华南重要人工林及地带性森林凋落物酸碱缓冲能力

植物残体可以修正土壤酸度,但其作用机理还有很大争议,本研究评估森林凋落物作为酸碱缓冲体系的能力,它可能是调节土壤酸度的重要机理之一.凋落物材料取自华南重要的人工林类型及一个地带性顶极森林群落,将材料用不同pH酸溶液提取,并用酸碱进行滴定.结果表明,凋落物本身是一个极强的酸碱缓冲体系,它使浸提液酸度保持不变,并对添加的酸碱起显著的缓冲作用.首次发现两个豆科树种凋落物马占相思(Acacia mangiumWilld)与大叶相思(Acacia auriculaiformis A.Cunn)具有很高的pH值(约pH6.0),约高于土壤酸度2个pH单位,每年凋落于地表的枯落物层通过缓冲机理可以提高雨水0.1至0.4pH单位.其它人工林凋落物酸度约为pH4.0,与它们生长的土壤酸度相似.溶液中无机离子组成上的差异不能完全解释凋落物pH格局,但高钠低硝态氮可能是两个豆科树种高pH的一个重要原因.地带性顶极群落12个树种加权酸度为pH3.90,明显低于土壤酸度(pH4.19),因而,凋落物是林下土壤进一步变酸的驱动因素;发现一个种凋落物(山竹子(Garcinia oblongifolia))酸度极低(pH 3.19)并且缓冲力极强,该种植物生长的土壤将难于通过施用石灰等措施对酸度进行调节,它影响下的土壤环境将影响其它植物的入侵.观光木(Tsoongiodendron odorum Chun)凋落物酸度碱向最远离土壤酸度,这种凋落物酸度与环境酸度间的不一致可能对植物形成某种长期生态压力,并成为该种致濒危的一个因素.因而,植物残体是一个极强的酸碱缓冲体系,它以化学缓冲机理可以影响环境酸度,但可能只有少数种通过这一机理使土壤致酸或致碱,因为多数植物残体与土壤酸度基本相似.     

落叶松人工林土壤酸度与有机磷形态的相关性

通过东北东部山地落叶松人工林不同发育阶段土壤酸度变化规律以及与有机磷形态相关关系的研究发现,不同发育阶段落叶松根际土壤水解性总酸度都高于非根际土壤,而交换性酸与总酸度的比值则相反;落叶松由幼龄林到成熟林随林龄的增大根际土壤活性酸(pH值)呈降低趋势,而非根际土壤活性酸(pH值)(除成熟林外)、根际与非根际土壤的交换性酸、土壤交换性铝、土壤水解性总酸度和交换性酸/总酸度的比值随林龄的增大呈显著增大趋势。但由于暗棕壤具有较强的缓冲性能,并且土壤活性酸(pH值)由幼龄林到成熟林随林龄的变化范围为5.27±0.25~5.93±0.12,因此,在落叶松树种适生的范围之内,不需施用石灰调节土壤的酸度。各年龄阶段森林根际土壤酸度与根际土壤有机磷形态相关密切。随着土壤潜性酸度的增加,各年龄阶段森林土壤有机磷总量、中稳性有机磷和高稳性有机磷含量降低。活性有机磷分别与活性酸、水解性总酸度呈显著正相关,其与水解性总酸度相关性随林龄的增大而降低。     

桉树与豆科植物混交种植对土壤速效养分的影响

比较了桉树纯林、厚荚相思纯林以及两者的行混交林与株混交林的土壤速效养分特征。结果表明,豆科纯林及行混交林的土壤硝态氮含量显著高于桉林,铵态氮的格局也相似,因而,桉树与豆科植物混交种植可以明显改善土壤氮素营养。土壤速效磷含量以桉纯林最高,不同季节速效磷含量以豆科林最低,含磷较高的桉树枯落物及其分解是桉林地表土壤速效磷较高的重要原因;而豆科植物产生的高氮土壤条件导致整个林分较快的生长,造成植物氮磷平衡失调,并由此增加了对土壤速效磷的吸收,从而导致豆科林土壤速效磷较低。不同林型土壤速效钾差别不大,豆科林土壤小幅度高于其它林型,而不同林型土壤速效硼含量也差别不大,但豆科林土壤小幅度低于其它林型,这可能是豆科林对钾与硼的需要与影响不同所致;在植物栽种后不久,土壤速效硼迅速下降至极低水平,然后逐年大幅度上升,这可能是植物从深层吸收土壤硼并通过凋落物转移至表土的效应;结果也显示,造林初期有必要施用适当硼肥。     

