil Ecology, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110164, China
P. N. Nelson
College of Science, Technology and Engineering, James Cook University, Cairns, Qld 4870, Australia
M.-H. Li
State Key Laboratory of Forest and Soil Ecology, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110164, China
Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zuercherstrasse 111, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
J. P. Cai
State Key Laboratory of Forest and Soil Ecology, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110164, China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Y. Y. Zhang
State Key Laboratory of Forest and Soil Ecology, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110164, China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Y. G. Zhang
College of Environment Science, Shenyang University, Shenyang 110044, China
S. Yang
State Key Laboratory of Forest and Soil Ecology, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110164, China
R. Z. Wang
State Key Laboratory of Forest and Soil Ecology, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110164, China
Z. W. Wang
State Key Laboratory of Forest and Soil Ecology, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110164, China
Y. N. Wu
College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Dalian Nationalities University, Dalian, China
X. G. Han
State Key Laboratory of Forest and Soil Ecology, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110164, China
Y. Jiang
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
State Key Laboratory of Forest and Soil Ecology, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110164, China
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Soil pH buffering capacity plays a crucial role in predicting acidification rates, yet its large-scale patterns and controls are poorly understood, especially for neutral-alkaline soils. Here, we evaluated the spatial patterns and drivers of pHBC along a massive 3600km transect of land in China, stretching from the country’s subarctic north to its arid deserts. We found distinct drivers of soil acidification processes in different types of soil across northern China, resulting in a new advance.
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