Spatial variability of soil organic carbon in the forestlands of northeast China

Soil organic carbon(SOC) is an effective indicator of soil fertility and productivity, and it varies spatially and temporally in relation to other soil properties. Spatial variability of SOC in the forestlands of northeast China was characterized using geostatistics. Soil samples at the depths of 0?20 cm, 20?40 cm and 40?60 cm were collected from sixty-three temporary plots to evaluate SOC concentration and density(SOCD) and other soil properties. We analyzed correlations between SOC and soil properties. Soil organic carbon concentrations were high. The total amount of C stored in soil(0?60 cm) was 16.23 kg·m-2 with the highest SOCD of 7.98 kg?m-2 in topsoil. Soil properties in most cases differed by horizon, suggesting different processes and effects in each horizon. Soil organic carbon had positive relationships with total N, P and K as well as readily available K, but did not show a significant positive correlation with available P. Spatial factors including elevation, slope and aspect affected SOC distribution. Soil organic carbon at 0?60 cm had strong spatial autocorrelation with nugget/sill ratio of 5.7%, and moderate structured dependence was found at 0?20 cm, which indicated the existence of a highly developed spatial structure. Spatial distributionsof SOC concentration and SOCD were estimated using regression-kriging, with higher prediction accuracy than ordinary kriging. The fractal dimension of SOC indicated the preferential pattern of SOC distribution, with the greatest spatial heterogeneity and strongest spatial dependence in the northeast-southwest direction.     

Active organic carbon pool of coniferous and broad-leaved forest soils in the mountainous areas of Beijing

In order to explore the effects of different forest types on active soil carbon pool, the amounts and density of soil organic carbon (SOC) were studied at different soil horizons under typical coniferous and broad-leaved forests in the mountainous area of Beijing. The results showed that the amount of total SOC, readily oxidizable carbon and particulate organic carbon decreased with increasing depths of soil horizons and the amounts at depths of 0–10 cm and 10–20 cm in broad-leaved forest was clearly higher than that in coniferous forests. The trend of a decrease in SOC density with increasing depth of the soil horizon was similar to that of the amount of SOC. However, no regular trend was found for SOC density at different depths between coniferous forest and broad-leaved forests. The ratio of readily oxidizable carbon to total amount of SOC ranged from 0.36–0.45 and the ratio of particulate organic carbon to total amount of SOC from 0.28–0.73; the ratios decreased with increasing depths of soil horizons. Active SOC was significantly correlated with total SOC; the relationship between readily oxidizable carbon and particulate organic carbon was significant. A broad-leaved forest may produce more SOC than a coniferous forest.     

银杏复合经营对土壤碳、氮、磷和有机质的影响

以江苏东台林场银杏+小麦(G+W)、纯银杏(G)和纯小麦(W)经营模式为研究对象,对不同土层(0~5,≥5~15,≥15~30和≥30~50mm)的p H、微生物量碳、微生物量氮、硝态氮和铵态氮、全氮、速效磷、全磷和有机质进行了系统的测定。结果表明:不同经营模式对土壤p H没有显著的影响,但对土壤微生物量碳、微生物量氮、硝态氮、全氮、速效磷、全磷和有机质等影响显著。G+W经营模式有较高的土壤微生物量碳、微生物量氮、硝态氮、全氮、速效磷、全磷和有机质。因此,银杏复合经营系统能够更好地维持土壤肥力,利于土地可持续经营。     

氮沉降对森林土壤碳动态过程的影响

本文综述了国内外关于森林土壤碳动态过程对氮沉降响应机制的研究进展,概述了大气氮沉降对土壤碳释放及其影响因子的作用机制,从土壤生物学特性、凋落物动态、土壤碳释放等方面揭示大气氮沉降对土壤碳平衡过程影响机制和机理,探讨了森林土壤碳动态过程对氮沉降响应的不确定性因素,并指出未来该领域研究重点。     

