[1]XIE Yuli,CHEN Yunming,TANG Yakun,et al.Impact of Aboveground Litterfall on Soil Respiration in the Pinus tabulaeformis and Hippophae rhamnoides Plantations[J].Research of Soil and Water Conservation,2017,24(06):52-61.
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Research of Soil and Water Conservation[ISSN 1005-3409/CN 61-1272/P] Volume:
24
Number of periods:
2017 06
Page number:
52-61
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Public date:
2017-11-24
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Impact of Aboveground Litterfall on Soil Respiration in the Pinus tabulaeformis and Hippophae rhamnoides Plantations
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XIE Yuli1, CHEN Yunming1,2, TANG Yakun2, WU Xu1, WEN Jie3
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1. Research Center of Institute of Soil and Water Conservation and Ecological Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Education, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China;
2. Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China;
3. College of Forestry, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- Keywords:
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litterfall; plantation; soil respiration; soil temperature; soil water content
- CLC:
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S718.55
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- Abstract:
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The effects of surface litterfall on the soil respiration (Rs) were studied base on observation of Rs, soil temperature(T) and soil water content (W) at 5 cm depth under natural group (with litterfall) and exclusive group (without litterfall) treatments in Pinus tabulaeformis and Hippophae rhamnoides plantations in the hilly Loess Plateau region. Two plots (20 m×20 m) were established in these two plantations with 5 sampling points randomly set up in each plot. Rs, T and W were simultaneously monitored by LI-8100 soil flux system from June 2015 to May 2016 in these plots. The results showed that:(1) the seasonal and daily variation of Rs in the two plantations under natural group exhibited unimodal curve, and the annual average Rs in H.rhamnoides plantation[2.10 μmol/(m2·s)] was significantly higher than that in P.tabulaeformis plantation[1.56 μmol/(m2·s),p<0.05]. After removal of the litterfall, seasonal and daily dynamic of Rs in the two plantations were similar to that in natural group, and the annual average Rs in exclusive group did not exhibit significant differences for both forest stands; (2) the annual average Rs in natural group was significantly higher than in exclusive group[1.58 μmol/(m2·s),p<0.05] for H.rhamnoides plantation, with a contribution of 15.81% occupied by litterfall respiartion; however, no significant difference of annual average Rs between natural and exclusive group was observed in P.tabulaeformis plantation,and the contribution of litterfall to soil respiration was only 1.61%; (3) Rs under natural and exclusive groups were both exponentially correlated with T and negative linearly correlated with W on daily and seasonal scales in these two plantations (p<0.05); T and W (8.01%~66.44%) together could better explain the variation of Rs than T or W alone (0.05%~37.82%) in both plantations under natural and exclusive group; litterfall significantly enhanced both the temperature sensitivity of Rs and Rs amount in H.rhamnoides plantation, but only significantly improved temperature sensitivity of Rs in the P.tabulaeformis plantation. As an important tree species for soil and water conservation and ecological restoration in the hilly Loess Plateau region, the P.tabulaeformis was more conducive to the improvement of carbon sequestration function of forestland in the region.