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›› 1997, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (zk2): 175-180.

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STUDIES ON THE AMOUNT OF LITTER AND NUTRIENT RETURN IN SLASH PINE PLANTATIONS WITH DIFFERENT DENSITY

Xiang Wenhua,Tian Dalun,Cai Baoyu,Zhong Jiande   

  1. Central-South Forestry CoHege Zhuzhou 412006;Lufeng Mountain Forest Farm in Guangxi Autonomous Region Wuxuan 545000
  • Received:1900-01-01 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:1997-11-25 Published:1997-11-25

Abstract: The annual amount of litter and nutrient return in different density Slash pine plan-tations,the existing storage of the litter,and the content of elements in the litter were measured and analysed.The results show that the annual amount of litter is 6191.5—7123.9kg/hm2·a.the existing storage of the litter on the stands is 9.75—17.4t/hm2.The annual return amount of litter nutrient is 90.43—105.09kg/hm2·a,and the total amount of nutrient stored in the litter is 191.16—281.89kg/hm2,in which the highest storage was occurred at the density of 3000 stems/hm2.The data above proves that forest litter forms a huge storage of nutrient,which plays an important role in main-taining site quality and raising forest productivity.

Key words: Slash pine, Litter, Nutrient return, Density