去除根系和凋落物对滨海沙地3种防护林土壤碳氮库的短期影响

以福建长乐滨海沙地上3种人工林(尾巨桉、纹荚相思、木麻黄)土壤为研究对象,设置去除凋落物、去除根系和对照3种处理,观测1年后分析改变地上、地下有机质输入对沙地土壤碳氮储量、可溶性有机碳(DOC)氮(DON)和微生物量碳(MBC)氮(MBN)的影响。结果表明:不同树种人工林间土壤碳氮储量无显著差异;不同树种人工林间土壤活性碳氮组分差异显著,木麻黄土壤DOC含量显著高于纹荚相思,纹荚相思土壤DON显著高于木麻黄和尾巨桉,尾巨桉土壤MBN显著高于木麻黄和纹荚相思。改变地上地下有机质输入对滨海沙地土壤碳氮库有显著影响且这种影响随树种而异。去除凋落物后纹荚相思、木麻黄土壤碳储量分别下降38.0%、25.1%,氮储量分别下降12.9%、12.5%;去除凋落物后尾巨桉、纹荚相思、木麻黄土壤DOC分别下降37.5%、30.6%、52.9%,MBC分别下降31.0%、56.9%、29.7%,MBN分别下降50.7%、34.9%、42.2%;去除根系后尾巨桉、纹荚相思土壤MBC分别下降57.7%、15.4%。回归分析显示,滨海沙地土壤DOC、MBC与土壤碳储量呈显著正相关,土壤DOC和MBC分别能够解释土壤碳储量变化的47.7%和57.7%。研究表明:树种通过调控地上、地下输入影响可溶性有机碳氮和微生物量碳氮,进而影响土壤碳氮库。     

凋落物的树种多样性与杉木人工林土壤生态功能

通过模拟试验和野外调查对凋落物的树种多样性与杉木人工林土壤生态功能之间关系进行了研究。林分取样调查的结果表明 ,有两个树种凋落物覆盖的几个杉阔混交林土壤脲酶和蔗糖酶活性均明显高于只有杉木凋落物覆盖的杉木纯林土壤 ,酸性磷酸酶活性也呈现相同的变化趋势 ,这 3种土壤酶活性均以具有凋落物种类最多的次生常绿阔叶林土壤最高。除了土壤酶活性升高之外 ,杉阔混交林的土壤有机质和全氮含量也明显高于仅有一种杉木凋落物覆盖的杉木纯林土壤。采用杉木叶凋落物与不同阔叶树种凋落物处理土壤的模拟试验结果表明 ,在凋落物投放量和 (1 5NH4 ) 2 SO4 施用量相同的控制条件下 ,随着投放的凋落物树种组成的增加 ,土壤中 1 5N的残留量也随之增加 ,而其损失量却随之减少 ;土壤中杉木幼树对于 1 5N的吸收量以及杉木幼树的单株鲜重也随着处理凋落物组成树种的增加而增加 ,具有不同树种数量的凋落物处理之间差异显著 (p<0 .0 5 )。可见随着凋落物树种多样性的增加 ,不仅土壤有机质和全氮含量这两个基本的质量指标得到明显改善 ,而且土壤酶活性、土壤养分保蓄功能以及保证幼树良好生长等的生态功能明显改善     

