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Scientia Silvae Sinicae ›› 2020, Vol. 56 ›› Issue (10): 11-25.doi: 10.11707/j.1001-7488.20201002

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Characterization of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from the Soil of Temperate Forest Types During Non-Growing Season in Maoer Mountain, Heilongjiang

Hui Liu1,2,Changcheng Mu1,*,Bin Wu1,Yue Zhang1,Lijie Jing1   

  1. 1. Center for Ecological Research, Northeast Forestry University Harbin 150040
    2. Daxinganling Survey, Planning and Design Institute of National Forestry and Grassland Administration Jiagedaqi 165100
  • Received:2019-02-06 Online:2020-10-25 Published:2020-10-20
  • Contact: Changcheng Mu

Abstract:

Objective: In order to reveal the influence of changes of forest types on greenhouse gases emission from soils, the fluxes of greenhouse gases, the annual contribution rate and the patterns of warming potential were investigated for 8 temperate forest types in the northeast during the non-growing season. Method: With the static chamber-gas chromatography method, CH4, CO2, and N2O fluxes were measured along with the environmental factors (snow cover thickness, 5 cm deep soil temperature T5, 0-40 cm soil water content, organic carbon, available nitrogen, pH) from two 51-year-old plantation (Korean pine plantation HR and larch plantation LR), 5 natural secondary forests with 61 to 67 years old hardwood forest YK, Betula platyphylla forest BH, Populous davidiana forest SY, mixed deciduous forest ZM, Mongolian oak forest MGL, and 150-year-old primary Korean pine and broad-leaved mixed forest YS, One-way variance and Duncan method were used for variance analysis and multiple comparison (α=0.05). Multiple stepwise regression was used to find the main factors affecting the greenhouse gas flux from all environmental factors. Result: The CO2 fluxes were 15.97-57.86 mg·m-2h-1among the 8 temperate forest types during the non-growing season, and those of the 2 plantations and the 4 secondary forests (except for MGL) were significantly higher than those of YS respectively by 107.5%-147.1% and 135.3%-262.3% (P < 0.05); The CH4 absorption values were -69.74--9.13 μg·m-2h-1 among the 8 temperate forest types during the non-growing season, and the values of the 3 secondary forests (YK, SY, ZM) were significantly higher than that of YS by 152.8%-174.6% (P < 0.05), while those of the 2 plantations were significantly lower than that of the YS by 52.0%-64.1% (P > 0.05); The N2O fluxes were 7.68-40.55 μg·m-2h-1 among the 8 temperate forest types during the non-growing season, and the 2 plantations and 3 secondary forests (YK, SY, ZM) were significantly higher than YS by 114.2%-286.6% and 116.3%-192.0% (P < 0.05) respectively; During the non-growing season, soil CO2 emissions from YS were mainly controlled by T5, 0-40 cm soil water content, pH and nitrate nitrogen, while that from the plantations were mainly influenced by T5, and snow cover thickness, and the CO2 emissions from the secondary forests were mainly controlled by T5 and 0-40 cm soil ammonium nitrogen (YK and MGL). CH4 fluxes from YS were impacted only by T5, from the 2 plantations by snow cover thickness, and from the secondary forests by T5 and 0-40 cm soil ammonium nitrogen. N2O fluxes from YS was mainly controlled only by snow cover thickness, while those from the plantations and the secondary forests were generally controlled by 0-40 cm soil ammonium nitrogen, moisture content and snow cover thickness. Compared with YS, the plantations and the natural secondary forests reduced the annual contribution rate of soil CH4 uptake (12.3%-30.2%) by 2.8%-10.0% (except SY) during the non-growing season, and made the annual contribution rates of CO2 and N2O emissions (4.8%-12.5% and 7.0%-63.6%) with an increase by 3.1%-7.7% or 3.0%-56.6%, respectively. The greenhouse gas warming potential (71.16-250.64 g CO2·m-2) of the 2 plantations and the 5 natural secondary forests showed a significant increase of 130%-190% and 120%-250% (P < 0.05) during the non-growing season, compared with YS. Conclusion: Therefore, the effects of early human disturbance on greenhouse gases fluxes during the non-growing season have not been completely eliminated even after 51-67 years of restoration of the plantations and natural secondary forests since the clear-cut of the primary temperate forests of Korean Pine. The CO2 and N2O fluxes of plantations and secondary forests were significantly higher than that of YS. The CH4 flux of secondary forests was significantly increased, while that of plantations was significantly decreased.

Key words: temperate forests, plantation and secondary forests, non-growth greenhouse gas emissions, control factors, global warming potential and annual contribution rate

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