Marginal effects of silvicultural treatments on soil nutrients following harvest in a Chinese fir plantation(Soil Fertility)

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• Despite the widespread recognition that silvicultural treatments (prescribed harvest residue burning, site preparation and replanting) applied following clearcutting may cause soil erosion and nutrient loss in Chinese fir (Cunninghamia Lanceolata (Lamb.) Hook) plantations, it is unclear which specific treatment leads to nutrient loss and whether an appropriate implementation of the treatments during the dry season could avert nutrient loss altogether. To address these two questions, nutrient changes in Alliti-Udic Ferrosols soils within a Chinese fir plantation located in Huitong County, Hunan Province, were investigated through the analysis of soil samples sequentially collected at depths of 0-15cm and 15-30cm before and after harvest with the residue material kept in place, a prescribed residue burning operation, site preparation and tree replanting initiative took place. Individual treatments significantly affected the soil pH value, organic matter and C and available N at depths of 0-15cm, but did not significantly influence soil bulk density, total N and P contents and available P contents. The soil pH value decreased with successive application of the treatments. Soil organic C increased by way of the remaining residue after clearcutting, but declined after prescribed residue burning and ultimately returned to pre-harvest values after site preparation as a result of soil displacement and burning ash. Available N contents decreased significantly after clearcutting and residue burning, but the reduction was more or less offset after site preparation took place. Results after all silvicultural treatments were applied showed that no significant reduction in soil organic matter, C and N and P occurred to date in the Chinese fir plantation studied, suggesting that nutrient loss could be averted if the treatments were implemented during the dry season.

著者

• Peng Changhui

  Faculty Of Life Science And Technology Central South University Of Forestry And Technology:institute

• Tian Dalun

  Faculty Of Life Science And Technology Central South University Of Forestry And Technology

• Xiang Wenhua

  Faculty Of Life Science And Technology Central South University Of Forestry And Technology

• Peng Changhui

  Faculty Of Life Science And Technology Central South University Of Forestry And Technology

• Chai Hongxia

  Faculty Of Life Science And Technology Central South University Of Forestry And Technology

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