Soil biochemical responses to nitrogen addition in a secondary evergreen broad-leaved forest ecosystem.

In order to investigate the effects of N deposition on soil biochemistry in secondary forests, one N addition experiment was conducted in a secondary evergreen broad-leaved forest in the western edge of Sichuan Basin, with the highest level of background N deposition (about 95 kg N ha yr) in China. Three N treatment levels (+0, +50, +150 kg N ha yr) were monthly added to soil surface in this forest beginning in April 2013. Soil biochemistry and root biomass of the 0-10 cm soil horizon were measured from May 2014 to April 2015.