Quantification of organic carbon and primary nutrients in litter and soil in a foothill forest plantation of eastern Himalaya

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    摘要 Thepresentstudywasanefforttounderstandtheamountoflitterfallanditssubsequentdecompositionandquantifythereleaseofavailablenutrientsandsoilphysicochemicalcharacteristicsinplantationsoffourforesttreespecies(Lagerstroemiaparviflora,Tectonagrandis,ShorearobustaandMicheliachampaca)intheChilapattaReserveForestoftheCoochBeharWildlifeDivisionintheTeraizoneofWestBengal,India.Themostlitter(5.61Mgha-1)wasproducedbyT.grandisplantationandtheleast(4.72Mgha-1)byL.parviflora.Thematerialturnoverratetothesoilthroughdecompositionfromtotallitterwasfastestduringthefirstquarteroftheyearandsubsequentlydecreasedduringthenexttwoquarters.Thematerialturnoverratewasonly1year,whichindicatesthatmorethan90%ofthetotallitterproduceddecomposedwithinayear.Theavailableprimarynutrientcontentinlittervariedacrossthefourplantationsovertheyear.Theplantationsgenerallydidnotsignificantlyinfluencethesoilphysicalcharacteristicsbutdidsignificantlyinfluencetheavailabilityofprimarynutrientsandorganiccarbonattwodepths(1-15and16-30cm)overtheyear.Theavailabilityofsoilprimarynutrientsinthefourplantationsalsoincreasedgraduallyfromthefirstquarteroftheyeartothethirdquarterandthendecreasedduringthelastquartertothesamelevelasinthefirstquarteroftheyearatbothdepths.Theavailabilityforsoilorganiccarbonintheplantationsfollowedasimilatrend.Theamountoflitterproducedandthematerialturnoverinthesoilinthedifferentplantationsdiffered,influencingthenutrientavailabilityandorganiccarbonattheplantations.TheamountofsoilorganiccarbonwashighestforT.grandis(2.52Mgha-1)andlowestforL.parviflora(2.12Mgha-1).Litteristhesourceofsoilorganicmatter,andmorethelitterthatisproducedbytheplantations,thehigherwillbethecontentandamountofsoilorganiccarbonintheplantation.
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    出处 《林业研究:英文版》 2017年6期
    出版日期 2017年06月16日(中国Betway体育网页登陆平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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