植物残茬对土壤酸度的影响及其作用机理

土壤强酸性是作物生长的最主要限制因子之一,某些植物残茬可以有效地提高土壤pH,降低活性铝含量,提高作物产量。植物残茬改良土壤酸度的效能因种而异,最高土壤pH升幅可达4.53个单位,多种豆科植物材料可使土壤pH提高2个单位以上,当pH>5时,土壤溶液活性铝降至极低水平,从而消除铝害。植物残茬改良土壤酸度的效能受植物残茬自身特性与土壤特性的影响,而且pH的上升通常在几个月后消失,但这种效能对当季作物有效。植物体内有机酸根的去羧化作用被认为是pH上升的主要机理之一,去羧化机理存在的主要证据是,随着土壤pH升高,植物材料内的可溶性有机成分下降,CO2排放与pH上升高度相关,以及杀菌条件下土壤pH上升速度显著减慢。超量碱机理是植物残茬导致pH上升的又一可能的重要机理,亦即有机盐的作用,有机盐分解转化为碳酸盐,其作用与石灰完全相似,有机盐水解也可导致土壤溶液的碱性反应。铵化作用与硝化作用是高氮植物材料影响土壤酸度的重要机理,有机氮的铵化直接消耗质子,铵的硝化则产生质子,pH的变化与这些氮过程高度相关。含硫植物材料及有机物质分解过程产生的氧化还原条件的变化,也可对土壤pH产生影响,但它们的作用较小。综合来看,去羧化作用机理基于间接证据,没有得到严格验证,超量碱机理可能是土壤pH上升的主要原因,超量碱只能转移,不能制造,含超量碱高的外源性有机材料施入耕地,将是改良土壤酸度,提高作物产量的一种有效途径。     

3种林木凋落物分解特征及其对赤红壤酸度及养分含量的影响

在实验室条件下对黧蒴锥[Castanopsis fissa(Champ.ex Benth.)Rehd.et Wils.]、湿地松(Pinus elliottii Engelm.)和尾叶桉(Eucalyptus urophylla S.T.Blakely)凋落物的分解特征及其对华南赤红壤的pH值、有机质和碱解氮、速效磷和速效钾含量的影响进行了研究.结果表明:经过1 a的分解后,黧蒴锥、湿地松和尾叶桉凋落物的失重率分别为26.48％、13.80％和28.15％;3种凋落物中全氮均为净释放模式,全磷为富集模式,黧蒴锥和尾叶桉凋落物中全钾和有机碳为净释放模式,湿地松凋落物中全钾和有机碳为富集模式.随凋落物分解时间的延长,土壤pH值呈现逐渐上升至第8个月达到峰值、之后略有下降的变化趋势;有机质含量呈波动的变化趋势;碱解氮含量呈先升高后降低的变化趋势;速效磷含量呈略有波动但总体下降的趋势;速效钾含量呈“逐渐上升—急剧下降—急剧上升—趋于平稳”的变化趋势,且均在第8个月最低.与实验初期相比,实验结束时对照组及各处理组的土壤pH值和碱解氮含量均不同程度增加、有机质含量不同程度降低、速效磷含量显著下降,对照组速效钾含量下降而各处理组速效钾含量明显提高.与对照相比,实验结束时3种凋落物均导致土壤酸度减弱、速效钾含量增加、但有机质和速效磷含量没有明显提高.3种凋落物对土壤pH值及土壤养分含量的影响有明显差异,总体上看,黧蒴锥凋落物覆盖可明显减弱土壤酸度,增加土壤有机质、碱解氮和速效钾含量,对土壤的改良效果最好.研究结果揭示:不同凋落物对土壤pH值及养分含量的影响与凋落物的成分及生物学特性有关.     

