Effects of gaps in the forest canopy on soil microbial communities and enzyme activity in a Chinese pine forest

Yong, Yang; Geng, Yan; Zhou, Honggeng; GuangLiang, Zhao; Wang, Ling

doi:10.1016/j.pedobi.2017.03.001

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“…The AP concentration was observed in the SFCS treatment soil samples than in CK treatment soil samples (Table 2), and the results indicated that SFCS could improve the effectiveness of Phosphorus. In addition, we found that the soil pH value was not significantly different among the different management treatments in the short term (Table 2), and the result was similar to the observation by Yang et al [44] and Dang et al [12], who also showed that forest management caused no obvious change in the pH value of forest soil.…”

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Short-Term Effects of Different Forest Management Methods on Soil Microbial Communities of a Natural Quercus aliena var. acuteserrata Forest in Xiaolongshan, China

Park

Zhang

Zhao

et al. 2019

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One of the aims of sustainable forest management is to preserve the diversity and resilience of ecosystems. Unfortunately, changes in the soil microbial communities after forest management remain unclear. We analyzed and compared the soil microbial community of a natural Quercus aliena var. acuteserrata forest after four years of four different management methods using high-throughput sequencing technology. The forest management methods were close-to-nature management (CNFM), structure-based forest management (SBFM), secondary forest comprehensive silviculture (SFCS) and unmanaged control (CK). The results showed that: (1) the soil microbial community diversity indices were not significantly different among the different management methods. (2) The relative abundance of Proteobacteria in the SBFM treatment was lower than in the CK treatment, while the relative abundance of Acidobacteria in the SBFM was significantly higher than that in the CK treatment. The relative abundance of Ascomycota was highest in the CNFM treatment, and that of Basidiomycota was lowest in the CNFM treatment. However, the relative abundance of dominant bacterial and fungal phyla was not significantly different in CK and SFCS. (3) Redundancy analysis (RDA) showed that the soil organic matter (SOM), total nitrogen (TN), and available nitrogen (AN) significantly correlated with the bacterial communities, and the available potassium (AK) was the only soil nutrient, which significantly correlated with the composition of the fungal communities. The short-term SBFM treatment altered microbial bacterial community compositions, which may be attributed to the phyla present (e.g., Proteobacteria and Acidobacteria), and the short-term CNFM treatment altered microbial fungal community compositions, which may be attributed to the phyla present (e.g., Ascomycota and Basidiomycota). Furthermore, soil nutrients could affect the dominant soil microbial communities, and its influence was greater on the bacterial community than on the fungal community.

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Short-Term Effects of Different Forest Management Methods on Soil Microbial Communities of a Natural Quercus aliena var. acuteserrata Forest in Xiaolongshan, China

Park

Zhang

Zhao

et al. 2019

Forests

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“…Size of the gap is an important parameter influencing soil characteristics. The large size gaps cause decrease of soil organic matter, nitrogen and phosphorus, enzyme activity and increase the nutrients loss (Xu et al 2016;Yang et al 2017). Salvage logging at windthrow sites can result in reduction and more uniform distribution of post-windthrow structural atributes that can cause significant differences between natural disturbances and managed forests (Waldron et al 2013).…”

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Dehydrogenase activity in topsoil at windthrow plots in Tatra National Park

Hanajík

Gáfriková

Zvarík

2017

Central European Forestry Journal

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The aim of the study was to compare the effect of windthrow treatments established after the windstorm in 2004 on the activity of enzyme dehydrogenase (DHA) in forest topsoils. We also focused on the effect of the recent windthrow (May 2014) on the DHA in topsoil. Soil samples were collected in July 2014 from four sites in the Tatra National Park: EXT -tree trunks and wood debris extracted after the windstorm in 2004, NEX -area left for self-regeneration after the windstorm in 2004, REX -tree trunks and wood debris extracted after the windstorm (May 2014), REN -Norway spruce stand set as a control plot. We measured pH, dry weight %, soil organic matter (SOM), carbon content in microbial biomass (C bio ) and DHA. Dehydrogenase activity at studied plots was the lowest at the EXT plot and the highest values were measured at the REN plot. DHA at NEX was similar to REN suggesting comparable ecological conditions at these plots comparing to EXT. Carbon content in microbial biomass at plots reflected intensity of dehydrogenase activity in sequence EXT < REX < NEX < REN.

