Pedosphere 24(2): 243--250, 2014
ISSN 1002-0160/CN 32-1315/P
©2014 Soil Science Society of China
Published by Elsevier B.V. and Science Press
| Soil CO2 flux in different types of forests under a subtropical microclimatic environment |
YAN Wen-De1,2, XU Wang-Ming1,3, CHEN Xiao-Yong2,4 , TIAN Da-Lun1,2, PENG Yuan-Ying1,5, ZHEN Wei1, ZHANG Cao1 and XU Jie1 |
1Forest Ecology Program, College of Life Science and Technology, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004 (China)
2National Engineering Laboratory for Applied Forest Ecological Technology in Southern China, Changsha 410004 (China)
3State Forestry Administration of China, Beijing 100714 (China)
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Division of Science, College of Arts and Sciences, Governors State University, University Park, Illinois 60484 (USA)
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Natural Sciences Division, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, Illinois 60484 (USA) |
| ABSTRACT |
| The flux of carbon dioxide (CO2) from soil surface presents an important component of carbon (C) cycle in terrestrial ecosystems and is controlled by a number of biotic and abiotic factors. In order to better understand characteristics of soil CO2 flux (FCO2) in subtropical forests, soil FCO2 rates were quantified in five adjacent forest types (camphor tree forest, Masson pine forest, mixed camphor tree and Masson pine forest, Chinese sweet gum forest, and slash pine forest) at the Tianjiling National Park in Changsha, Hunan Province, in subtropical China, from January to December 2010. The influences of soil temperature (Tsoil), volumetric soil water content (θsoil), soil pH, soil organic carbon (SOC) and soil C/nitrogen (C/N) ratio on soil FCO2 rates were also investigated. The annual mean soil FCO2 rate varied with the forest types. The soil FCO2 rate was the highest in the camphor tree forest (3.53 ± 0.51 μmol m-2 s-1), followed by, in order, the mixed, Masson pine, Chinese sweet gum, and slash pine forests (1.53 ± 0.25 μmol m-2 s-1). Soil FCO2 rates from the five forest types followed a similar seasonal pattern with the maximum values occurring in summer (July and August) and the minimum values during winter (December and January). Soil FCO2 rates were correlated to Tsoil and θsoil, but the relationships were only significant for Tsoil. No correlations were found between soil FCO2 rates and other selected soil properties, such as soil pH, SOC, and C/N ratio in the examined forest types. Our results indicated that soil FCO2 rates were much higher in the evergreen broadleaved forest than coniferous forest under the same microclimatic environment in the study region. |
| Key Words: broadleaved forest, carbon, coniferous forest, soil temperature, soil water content |
| Citation: Yan, W. D., Xu, W. M., Chen, X. Y., Tian, D. L., Peng, Y. Y., Zhen, W., Zhang, C. and Xu, J. 2014. Soil CO2 flux in different types of forests under a subtropical microclimatic environment. Pedosphere. 24(2): 243-250. |
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