Reduced soil respiration in gaps in logged lowland dipterocarp forests |
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Authors: | Philippe Saner Robin Lim Bo Burla Robert C Ong Michael Scherer-Lorenzen Andy Hector |
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Institution: | 1. Institute of Environmental Science, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland;2. Institute for Tropical Biology Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, 88999 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia;3. Institute of Plant Biology, University of Zurich, Zollikerstrasse 107, CH-8008 Zurich, Switzerland;4. Forest Research Center Institute, 90007 Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia;5. Institute of Plant Sciences, ETH Zurich, Universitaetsstrasse 2, CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland |
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Abstract: | We studied the effects of forest composition and structure, and related biotic and abiotic factors on soil respiration rates in a tropical logged forest in Malaysian Borneo. Forest stands were classified into gap, pioneer, non-pioneer and mixed (pioneer, non-pioneer and unclassified trees) based on the species composition of trees >10 cm diameter breast height. Soil respiration rates did not differ significantly between non-gap sites (1290 ± 210 mg CO2 m−2 h−1) but were double those in gap sites (640 ± 130 mg CO2 m−2 h−1). Post hoc analyses found that an increase in soil temperature and a decrease in litterfall and fine root biomass explained 72% of the difference between gap and non-gap sites. The significant decrease of soil respiration rates in gaps, irrespective of day or night time, suggests that autotrophic respiration may be an important contributor to total soil respiration in logged forests. We conclude that biosphere-atmosphere carbon exchange models in tropical systems should incorporate gap frequency and that future research in tropical forest should emphasize the contribution of autotrophic respiration to total soil respiration. |
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Keywords: | Tropics Borneo Logged forest Carbon cycle Gap dynamics Soil ecology |
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