川西亚高山针叶林树种云杉和冷杉土壤酸碱性差异及其机制

比较了川西亚高山针叶林主要树种粗枝云杉(Picea asperata)和岷江冷杉(Abies faxoniana)样地各土层(0—5 cm、5—10cm、10—20 cm)土壤pH值差异,并从两树种养分吸收和养分归还相关累积H~+输入方面探究其差异原因。研究结果表明:云杉样地各土层土壤pH值均显著高于冷杉样地(P0.05);云杉样地地被物累积H~+输入显著低于冷杉样地(P0.05);云杉样地凋落物中P、Mg、N、C平均浓度显著低于冷杉(P0.05),而Ca、C/N、木质素/N、C/P显著高于冷杉样地(P0.05),两树种凋落物中木质素、K平均浓度无显著差异。云杉和冷杉凋落物化学特性主成分分析PC_1、PC_2方差贡献率分别为73.7%和15.6%,累积方差贡献率为89.4%,其中PC_1主要综合Ca、C/P、C/N、木质素/N、P、N、Mg的信息;PC_2主要综合木质素、K、C的信息。各土层土壤pH值均与地被物累积H~+输入显著负相关,与PC_1样本分数显著正相关。研究结论:云杉和冷杉样地土壤pH值存在显著树种差异,且云杉使土壤pH值变大,冷杉使土壤pH值变小,这主要与地被物形成以及凋落物化学特性有关,即与凋落物的量和凋落物分解速率、凋落物养分归还率密切相关。     

毛竹扩张对杉木林土壤微生物残体碳积累的影响

亚热带毛竹扩张对杉木林土壤微生物残体碳积累的影响及机制尚不清楚。以毛竹向杉木林扩张带(包括杉木林、杉木-毛竹混交林和毛竹林)的凋落物(O层)和不同发生层土壤(A层、B层和BC层)为研究对象,通过分析凋落物和土壤样品中的氨基糖含量来表征微生物残体碳累积效应,并进一步评价微生物在土壤有机碳(SOC)形成过程中的作用。结果表明：毛竹扩张使杉木林凋落物数量和碳含量显著降低,但是凋落物中真菌残体碳(MRC-f)、细菌残体碳(MRC-b)和微生物残体碳(MRC)含量均显著增加;毛竹扩张显著提高了杉木林SOC、MRC-f、MRC-b和MRC含量,而且在毛竹扩张初期(杉木林演替为杉木-毛竹混交林)MRC-f、MRC-b和MRC在SOC中的比例也显著增加,说明毛竹扩张增强杉木林土壤MRC累积效应的同时,也提高了微生物对有机碳的贡献。而毛竹扩张后期MRC-f、MRC-b和MRC占SOC比例并没有显著变化,意味着毛竹扩张后期MRC和植物源残体碳对SOC含量的提升均有贡献,且两者贡献的相对比例保持不变。土壤MRC含量随着剖面深度的加深逐渐下降,而MRC占SOC比值却随着土壤深度的增加而逐渐升高,说明深层土壤中...     

凋落物和根系去除对滨海沙地土壤微生物群落组成和功能的影响

通过在亚热带滨海防护林湿地松、尾巨桉、纹荚相思和木麻黄人工林中设置去除凋落物、去除根系和对照处理,分析改变地上、地下碳输入对沙地人工林土壤微生物生物量、群落结构和功能的影响.2015年9月,在处理设置一年后采集各处理样方0～10 cm土壤样品,分别采用磷脂脂肪酸分析方法和微孔板酶检测技术对土壤样品的微生物群落组成和6种酶活性进行测定.结果表明: 碳输入处理对土壤微生物生物量的影响因树种而异,并主要取决于凋落物和根系的质量.在尾巨桉林中,去除根系使得脂肪酸总量、革兰氏阳性细菌、革兰氏阴性细菌、真菌和放线菌生物量分别显著减少了31%、30%、32%、36%和26%,去除凋落物使得革兰氏阳性细菌、真菌和放线菌生物量显著减少了24%、27%和24%,而其他树种处理对微生物生物量无显著影响.碳输入处理对土壤微生物群落结构的影响主要表现为真菌丰度下降而放线菌丰度上升.不同树种的土壤酶活性对处理的响应表现不一致:湿地松、纹荚相思和木麻黄林分去除凋落物显著降低土壤中纤维素水解酶、β-葡萄糖苷酶、酸性磷酸酶和乙酰氨基葡萄糖苷酶活性,去除根系仅分别降低和提高了湿地松和纹荚相思林β-葡萄糖苷酶的活性;湿地松、木麻黄人工林去除凋落物显著降低了多酚氧化酶和过氧化物酶活性;去除根系对所有树种土壤氧化酶活性影响不显著.不同树种的凋落物、根系特性是影响土壤微生物群落组成和酶活性的重要因子,碳输入处理造成的土壤温度、水分等微环境的改变也是土壤微生物性质变化的重要驱动力.     