Relating sulfate adsorption to soil properties in Japanese forest soils

The relationship of sulfate adsorption capacity to the presence of aluminum, iron oxides, and organic carbon in four Japanese forest soils was investigated. Sulfate adsorption capacities were higher in subsoils than in surface soils, and their profiles were the inverse of those of organic carbon content. The black soil derived from volcanic ash had high sulfate adsorption capacity and showed no release of sulfate, while some of the surface horizons of the other soils desorbed sulfate. Oxalate extractable aluminum (Al₀) and iron (Fe₀) and ditionite-citrate-bicarbonate (DCB) extractable iron (Fe_d) were positively correlated with the sulfate adsorption capacity, and their correlation coefficients were almost identical (0.58–0.61). The lack of significant correlation between Al_d and the adsorption capacity suggests that DCB is unsuitable for extracting aluminum compounds which have the ability to adsorb sulfate. In contrast with oxides, organic carbon correlated with sulfate adsorption capacity negatively, and had a negative coefficient in a multiple regression equation, insignificantly. Furthermore, H₂O₂-treated samples containing decomposed organic matter adsorbed more sulfate than untreated samples. These results clearly indicated that organic matter hinders sulfate adsorption. A comparison of theβ value (standard regression coefficient) of organic carbon with that of Al₀ showed that the negative contribution of organic matter to sulfate adsorption capacity was slightly less than the positive contribution of oxides.     

FUEL TYPE CLASSIFICATION IN THE EAST MOUNTAINS IN NORTHEAST CHINA

INTRoDUCTIONFireplaysanimPOrtantroleinthcbroad-leaveaxoreanpineforestecosysteminthceastmountainsinnortheastChina.Manyfiresoccurandcausemuchlosseachyearintl1isarea.Toprovidescientificbasisforfirefigl1t-ingandfiremanagcment,onercsearchprojcctonforestfuelcIassificationinnortheastChinawassetupbytheMinisnyofForestry,Chinainl985.Theprojectwasfinishedinl989bytheFireTeachingandResearchGroup,North-eastForestryUniversity.ThispaPerisapartoftheresearchresult.Tablel.istheresultofthefueItwclassi…     

阔叶红松林土壤氮素的空间分布

采用地统计学的方法分析了蛟河阔叶红松林土壤氮素的空间分布特征,并利用克里格差值绘制了土壤有效氮和全氮的空间分布图,结果表明:有效氮的平均含量为0.95±0.45 g·L-1,A层土壤有效氮的平均含量为1.19±0.45 g·L-1,B层土壤有效氮的平均含量为0.87±0.43 g·L-1,C层土壤有效氮的平均含量为0.67±0.28 g·L-1,变异系数分别为0.469、0.374、0.481、0.424;全氮的平均含量为0.97±0.449 g·L-1,A层土壤全氮的平均含量为1.31±0.391 g·L-1,B层土壤全氮的平均含量为0.87±0.345 g·L-1,C层土壤全氮的平均含量为0.58±0.253 g·L-1,变异系数分别为0.463、0.298、0.397、0.437。土壤中有效氮和全氮的含量,在水平方向上波动较大,呈非正态分布;在垂直方向上逐层递减,A层B层C层。     

生态有机肥对土壤特性和大果榉生长的影响

通过田间试验,研究了不施肥处理(CK)、风干鸡粪(CM)、有机无机复合肥(OIC)和生态有机肥(BIO)处理对定植大果榉土壤碱解氮和有机质含量,土壤微生物量碳氮含量以及大果榉地上部生长指标(株高、胸径和叶面积)增长率的影响。结果表明：与CK相比CM、OIC和BIO处理均增加了土壤碱解氮和有机质含量,显著提高土壤微生物量碳、氮的含量,其中BIO处理的土壤微生物量碳氮含量最高;与CM和OIC处理相比,BIO处理初期土壤碱解氮含量相对较低,而有机质含量在整个观测期均表现出较高水平;各施肥处理均显著提高了大果榉株高、胸径和叶面积增长率,其中BIO和OIC处理效果较好。     

Carbon and nitrogen in forest soils: Potential indicators for sustainable management of eucalypt forests in south-eastern Australia

Soil organic matter (SOM) has been adopted as an indicator of soil fertility based on the rationale that SOM contributes significantly to soil physical, chemical, and biological properties that affect vital ecosystem processes of forests in Australia. A study was undertaken to evaluate the utility of SOM as an indicator of SFM at two long-term experimental sites in native eucalypt forests, including Silvertop Ash (E. sieberi L. Johnson) and Mountain Ash (E. regnans F. Muell.) in Victoria. This study examines the relative contributions made by various sources of carbon in soil profiles (0–30 cm) of forest soils, viz. mineral soil (<2 mm), plant residues, charcoal (>2 mm), and rock fragments (>2 mm). The long-term changes in these fractions in response to management-induced soil physical disturbance and fire (unburnt, moderate and high intensity) were evaluated. After 10 years, carbon levels in the fine soil fraction (soil <2 mm including fine charcoal) were similar across the range of fire disturbance classes in Mountain Ash forest (20–25 kg/m²) and Silvertop Ash forest (7–8 kg/m²). Likewise differences in carbon associated with other fractions, viz. microbial biomass, labile carbon, plant residues and rock fragments were comparatively small and could not be attributed to fire disturbance. Burning increased the charcoal carbon fraction from 5 to 23 kg/m² in Mountain Ash forest and from 1 to 3 kg/m² in Silvertop Ash forest. Taking into account, the percentage area affected by fire, increases in total soil carbon in these forests were estimated at 25 and 7 t/ha, respectively.

