Impacts of slash burning on soil nutrients of the clear-cutting site of Cunninghamia lanceolata plantation in Sanming, Fujian Province
LEI Xueming, WU Jianping, FENG Yan, TONG Hao, TU Longping, LIU Wenfei, FAN Houbao
1. Jiangxi Key Laboratory for Restoration of Degraded Ecosystems & Watershed Ecohydrology, Institute of Ecology and Environmental Science, Nanchang Institute of Technology, 330099, Nanchang, China; 2 Shijiao National Forest Farm of Sanming, 365000, Sanming, Fujian, China
Abstract:[Background] Fire is a controlling factor in terrestrial ecosystems. Moderate frequency and intensity of fire can be beneficial for the structure and functioning of ecosystems, thereby maintaining forest biodiversity and nutrient cycling, and improving soil fertility in forest ecosystems. [Methods] Field investigations and lab analyses were conducted to study the effects of slash burning on soil nutrients on the clear-cutting sites of Cunninghamia lanceolata plantation. Three slope locations (i.e. upper slope, middle slope and lower slope locations) were selected to monitor the dynamic changes in soil available nutrient status, including nitrate nitrogen (NO3--N), ammonium nitrogen (NH4+-N) and available phosphorus (A-P). The soil samples were collected one time before the burning and three times after the burning (i.e. 2 months, 1 year, and 2 years). The changes of soil available nutrient on different recovery times and slope locations were examined. [Results] 1) The concentration of NO3--N increased in the second month and the first year after the burning but declined slightly in the second year, in comparison with that prior to the burning. Additionally, the concentration of NO3--N in upper slope location was lower than those in other slope locations within a year of burning. The averaged concentration of soil NO3--N from different fire time exhibited the following trend:the first year of burning (27.53mg/kg) > the second month of burning (26.03 mg/kg) > before the burning (22.32 mg/kg) > the second year of burning (15.33 mg/kg). 2) By contrast, the concentration of NH4+-N showed an opposite trend:declining within the first year from 11.52 mg/kg (before the burning) to 8.48 mg/kg (the second month of burning) and 5.19 mg/kg (the first year of burning). However, it increased significantly after the second year of burning, reaching 8.99 mg/kg. 3) There was no significant difference in A-P concentration among different slope locations across time. A-P remained similar through the first year of burning, ranging between 3.05 and 4.64 mg/kg. Nevertheless, it increased in the second year of burning (11.71 mg/kg), indicating that burning accelerated soil nutrient mineralization. 4) The ratio of IN/A-P (inorganic nitrogen/available phosphorus) did not change significantly in the first year of burning, while it reduced significantly after the second year of burning (between 1.98 and 2.63), largely due to rapid increase in available phosphorus concentration. [Conclusions] On the whole, the short term effect of fire speeded up the soil available nutrient cycling, and the soil nutrient status was improved. However, we should pay attention to the phenomenon that large amounts of nutrient losses from the site may occur in the meantime. The main goal of this study was to enrich the database of long-term slash burning on soil nutrients, and provide scientific theoretical basis for plantation management in the burned forest area.
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LEI Xueming, WU Jianping, FENG Yan, TONG Hao, TU Longping, LIU Wenfei, FAN Houbao. Impacts of slash burning on soil nutrients of the clear-cutting site of Cunninghamia lanceolata plantation in Sanming, Fujian Province. SSWC, 2017, 15(3): 43-50.
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