The above- and belowground carbon pools of two mixed deciduous forest stands located in
East-Flanders (Belgium)

Walle, Inge Vande; Mussche, Sylvie; Samson, Roeland; Lust, Noël; Lemeur, Raoul

doi:10.1051/forest:2001141

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“…Hence, in some of the sites included in this study it is easily possible that belowground C storage, including that in soil and roots, may be more important than aboveground C storage. This agree with findings of Walle et al (2001) and Jia and Akiyama (2005) who found more C below then above ground in some mature forest ecosystems. The average content of C in soil of 30 years old temperate forests varies widely around 134 t ha -1 (Brady and Weil 2002).…”

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Carbon storage in post-mining forest soil, the role of tree biomass and soil bioturbation

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Carbon storage in aboveground tree biomass and soil organic matter (in depth of A layer development i.e., up to 20 cm) was studied in 22-32 year-old post-mining sites in the northwest of the Czech Republic. Four replicated sites afforested with different tree species (spruce, pine, larch, oak, lime or alder) were compared with sites left to natural regeneration which were dominated by aspen, birch and willow. No topsoil was applied at the sites; hence carbon accumulation resulted from in situ soil development on alkaline tertiary clays that were dumped on the heaps. In aboveground tree biomass, carbon storage ranged from 17.0 ± 5.9 (mean ± SEM) to 67.6 ± 5.9 t ha -1 and the rate of C accumulation increased from 0.60 ± 0.09 to 2.31 ± 0.23 t ha -1 -year -1 (natural regeneration \ pine \ spruce \ oak \ lime \ alder \ larch). Carbon storage in soil organic matter varied from 4.5 ± 3.7 to 38.0 ± 7.1 t ha -1 and the rate of C accumulation in soil organic matter increased from 0.15 ± 0.05 to 1.28 ± 0.34 t ha -1 year -1 at sites in the order: natural regeneration \ spruce \ pine, oak \ larch \ alder \ lime. Carbon storage in the soil was positively correlated with aboveground tree biomass. Soil carbon was equivalent to 98.1% of the carbon found in aboveground tree biomass at lime dominated sites, but only 21.8% at sites with natural regeneration. No significant correlation was found between C storage in soil and aboveground litter input. Total soil carbon storage was correlated positively and significantly with earthworm density, and occurrence of earthworm cast in topsoil, which indicated that bioturbation could play an important role in soil carbon storage. Hence, not only restoring of wood production, but also restoring of soil community is critical for C storage in soil and whole ecosystem.

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Carbon storage in post-mining forest soil, the role of tree biomass and soil bioturbation

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“…Forest floor carbon represented 12.4% of the total C fixed in the pine ecosystem analyzed, while it represented the 7.3% of the total carbon fixed (5.4 Mg C ha -1 ) in the oak stands. Although higher proportions were found in mixed forest of oak and beech in Belgium areas by Vande Walle et al (2001), smaller values were found by previous researchers such as Gallardo & González (2004) or Ordóñez et al (2008).…”

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“…The smaller C/N ratio reflects that the forest floor degradation in oak is faster than the pine because micro-organisms prefer digestion of litter with a low C/N ratio (< 20) to satisfy their nitrogen needs (Vande Walle et al, 2001). Previous authors agreed as to the critical (tree biomass, dead wood, scrub, forest floor and soil) of the two types of forest ecosystems (pine and oak stands) was 110.7 Mg C ha -1 and 73.9 Mg C ha -1 , respectively (unpublished data).…”

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Carbon content of forest floor and mineral soil in Mediterranean Pinus spp. and Oak stands in acid soils in Northern Spain