The effects of physical disturbance of soils were examined at one site in Mountain Ash forest where soil cultivation was used as site preparation rather than the standard practice of burning of logging residues. Total carbon in soil profiles decreased from 29 to 21 kg/m² where soil disturbance was severe, i.e. topsoil removed and subsoil disturbed. This was mainly due to a decrease in charcoal carbon from 6.8 to 1.7 kg/m² but severe soil disturbance also increased the amount of carbon associated with rock fragments from 1.6 to 3.5 kg/m².

Management-induced fire increased the coarse charcoal content of soil profiles substantially, thus increasing total carbon content as well as the proportion of recalcitrant carbon in SOM. In contrast, there was little change in the carbon content of the fine soil fraction including the labile and biologically active fractions indicating that these SOM fractions most relevant to ecosystem processes showed little long-term impact from soil disturbance and fire. Conventional sampling of the fine soil fraction (<2 mm) only represented between 50% and 70% of total carbon in the soil profiles. In contrast, total nitrogen in this fraction represented between 75% and 90% of the nitrogen in soil profiles and was less affected by changes in the contributions of N made by coarse fractions. Monitoring of soil N rather than C as an indicator of soil fertility and SFM may be more appropriate for forest soils with significant charcoal content.     

烘箱加热法测定森林土壤有机质的研究

采用烘箱加热法测定东北地区地带性土壤暗棕色森林土有机质含量,结果表明:测定最佳加热时间为30 min,最适宜加热温度为150℃,最适宜重铬酸钾浓度为1.2 mol·L~(-1)。烘箱加热法适宜测定有机质含量较高的土壤。     

Overstory vegetation influence nitrogen and dissolved organic carbon flux from the atmosphere to the forest floor: Boreal Plain,Canada

Nitrate, ammonium, total dissolved nitrogen (TDN), dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentrations and flux were measured for one year in bulk deposition and throughfall from three stand types (upland deciduous, upland conifer and wetland conifer) on the Boreal Plain, Canada. Annual (November 2006 to October 2007 water year) flux rates in bulk deposition were 80, 216, 114 and 410 mg N m⁻² for nitrate, ammonium, DON and TDN, respectively, and 3.5 g C m⁻² for DOC. The nitrate and ammonium flux in throughfall were approximately 50% of the flux in bulk deposition, while TDN flux in throughfall was 60–74% of the flux in bulk deposition. The DOC flux in throughfall was approximately 2 times greater than DOC flux in bulk deposition, while there was no detectable difference in DON flux. The forest canopy generally had the most impact on throughfall chemistry during the active growing season as compared with the dormant season, although DOC concentrations in throughfall of deciduous stands was highest during autumn. For the upland stands, TDN flow-weighted mean concentrations in the snowpack were not detectably different from the concentrations in throughfall and bulk deposition throughout the rest of the year. However, ammonium concentrations were lower and DON concentrations were higher in the snowpack than in either throughfall or bulk deposition for the other seasons, suggesting some transformation of ammonium to DON within the snowpack.     

亚热带地区杉木人工林和阔叶林土壤活性有机质研究(英文)

土壤活性有机质对土壤养分如氮、磷、硫的生物化学循环具有作用,其含量和质量影响土壤的初级生产力。本试验在中国科学院会同森林生态实验站通过对第一代、第二代杉木纯林和地带性阔叶林土壤活性有机质组分的对比研究,发现杉木纯林土壤活性有机质的含量低于地带性阔叶林。第一代杉木纯林易氧化有机碳、微生物生物量碳、水溶性有机碳和水溶性碳水化合物的含量分别比第二代杉木纯林高35.9%、13.7%、87.8%和50.9%,比地带性阔叶林的低15.8%、47.3%、38.1%和30.2%。在调查的三种林地内,土壤微生物生物量碳和水溶性有机碳含量下降幅度较大,其次为水溶性碳水化合物,而易氧化有机碳的变化最小。同时,杉木纯林土壤养分等理化性质也比地带性阔叶林低。这表明在杉木纯林取代地带性阔叶林以及杉木纯林连栽后林地的土壤肥力降低。图3 表2参26。     

Biocycle of nitrogen in a Cyclobalanopsis glauca-dominated evergreen broad-leaved forest in East China

