Urbanization-induced glomalin changes and their associations with land-use configuration, forest characteristics, and soil properties in Changchun, Northeast China

Wang, Qiong; Wang, Wenjie; He, Xingyuan; Zhou, Wei; Zhai, Chang; Wang, Peijiang; Tang, Zuohua; Wei, Chaojun; Zhang, Bo; Lu, Xiao; Wang, Hongyuan

doi:10.1007/s11368-019-02266-x

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“…Many studies have shown that urban forest age has a positive effect on SOC and SOC [11,67,68]. Habitats with a more mature and stable urban forest structure can provide good shelter and necessary food sources for aboveground organisms [68] and play a positive role in the underground ecological environment [21].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…It has been long recognized that forest types differ greatly in forest traits [18] and thereby can affect ecosystem properties, including soil organic matter [5]. The previous studies of forest traits in relation to soil carbon stocks have focused on some key factors, such as tree canopy [19], diameter at breast height [20,21], litterfall [22][23][24], fine root biomass [25], and herbaceous vegetation [26]. These forest traits affect SOC and other soil properties through direct or indirect pathways.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Effects of Urban Forest Types and Traits on Soil Organic Carbon Stock in Beijing

Sun

Hao

et al. 2021

Forests

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Forests can affect soil organic carbon (SOC) quality and distribution through forest types and traits. However, much less is known about the influence of urban forests on SOC, especially in the effects of different forest types, such as coniferous and broadleaved forests. Our objectives were to assess the effects of urban forest types on the variability of SOC content (SOC concentration (SOCC) and SOC density (SOCD)) and determine the key forest traits influencing SOC. Data from 168 urban forest plots of coniferous or broadleaved forests located in the Beijing urban area were used to predict the effects of forest types and traits on SOC in three different soil layers, 0–10 cm, 10–20 cm, and 20–30 cm. The analysis of variance and multiple comparisons were used to test the differences in SOC between forest types or layers. Partial least squares regression (PLSR) was used to explain the influence of forest traits on SOC and select the significant predictors. Our results showed that in urban forests, the SOCC and SOCD values of the coniferous forest group were both significantly higher than those of the broadleaved group. The SOCC of the surface soil was significantly higher than those of the following two deep layers. In PLSR models, 42.07% of the SOCC variance and 35.83% of the SOCD variance were explained by forest traits. Diameter at breast height was selected as the best predictor variable by comparing variable importance in projection (VIP) scores in the models. The results suggest that forest types and traits could be used as an optional approach to assess the organic carbon stock in urban forest soils. This study found substantial effects of urban forest types and traits on soil organic carbon sequestration, which provides important data support for urban forest planning and management.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Effects of Urban Forest Types and Traits on Soil Organic Carbon Stock in Beijing

Sun

Hao

et al. 2021

Forests

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“…Soil is of interest in the (peri-) urban GIs when it can help prevent natural hazards such as floods [39,40]. Fewer publications address land cover changes [6,[41][42][43] or soil nutrients [11,14,44]. Furthermore, the inherent soil quality to sustain biodiversity, the gene or carbon pool is of less interest.…”

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“…This is a major sustainability issue, as the loss of soil functions directly impacts ES and further on the possibility to adapt to climate change. The reduction of intact soil systems, which occur predominantly in combination with (natural) green spaces, impacts the soil's ecological functions such as carbon storage [11][12][13][14], water retention [15][16][17][18], regulation of the micro-and mesoclimate [7,19,20] or plant growth [5,21,22]. The loss of the green spaces will enhance the problems arising from increased Urban Heat Islands (UHI), from reduced stormwater retention areas, or from impaired air quality, which all lead to reduced quality of life [3,5,23].…”

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Green Infrastructures and the Consideration of Their Soil-Related Ecosystem Services in Urban Areas—A Systematic Literature Review

Minixhofer

Stangl

2021

Sustainability

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Although urban soils are strongly influenced by human activities, they provide a wide range of Ecosystem Services (ES) as long as they are not sealed off. This is a major sustainability issue as the loss of soil functions directly impacts ES and further on the possibility to adapt to the effects of the climate crisis. Green Infrastructure (GI) measures can be utilized to restore previously covered soil surfaces and compensate for lost soil functions. We conducted a systematic literature review to investigate the extent of peer-reviewed publications on GI measures in (peri-) urban areas covering soil-related ES. After identifying the relevant publications (n = 284), we generated an overview of the annual, spatial, and thematic distribution of the publications. Then, we employed an extended content analysis of the published focus topics to assess the representation of soil-related ES provided by GI. The content analysis revealed that the representation of soil-related ES in GI measures focused heavily on the contribution of soil to stormwater management. Detailed assessment of the interconnection of GI measures with key soil-related ES were missing. So far, the assessment of the loss of soil-related ES is not covered extensively in GI research publications.

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“…It is considered that, through proper ecosystem management and wood utilization, some forests have potential for enhanced carbon sequestration (Boisvenue et al 2012;Lempriere et al 2013). Recent studies also show that fast urbanization in China strongly increased forest soil carbon sequestration at urban center (Zhai et al 2017;Lv et al 2018), possibly owing to soil fungal-related carbon and soil carbon turnover rate (Wang et al 2019b(Wang et al , 2020. Landscape-level configuration could improve forest ecosystem stability and favor tree growth and carbon sequestration (Zhang et al 2017a, b;Yang et al 2019;Zhao et al 2016).…”

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Reconciliation of research on forest carbon sequestration and water conservation

Farooqi

Liu

et al. 2020

J. For. Res.

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Carbon sequestration and water conservation are two of the key ecosystem services that forests provide for societal need to address environmental issues. Optimization of the dual services is the ultimate goal in forest management for mitigating global climate change and safeguarding terrestrial water balance. However, there are some tradeoffs between gain in forest productivity and ecosystem water balance. We conducted literature review based on published articles for learned knowledge on forest carbon fixation and hydrological regulations. Some knowledge gaps and research needs are identified by examining the inter-connections between forest carbon sequestration and water conservation. Past researches have helped gain basic understanding of the mechanisms and controls of forest carbon fixation and hydrological regulations as two separate issues. Tools and approaches are well established for quantifying and monitoring forest carbon and hydrological issues, operating at different spatial and temporal scales. There are knowledge gaps on how to design afforestation schemes facilitating enhanced ecosystem services in forest carbon sequestration and water conservation. For the top-down planning of afforestation in regions where water availability is anticipated to be problematic, the questions of how much and where to plant for given land availability, known environmental implications, and sustained regional development and livelihood need to be addressed. For local management considerations, the questions of what and how to plant prevail. Efforts are needed in joint studies of forest carbon sequestration and water conservation functionalities, specifically in relation to establishment and management of planted forests aiming for delivering regulatory ecosystem services in carbon sequestration, water conservation and other social values. We propose an integrated framework with dual consideration of carbon sequestration and water conservation in forest management for future research pursue.

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Urbanization-induced glomalin changes and their associations with land-use configuration, forest characteristics, and soil properties in Changchun, Northeast China

Cited by 27 publications

References 56 publications

Effects of Urban Forest Types and Traits on Soil Organic Carbon Stock in Beijing

Effects of Urban Forest Types and Traits on Soil Organic Carbon Stock in Beijing

Green Infrastructures and the Consideration of Their Soil-Related Ecosystem Services in Urban Areas—A Systematic Literature Review

Reconciliation of research on forest carbon sequestration and water conservation

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