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Aim of study: The aim of the study was to determine the baseline carbon stock in forest floor and mineral soils in pine and oak stands in acid soils in Northern Spain.Area of study: The study area is situated in northern Spain (42° N, 4° W) on "Paramos y Valles" region of Palencia. Material and methods:An extensive monitoring composed of 48 plots (31 in pine and 17 in oak stands) was carried out. Litter layers and mineral soil samples, at depths of 0-30 cm and 30-60 cm, were taken in each plot. An intensive monitoring was also performed by sampling 12 of these 48 plots selected taken in account species forest composition and their stand development stage. Microbial biomass C (C MB ), C mineralization (C RB ), and soil organic C balance at stand level were determined in surface soil samples of intensive monitoring.Main results: No differences in soil C content were detected in the two forest ecosystems up to 60 cm depth (53.0±25.8 Mg C ha -1 in Pinus spp. plantations and 60.3±43.8 Mg C ha -1 in oak stands). However, differences in total C (C T ), C MB and C RB were found in the upper 10 cm of the soils depending on the stand development stage in each species forest composition (Pinus nigra, Pinus pinaster, Pinus sylvestris and Quercus pyrenaica). Plots with high development stage exhibited significant lower metabolic quotient (qCO 2 ), so, meant more efficient utilization of C by the microbial community. The C content in the forest floor was higher in pine stands (13.7±0.9 Mg C ha -1 ) than in oak stands (5.4±0.7 Mg C ha -1 ). A greater turnover time was found in pine ecosystems vs. oak stands. In contrast, forest floor H layer was nonexistent in oak stands.Research highlights: Results about litterfall, forest floor and mineral soil dynamics in this paper can be used strategically to reach environmental goals in new afforestation programs and sustainable forest management approaches.

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“…Так, оцінена наземна біомаса заповідного вікового листяного лісу в долині річки Тічино, Італія становила 348 т га -1 та відповідно 174 т га -1 вуглецю, з якої 63 % складає біомаса дуба звичайного [GRANATA et al, 2016]. Запас наземної біомаси 80-річного буково-дубового лісу наукового призначення в Бельгії становив 123 т га -1 , а накопиченого вуглецю -79 т га -1 [WALLE et al, 2001]. Визначена середня маса накопиченого вуглецю в стовбуровій деревині досліджених дубів парку «Феофанія» відповідає даним інших країн Європи.…”

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“…Згідно нашої оцінки у 1992 році, коли середній вік досліджених дубів Феофанії був 42 роки, середня маса вуглецю становила 144 кг. У 80-річному буково-дубовому насадженні в Бельгії запас вуглецю в стовбуровій фракції дуба становив 41 т га -1 [WALLE et al, 2001], що в перерахунку на одне дерево складало 247 кг. У дослідженому нами деревостані такий рівень акумульованого вуглецю було досягнуто при середньому віці дерев 53 роки (рис.…”

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Carbon sequestration ability of Quercus robur L. plantation in Feofania Park, Kyiv

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2017

Chornomors’k. bot. z.

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Вуглецедепонувальна здатність насадженняСarbon sequestration in young pedunculate oak (Quercus robur L.) trees stems growing in a Feofania Park stand were reconstructed in this article. We used standard dendrochronological approaches to obtain tree-ring and basal area chronologies . The mean radial growth rate of studied trees at age 65 was 3.18±1.06 mm per year and ranged from 1.86 to 5.49 mm per year. In 2015, a carbon mass in an oak stem reached mean value of 366±176 kg and ranged between 167 and 922 kg depending from a stem diameter. Pedunculate oak fixating ability increases from 2 and 5 kg carbon per year at age 20 and 30 to 10 kg carbon per year at 45-72. Чорноморський ботанічний журнал -том 13, № 3 (2017) Вуглецедепонувальна здатність насадження Quercus robur L. парку «Феофанія», м. Київ

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The above- and belowground carbon pools of two mixed deciduous forest stands located in East-Flanders (Belgium)

Cited by 34 publications

References 30 publications

Carbon storage in post-mining forest soil, the role of tree biomass and soil bioturbation

Carbon storage in post-mining forest soil, the role of tree biomass and soil bioturbation

Carbon content of forest floor and mineral soil in Mediterranean Pinus spp. and Oak stands in acid soils in Northern Spain

Carbon sequestration ability of Quercus robur L. plantation in Feofania Park, Kyiv

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