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“…In European silver fir stands (Abies alba Mill) in Italy, Muscolo et al (2007a) reported the occurrence of chemical and microbiological variations in the soil of gaps. Other studies investigating soil respiration (Saner et al 2009, Pang et al 2013, microclimate variables (He et al 2012), microbial community (Schliemann & Bockheim 2014, Lewandowski et al 2015, microbial biomass (Arunachalam & Arunachalam 2000, Muscolo et al 2007b), enzyme activities (Yang et al 2017) have also confirmed the influences of forest gaps on soil properties. The study of forest gaps dynamics is essential to understanding ecosystem function and predicting how forest ecosystems respond to disturbance and to forest management.…”

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“…Many environmental variations take place after the formation of a gap (D'Oliveira & Ribas 2011), among which the changes in the distribution of living and non-living resources, whose impact is crucial on both aboveground and belowground ecological pro-cesses in forests (Liu et al 2018). Indeed, gaps influence the forest soil which is a vital part of the ecosystem functioning (Yang et al 2017). According to Scharenbroch & Bockheim (2007), different elements may influence soil processes including climate, organisms, physiography, parent material, time, and human activities.…”

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Influences of forest gaps on soil physico-chemical and biological properties in an oriental beech (Fagus orientalis L.) stand of Hyrcanian forest, north of Iran

Amolikondori¹,

Vajari²,

Feizian³

et al. 2020

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Understanding the effects of silvicultural practices including single-tree selection on soil properties is essential for forest management in temperate broadleaved beech forests. Changes in physico-chemical and biological soil properties in 15 harvest-created gaps under single-tree selection and the adjacent closed canopies, with five replications for each, were studied 6 years after gap creation in an oriental beech (Fagus orientalis L.) stand of the Hyrcanian forest. Gaps were classified into three size classes: small (85-130 m 2 ), medium (131-175 m 2 ) and large (176-300 m 2 ). Soil cores were collected at the center and at the edge of gaps, and under the adjacent closed canopy. Results indicated that gap size significantly affected soil texture and bulk density, whereas soil organic carbon (SOC), total nitrogen and pH showed a significant gradient from the center to the edge of gap independently form their size. SOC and total nitrogen at the center of gaps were also significantly lower than closed-canopy, in particular for the medium-gap; contrastingly, the bulk density with the highest mean value was found at the center of the large-gap. Gap size had no significant influence on soil microbial biomass. These results highlighted that similar conditions in terms of many soil properties were still present among gaps and adjacent closed-canopy stands six years after logging, though canopy openness triggered a reduction in carbon and nitrogen availability along with the related microbial activity at the center of gaps, independently from their size. Therefore, if aimed at preserving an uneven aged structure along with soil quality in temperate broadleaved deciduous forest as the oriental beech stands in the Hyrcanian region, single-tree selection practice for harvesting trees can be recommended as sustainable forest management type.Citation: Amolikondori A, Abrari Vajari K, Feizian M, Di Iorio A (2020). Influences of forest gaps on soil physico-chemical and biological properties in an oriental beech (Fagus orientalis L.) stand of Hyrcanian forest, north of Iran.

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Effects of gaps in the forest canopy on soil microbial communities and enzyme activity in a Chinese pine forest

Cited by 66 publications

References 83 publications

Short-Term Effects of Different Forest Management Methods on Soil Microbial Communities of a Natural Quercus aliena var. acuteserrata Forest in Xiaolongshan, China

Short-Term Effects of Different Forest Management Methods on Soil Microbial Communities of a Natural Quercus aliena var. acuteserrata Forest in Xiaolongshan, China

Dehydrogenase activity in topsoil at windthrow plots in Tatra National Park

Influences of forest gaps on soil physico-chemical and biological properties in an oriental beech (Fagus orientalis L.) stand of Hyrcanian forest, north of Iran

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