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Scientia Silvae Sinicae ›› 2023, Vol. 59 ›› Issue (10): 128-137.doi: 10.11707/j.1001-7488.LYKX20220115

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Effects of Insect Disturbance on Characteristics of Soil Enzyme Activity and C∶N∶P Stoichiometry in Pinus armandii Forest

Jinlian Huang1,Hongxia Cui2,Wanpeng Tang2,Chen Hu1,Zhiyuan Ma1,Jingpin Lei1,*   

  1. 1. Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry Beijing 100091
    2. Hubei Academy of Forestry Wuhan 430075
  • Received:2022-03-04 Online:2023-10-25 Published:2023-11-01
  • Contact: Jingpin Lei

Abstract:

Objective: This study takes the disturbed Pinus armandii forest in the Shennongjia forest region as the research subject, and measures the enzyme activity and soil chemical properties of the P. armandii forest in the growing season and soil respiration after the insect disturbance, aims to explore the changes of soil enzyme activity and soil chemical properties of P. armandii forest and their effect on soil respiration which provides a theoretical basis for the soil carbon emission of P. armandii forest after insect disturbance. Method: In two types of samples (disturbed P. armandii forest-DPAF, healthy P. armandii forest-HPAF), soil samples of 0-10 cm are selected near the soil respiration ring (randomly laid out in the sample) to determine the soil chemical properties and soil enzyme activity, respectively. Result: The soil organic carbon(SOC), total nitrogen(TN), available nitrogen(AN), available potassium(AK) contents and C/N, C/P, N/P of the disturbed P. armandii forest are lower than the healthy P. armandii forest, but the soil total phosphorus(TP), total potassium(TK) and available phosphorus(AP) content are higher than that of the Healthy P. armandii forest. Soil catalase(CAT), acid protease(ACPT) and sucrase(SC) activities of healthy P. armandii forest are significantly higher than those of healthy P. armandii forest(P<0.05), and soil acid protease(ACP) activity is significantly lower than that of healthyP. armandii forest(P<0.05). N/P is the dominant factor affecting ACP activity, and TK is the dominant factor affecting ACPT and CAT activity. Redundant analysis shows that the effects of TP and AP on soil enzyme activities reach a highly significant level (P<0.01), with an interpretation amount of 58.9% and 50.5%, respectively. RDA analysis shows that the effects of N/P and C/P on soil enzyme activities reach a significant level (P<0.05), with an explanation amount of 34.0% and 26.5%, respectively. The soil respiration(Rs) of the disturbed P. armandii forest and the healthy P. armandii forest are basically the same as the growth season, and the monthly change of Rs in the growing season has the characteristics of a unipolar curve. Analysis of variance shows that Rs reaches a highly significant difference between different months (P<0.01).Rs also varies at different times of the growing season, with Rs significantly higher in summer than in Spring, Autumn and Winter, and significant differences in Summer Rs. The Rs of the disturbed P. armandii forest are lower than those of the healthy P. armandii forest during the growing season, and the concentration differences are in the summer growth period. There are no significant differences between the Rs and the chemical factors in the disturbed P. armandii forest, and the Rs of healthy P. armandii forest is significantly inversely correlated with pH. Conclusion: After the disturbance of insect disturbance, the soil chemical properties and enzyme activities of P. armandii forest have significant variations. The effects of insect disturbance on soil enzyme activities in P. armandii forest are mainly achieved through the control of the soil phosphorus element (TP, AP) cycle and the regulation of related ecological measurement ratios (C/P, N/P), and there is no soil phosphorus element limitation. After the disturbance, the soil respiration rate of P. armandii plantation forest in the growing season is significantly reduced, and the difference is related to the soil enzyme activity and chemical properties, but there is no significant relationship.

Key words: insect disturbance, Pinus armandii, soil enzyme activity, stoichiometric characteristics, soil respiration

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