The effect of fire disturbance on short-term soil respiration in typical forest of Greater Xing’an Range,China |
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Authors: | Long Sun Tongxin Hu Ji Hong Kim Futao Guo Hong Song Xinshuang Lv Haiqing Hu |
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Institution: | 1. College of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, China 2. Department of Forest Management, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Korea 3. College of Forestry, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China
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Abstract: | We investigated the effect of fire disturbance on short-term soil respiration in birch (Betula platyphylla Suk.) and larch (Larix gmelinii Rupr.) forests in Greater Xing’an range, northeastern China for further understanding of its effect on the carbon cycle in ecosystems. Our study show that post-fire soil respiration rates in B. platyphylla and L. gmelinii forests were reduced by 14% and 10%, respectively. In contrast, the soil heterotrophic respiration rates in the two types of forest were similar in post-fire and control plots. After fire, the contribution of root respiration to total soil respiration was dramatically reduced. Variation in soil respiration rates was explained by soil moisture (W) and soil temperature (T) at a depth of 5 cm. Exponential regression fitted T and W models explained Rs rates in B. platyphylla control and post-fire plots (83.1% and 86.2%) and L. gmelinii control and post-fire plots (83.7% and 88.7%). In addition, the short-term temperature coefficients in B. platyphylla control and post-fire plots were 5.33 and 5, respectively, and 9.12, and 5.26 in L. gmelinii control and post-fire plots, respectively. Our results provide an empirical baseline for studying the effect of fire disturbance on soil carbon balance and estimation of soil carbon flux in boreal forest. |
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Keywords: | fire disturbance short-term soil respiration environmentfactors Q10 |
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