Is the soil microbial community related to the basal area of trees in a Scots pine stand? |
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Authors: | Janna Pietikäinen Sauli Valkonen Hannu Fritze |
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Institution: | a Department of Forest Ecology, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 27, FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland b Finnish Forest Research Institute, P.O. Box 18, FIN-01301 Vantaa, Finland |
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Abstract: | The main energy sources of soil microorganisms are litter fall, root litter and exudation. The amount on these carbon inputs vary according to basal area of the forest stand. We hypothesized that soil microbes utilizing these soil carbon sources relate to the basal area of trees. We measured the amount of soil microbial biomass, soil respiration and microbial community structure as determined by phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) profiles in the humus layer (FH) of an even-aged stand of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) with four different basal area levels ranging from 19.9 m2 ha−1 in the study plot Kasper 1 to 35.7 m2 ha−1 in Kasper 4. Increasing trend in basal respiration, total PLFAs and fungal-to-bacterial ratio was observed from Kasper 1 to Kasper 3 (basal area 29.2 m2 ha−1). The soil microbial community structure in Kasper 3 differed from that of the other study plots. |
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Keywords: | Basal area Pinus sylvestris Humus layer FH Soil microbial biomass Basal respiration Phospholipid fatty acids (PLFA) |
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