Logging residue harvest may decrease enzymatic activity of boreal forest soils

被引:47
作者
Adamczyk, Bartosz [1 ]
Adamczyk, Sylwia [1 ]
Kukkola, Mikko [1 ]
Tamminen, Pekka [1 ]
Smolander, Aino [1 ]
机构
[1] Finnish Forest Res Inst, Vantaa Unit, FIN-01301 Vantaa, Finland
基金
芬兰科学院;
关键词
Boreal forest soil; C and N transformations; Enzyme activities; Logging residue harvest; Picea abies; Pinus sylvestris; BETA-GLUCOSAMINIDASE ACTIVITY; ABIES L. KARST; BIOCHEMICAL-PROPERTIES; NUTRIENT RELEASE; SCOTS PINE; SPRUCE; DECOMPOSITION; ENZYMES; TRANSFORMATIONS; MINERALIZATION;
D O I
10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.12.017
中图分类号
S15 [土壤学];
学科分类号
0903 ; 090301 ;
摘要
Nowadays conventional stem-only harvest where logging residues are left on the site is often displaced by whole-tree harvest, in which logging residues are harvested for use as bioenergy. Logging residues consist of tree branches and tops of stems with needles. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of logging residue harvest on soil enzyme activities involved in C, N and P cycling, namely beta-glucosidase, beta-glucosaminidase, protease and acid phosphatase in relation to other soil characteristics (i.e. soil respiration, net N mineralization, microbial biomass C and N). Soil samples were taken from the humus layer of five study sites, differing in fertility, dominating tree species and time elapsed after treatment. The study sites were Norway spruce (Picea abies, (L) Karst) and Scots pine (Pints sylvestris L) stands in different parts of Finland. Four of the study sites were single-tree experiments, where thinning was performed 4-5 years before this study and 3-4 different doses of logging residues (from 0 up to 37.5 Mg ha(-1)) were distributed on a circle around a single tree in 3 replicates. The last field experiment had been thinned twice, 23 and 13 years ago; the treatments in 3 replicates were whole-tree harvest and stem-only harvest. In the whole-tree harvest vs. stem-only harvest experiment, activities of beta-glucosidase, beta-glucosaminidase, acid phosphatase were similar in both treatments. In general, in the single-tree experiment with pine, enzymes raised the activity in response to increasing amount of logging residue. The pattern was less clear for the spruce single-tree experiment, but acid phosphatase and protease activities increased with the increase in amount of logging residue. In general, other soil characteristics were less affected than enzyme activities by logging residue removal; however, in some sites logging residues seemed to increase net C and N mineralization with increasing logging residue amount. Our results suggest that retaining logging residues on the site can increase soil enzyme activities and C and N mineralization. (c) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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