The nitrogen (N) cycling was elucidated in a 40-year-old subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest dominated by Cyclobalanopsis glauca growing on red soil in Zhejiang Province, East China. The concentrations of N in the representative species ranged from 0.49% to 1.64%, the order of which in various layers was liana and herb layers > understory layer > tree and subtree layers; in various organs was leaf > branch > root > trunk; and aboveground parts > underground parts. The sequence of the concentrations of N in C. glauca was understory > tree > subtree layer; young and high-growing > old organs; reproductive > vegetative organs. Seasonal dynamics of the concentrations of N in C. glauca in the tree and subtree layers was comparatively stable. It was lower in autumn (October) in root, branch, and leaf in the tree layer, and low in January in the understory. There was no evident change in regularity of the concentrations of N in varying diameter classes. The concentrations of N in the litterfall, precipitation, throughfall, litter layer, and soil were 0.74%–2.30%, 0.000,038%, 0.000,09%, 1.94%, and 0.59%, respectively. The standing crop of N in the plant community was 1,025.28 kg/hm², accumulation in the litter layer was 224.88 kg/hm², and reserve in the soil was 55,151 kg/hm². Annual retention of N was 119.47 kg/hm², return was about 84.13 kg/hm², among which litterfall was 78.49 kg/hm² and throughfall, 5.64 kg/hm². Annual absorption of N was 203.60 kg/hm². Annual input of N through incident precipitation was 4.88 kg/hm². Compared with other forest types, cycling rate of N in the community was lower than in deciduous broad-leaved forests, rain forests, and mangroves, and was moderate in evergreen broad-leaved forests. N use efficiency of this forest was moderate among the forest types cited. According to the characteristics of the biocycle of phosphorous, it was concluded that N availability in the soil of this forest was not lower, and phosphorous not N was the limiting factor in the growth of plants in this community. __________ Translated from Acta Ecologica Sinica, 2005, 25(4): 740–748 [译自: 生态学报, 2005, 25(4): 740–748]     

Extractable sulfate content in Japanese forest soils

The amounts of extractable sulfate in 12 forest soils were measured as a preliminary work to study sulfur dynamics in forest ecosystems. The sulfate content determined by the distillation method varied widely (10–880 × 10⁻⁶ gSg⁻¹) depending on the soil type and the depth. Japanese forest soils were broadly divided into two groups in sulfate level: one retains a large amount of sulfate and the other does not. In general, the surface soils to the depth of 10 cm contained small amounts of sulfate (< 100 × 10⁻⁶ gSg⁻¹), while subsoils contained more. The soil samples with low (< 4.6) or high (6 <) pH (H₂O) retained small amounts of sulfate. Black soils derived from volcanic ash retained great quantities of sulfate. The two levels of sulfate contents in Japanese forest soils suggests that the sulfur dynamics are different in these soils.     

Carbon and nitrogen dynamics in early stages of forest litter decomposition as affected by nitrogen addition

The effects of nitrogen(N) availability and tree species on the dynamics of carbon and nitrogen at early stage of decomposition of forest litter were studied in a 13-week laboratory incubation experiment.Fresh litter samples including needle litter(Pinus koraiensis) and two types of broadleaf litters(Quercus mongolica and Tilia amurensis) were collected from a broadleaf-korean pine mixed forest in the northern slope of Changbai Mountain(China).Different doses of N(equal to 0, 30 and 50 kg·ha-1yr-1, respecti...     

中国东北林区桦木属（Betula）分类探讨

许多学者先后对东北林区桦木属的分类进行了深入研究,对种及种下分类等级意见至今不一致,给综合开发利用桦木类群资源造成了混乱。笔者经多年深入林区实践、调查、采集标本,结合种群特征、地理分布、生境特点综合分类,不以蜡叶标本作为唯一依据,鉴定了桦木属种及种下等级,基本上同意傅沛云(1995)对东北林区桦木属的分类。但笔者认为东北白桦(B.mandshurica(Regel) Nakai)应视为独立种,取消栓皮白桦(Betula platyphylla Suk.var. phellodendroides Tung)名称及英吉里岳桦(ermanii Cham.var.yingkiliensis liou et Wang)名称,卵叶桦(Betula ovalifolia Rupr )不应该降为柴桦变种(Betula fruticosa Pall.),仍为独立种。图1表4参10。     

