Soil carbon, nitrogen, and base cation cycling 17 years after whole-tree harvesting in a low-elevation red spruce (Picea rubens)-balsam fir (Abies balsamea) forested watershed in central Maine, USA

McLaughlin, James W.; Phillips, Stephanie A.

doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2005.10.033

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“…Initial losses may be related to increased rates of decomposition and litter inputs to soil (e.g., Covington 1981, Peltoniemi et al 2004, Stoffel et al 2010, Forrester et al 2012, but see Yanai et al 2003). Although, belowground C pools may recover over time (Cromack et al 1999, McLaughlin and Phillips 2006, Powers et al 2012, all treatments (thinned and unthinned) have most likely incurred a carbon debt as a result of clearcutting ;60-80 years ago (Rhemtulla et al 2009). Thus, carbon pools in fully stocked untreated controls likely remain below the upper bound of on-site carbon storage for these sites (Smithwick et al 2002, Peltoniemi et al 2004).…”

Section: Effects Of Thinning On C Storagementioning

confidence: 99%

Management trade‐off between aboveground carbon storage and understory plant species richness in temperate forests

Burton

Ares

Olson

et al. 2013

Ecological Applications

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Abstract. Because forest ecosystems have the capacity to store large quantities of carbon (C), there is interest in managing forests to mitigate elevated CO 2 concentrations and associated effects on the global climate. However, some mitigation techniques may contrast with management strategies for other goals, such as maintaining and restoring biodiversity. Forest thinning reduces C storage in the overstory and recruitment of detrital C. These C stores can affect environmental conditions and resource availability in the understory, driving patterns in the distribution of early and late-seral species. We examined the effects of replicated (N ¼ 7) thinning experiments on aboveground C and understory vascular plant species richness, and we contrasted relationships between aboveground C and early-vs. lateseral species richness. Finally, we used structural equation modeling (SEM) to examine relationships among early-and late-seral species richness and live and detrital aboveground C stores.Six years following thinning, aboveground C was greater in the high-density treatment and untreated control than in moderate-(MD) and variable-density (VD) treatments as a result of reductions in live overstory C. In contrast, all thinning treatments increased species richness relative to controls. Between the growing seasons of years 6 and 11 following treatments, the live overstory C increment tended to increase with residual density, while richness decreased in MD and VD treatments. The richness of early-seral species was negatively related to aboveground C in MD and VD, while late-seral species richness was positively (albeit weakly) related to aboveground C. Structural equation modeling analysis revealed strong negative effects of live overstory C on early-seral species richness balanced against weaker positive effects on late-seral species richness, as well as positive effects of detrital C stocks. A trade-off between carbon and plant species richness thus emerges as a net result of these relationships among species traits, thinning treatments, and live and detrital C storage. Integrating C storage with traditional conservation objectives may require managing this trade-off within stands and landscapes (e.g., maintain early-seral habitat and species within dense, C-rich forests and, conversely, live and detrital C stores in early-seral habitats) or separating these goals across scales and species groupings.

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Section: Effects Of Thinning On C Storagementioning

confidence: 99%

Management trade‐off between aboveground carbon storage and understory plant species richness in temperate forests

Burton

Ares

Olson

et al. 2013

Ecological Applications

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“…With regard to soils, for example, a number of long-term research trials have been conducted or are ongoing to determine the effects of intensive biomass removal on the soil properties of certain sites (see Smith et al 1986Smith et al , 2000Johnson and Curtis 2001;Burger 2002;Powers et al 2005;Fleming et al 2006;McLaughlin and Phillips 2006;Morris and Fleming 2006;Raulund-Rasmussen et al 2007). Long-term studies are critical to determining impacts over more than one rotation.…”

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“…(Guidelines or best management practices [BMPs] also exist for Missouri, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, and are under development for Maine: see Evans 2008; see also reviews of European policies and guidelines in Stupak et al 2007 and2008a). A number of research trials on various forest types grown in different soils show that impacts on soil physical and chemical properties can vary significantly from site to site (e.g., Smith et al 1986, Federer et al 1989, Briggs et al 2000, McLaughlin and Phillips 2006, and even from tree species to tree species (Hacker 2008). For example, while current research seems to indicate that the effects of residue removal on soil nutrients are short-term on sites that are high quality, sites that are nutrient-poor may face long-term effects.…”

Section: Guidelines and Best Management Practicesmentioning

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Coping with complexity: Designing low-impact forest bioenergy systems using an adaptive forest management framework and other sustainable forest management tools

Lattimore¹,

Smith²,

Richardson³

2010

The Forestry Chronicle

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Forest fuel production is a growing industry in Canada and elsewhere, as governments strive to increase energy security and find alternatives to the use of fossil fuels. While forest bioenergy can provide environmental benefits such as renewability and carbon emissions reductions, the industry can also pose environmental risks through increasing pressure on forest resources. Because large-scale forest bioenergy production is relatively new to Canada, much is still unknown about how such an industry might evolve and impact forest ecosystems. These unknowns, along with the cross-sectoral, multistakeholder nature of the industry, make planning for sustainable forest bioenergy systems quite challenging. In this paper, we introduce some of the challenges to creating sustainable systems, and we discuss how sustainable forest management frameworks like Adaptive Forest Management and Sustainable Forest Management Certification can help to meet these challenges. We also discuss the importance of technology transfer to ensuring that the best available knowledge forms the basis for effective standards and management plans. Sustainable forest management frameworks can help to organize, distil and communicate the growing body of research on forest bioenergy production, link policy to practice through the creation of standards, and incorporate provisions for continual learning and system adaptation, all of which are key to the long-term sustainability of the rapidly evolving forest bioenergy sector.Key words: bioenergy, sustainable forest management frameworks, adaptive forest management, certification, standards, technology transfer RÉSUMÉ La production de carburant à partir des forêts constitue une industrie en croissance au Canada et ailleurs dans le monde, étant donné que les gouvernements cherchent à accroître le niveau de sécurité énergétique et à trouver des alternatives à l'utilisation des combustibles fossiles. Même si la bioénergie forestière peut comporter des bénéfices environnementaux du fait qu' elle est renouvelable et qu' elle peut réduire les émissions de carbone, l'industrie peut également engendrer des risques environnementaux suite à l'accroissement de la pression sur les ressources forestières. Compte tenu que la production à grande échelle de bioénergie forestière demeure une chose relativement nouvelle au Canada, il y a beaucoup d'inconnues entourant l' évolution de cette industrie et sur ce que seront ses impacts sur les écosystèmes forestiers. Ces inconnues, en plus de la nature intersectorielle et multi-intervenants de l'industrie, font en sorte que la planification des systèmes durables de bioénergie forestière représente tout un défi. Dans cet article, nous introduisons certains des défis reliés à la création de systèmes durables et nous discutons de la façon selon laquelle les cadres de référence d'aménage-ment forestier durable comme l'aménagement forestier adaptatif et la certification de l'aménagement forestier durable peuvent aider à relever ces défis. Nous discutons également de l'imp...

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“…Forest management practices, forest vegetation and fires, as well as other physical disasters played a crucial role in soil erosion, thus in the balance of organic carbon (Johnson et al, 2002;Lal, 2005;MataixSolera et al, 2011;Cerda et al, 2017;Pereira et al, 2017). Depending on silvicultural management practices and on the methods of collection of forest products, soils were positively or negatively influenced by C accumulation or decrease, respectively (Laiho et al, 2003;Peltoniemi et al, 2004;McLaughlin and Phillips, 2006). It was found that soil C reduced during the first 10 years after management practices (Knoepp and Swank, 1997;Mendham et al, 2003).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In addition, the removal of whole trees caused shortterm losses of soil C (Johnson and Curtis, 2001;Laiho et al, 2003). However, long-term effects of harvesting on soil organic C storage were not detected (Johnson et al, 2002;McLaughlin and Phillips, 2006).…”

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The Impact of Management Practices on Soil Fertility and Foliar Nutrient Concentrations in a Spruce (Picea abies Link) Forest Ecosystem of Rodopi Mountainous Area, in Northern Greece

Papaioannou

Chatzistathis

Menexes

2018

Not Bot Horti Agrobo

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After forest harvesting, organic matter accumulation and soil nutrient availability are usually negatively influenced, especially during the first years. The hypothesis that 15 years after selective harvesting (15Y) the increased forest biomass, together with the enhanced nutrient recycling rates, compared to 5-years after harvesting (5Y), could restore nutrient availability and organic C accumulation (both in forest floor and soil) to similar levels to the intact site, was tested. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of the timing of management practices (intact forest-control, 5Y, 15Y) on organic matter content, nutrient concentrations in needles, forest floor and soil, in a forest ecosystem of Picea abies L., in Rodopi mountainous area, in northern Greece. Significant differences between the intact site and the other two treatments were found in: i) soil N, P, C/N and exchangeable Ca, ii) organic matter and nutrient accumulation (basically in the upper 30 cm), iii) foliar K, Fe and Zn concentrations. In conclusion: i) forest management practices clearly influenced soil fertility and organic matter accumulation, ii) 15 years after selective harvesting nutrient and organic C accumulation in forest floor, as well as K and Fe accumulation in soil were restored to similar levels to the intact sites; thus, our hypothesis was partially correct.

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Soil carbon, nitrogen, and base cation cycling 17 years after whole-tree harvesting in a low-elevation red spruce (Picea rubens)-balsam fir (Abies balsamea) forested watershed in central Maine, USA

Cited by 51 publications

References 109 publications

Management trade‐off between aboveground carbon storage and understory plant species richness in temperate forests

Management trade‐off between aboveground carbon storage and understory plant species richness in temperate forests

Coping with complexity: Designing low-impact forest bioenergy systems using an adaptive forest management framework and other sustainable forest management tools

The Impact of Management Practices on Soil Fertility and Foliar Nutrient Concentrations in a Spruce (Picea abies Link) Forest Ecosystem of Rodopi Mountainous Area, in Northern Greece

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