氮添加对马尾松和木荷幼苗根系土壤挥发性有机化合物的影响

为了解土壤挥发性有机化合物(VOCs)对氮沉降的响应,本研究以马尾松和木荷幼苗为研究对象,设置3个氮水平(5.6、15.6和20.6 g·m^-2·a^-1)和两种氮添加方式(土壤施氮和叶面施氮),通过质子转移反应飞行时间质谱仪分析植物土壤VOCs对不同氮水平和氮添加方式的响应。结果表明,马尾松和木荷幼苗根系土壤释放的总VOCs通量为19.50~70.94 pmol·g^-1·h^-1,以含氧VOCs(乙醛、甲醇和乙烯酮)和含氮VOCs(甲酰胺和丙胺)为主,分别占总VOCs的22.04%~47.71%和3.31%~38.68%。两种氮添加方式均显著地促进马尾松和木荷幼苗根系土壤含氮VOCs释放,这与土壤铵态氮和硝态氮含量显著相关。叶面施氮处理下马尾松根系土壤总VOCs释放显著增加,不同幼苗根系土壤释放的不同种类VOCs对氮水平和氮添加方式的响应不一致。研究结果可为评估土壤VOCs对大气氮沉降增加的响应提供基础数据。     

施肥对板栗林土壤水溶性有机氮的影响

土壤水溶性有机氮(WSON)是指通过0.45 μm滤孔,且能溶解于水的,具有不同结构及分子质量大小的有机氮化合物.它是陆地生态系统中最活跃的氮素组分之一,一方面,WSON可以被植物和微生物直接吸收,从而对提高土壤生物学活性,改善土壤肥力具有重要意义(Nsholm et al.,1998;Barak et al.,1990);另一方面,它可以随水流失,会造成环境污染(Perakis et al.,2002).     

Effect of forest thinning on soil net nitrogen mineralization and nitrification in a Cryptomeria japonica plantation in Taiwan

We investigated the effect of forest thinning on soil nitrogen mineralization, nitrification and transformation in a Cryptomeria japonica plantation at high elevation to provide basic data for forest management. We chose four study plots for control, light, medium and heavy thinning treatment, and three sub-plots for buried bag studies at similar elevations in each treatment plot to measure the net N mineralization and nitrification rates in situ. The contents of soil inorganic N(ammonium and nitrate) were similar between treatments, but all varied with season, reaching maxima in September 2003 and 2004. The seasonal maximum net Nmin rates after four treatments were 0.182, 0.246, 0.303 and 0.560 mg·kg-1·d-1 in 2003, and 0.242,0.258,0.411 and 0.671 mg·kg-1·d-1in 2004, respectively. These estimates are approximate with the lower annual rates of N mineralization for this region. Forest thinning can enhance net N mineralization and microbial biomass carbon. The percentage of annual rates of Nmin for different levels of forest thinning compared with the control plot were 13.4%, 59.8% and 154.2% in 2003, and 0.1%, 58.8% and 157.7% in 2004 for light, medium, and heavy thinning, respectively. These differences were related to soil moisture, temperature, precipitation, and soil and vegetation types. Well-planned multi-site comparisons, both located within Taiwan and the East-Asia region, could greatly improve our knowledge of regional patterns in nitrogen cycling.     

磷添加对南亚热带森林土壤有机碳氮矿化影响的培养实验研究

采用室内培养的方法,分析了磷添加对南亚热带鼎湖山马尾松林（PMF）、针阔叶混交林（PBMF）和季风常绿阔叶林（MEBF）土壤（0～10cm）CO小CH4排放／吸收和有机氮矿化的影响。结果表明：28周的培养,100mg磷添加处理土壤C—CO2累积排放量依次为PMF、PBMF和MEBF对照的82．4％、84．4％和102．8％,2000mg磷处理土壤依次为其对照的107．2％、101．2％和109．1％;100mg磷处理土壤CH4累积排放量依次为其对照的69．9％、102．7％和66．3％,2000mg磷处理土壤依次为其对照的-57．4％、25．3％和22．4％,其中,磷在处理初期较一致的提高土壤CO2和CH4排放,磷对土壤有机碳矿化的影响与森林的土壤状况有关,添加的磷浓度越高,其促进作用越强。1周的培养,100mg磷处理土壤有效氮净矿化量依次比PMF、PBMF和MEBF对照少37．06％、39．60％和28．62％,2000mg磷处理土壤依次比其对照少70．97％、84．14％和187．97％,100mg磷处理土壤硝态氮净矿化量依次比其对照少48．06％、40．45％和28．03％,2000mg磷处理土壤依次比其对照少254．09％、115．32％和238．50％,磷显著的抑制土壤有机氮的矿化和硝化。结果建议,在研究P对土壤有机碳氮矿化过程时应充分考虑土壤对P的吸附作用。