凋落物对土壤酸化的缓冲及其对根系生长的影响

凋落物层是森林生态系统中一个十分活跃的界面,一方面环境因素影响凋落物的积累和分解,另一方面凋落物的动态反过来又影响到系统内的水热收支平衡、土壤的理化特性以至森林生产力。值得注意的是,在高度工业化的现代社会,大气污染作为一种新生的环境因子不同程度地作用于森林生态系统,凋落物层则是大气污染物(如酸雨)作用于森林土壤亚系     

南亚热带两种优势树种叶凋落物分解对模拟酸雨的响应

通过对模拟酸雨处理下鼎湖山季风常绿阔叶林优势树种锥栗(Castanopsis chinensis)和木荷(Schima superba)叶凋落物分解的研究,试图探讨南亚热带区域日益严重的酸雨对森林凋落物分解的影响规律以及可能的机制。试验应用分解袋法进行,并设计4个模拟酸雨强度处理:CK(p H值4.5左右的天然湖水)、T1(p H值4.0)、T2(p H值3.5)和T3(p H值3.0)。21个月的分解结果表明,模拟酸雨抑制了两种优势树种叶凋落物的分解。CK、T1、T2和T3 4个处理下的分解速率常数k值分别为:锥栗(1.18、0.93、0.94和0.86)和木荷(1.10、0.97、0.88和0.94),与CK相比,k值在T1、T2和T3均有下降的趋势。同时,模拟酸雨下两种优势树种叶凋落物的质量残留率均为:T3T2T1CK。酸雨对凋落物分解的抑制作用可能与酸雨胁迫下土壤酸化从而导致土壤微生物活性下降有关。     

Litter decomposition and nitrogen mineralization of soils in subtropical plantation forests of southern China,with special attention to comparisons between legumes and non-legumes

Litter decomposition and nitrogen mineralization were investigated in subtropical plantation forests in southern China. The CO₂ –C release from incubated litter and the forest floor of Acacia mangium, Acacia auriculaeformis, Eucalyptus citriodora, Pinus elliotii and Schima superba stands were used to estimate relative rates of litter decomposition. Decomposition was not positively correlated with litter nitrogen. E. citridora litter decomposed most rapidly and A. mangium litter most slowly, both with and without the addition of exotic nitrogen. Aerobic incubation and intact soil core incubation at 30 °C over a period of 30 days were used to assess nitrogen mineralization of six forest soils. Although there were differences in results obtained using the two methods, patterns between legume and non-legume species were the same regardless of method. All soils had pH values below 4.5, but this did not prevent nitrification. The dominant form of mineral nitrogen was nitrate for legume species and ammonium for non-legume species. The nitrogen mineralization potential was highest for soils in which legumes were growing.     

Using experimental manipulation to assess the roles of leaf litter in the functioning of forest ecosystems

The widespread use of forest litter as animal bedding in central Europe for many centuries gave rise to the first litter manipulation studies, and their results demonstrated that litter and its decomposition are a vital part of ecosystem function. Litter plays two major roles in forest ecosystems: firstly, litterfall is an inherent part of nutrient and carbon cycling, and secondly, litter forms a protective layer on the soil surface that also regulates microclimatic conditions. By reviewing 152 years of litter manipulation experiments, I show that the effects of manipulating litter stem from changes in one, or both, of these two functions, and interactions between the variables influenced by the accumulation of litter can result in feedback mechanisms that may intensify treatment effects or mask responses, making the interpretation of results difficult.Long-term litter removal increased soil bulk density, overland flow, erosion, and temperature fluctuations and upset the soil water balance, causing lower soil water content during dry periods. Soil pH increased or decreased in response to manipulation treatments depending on forest type and initial soil pH, but it is unclear why there was no uniform response. Long-term litter harvesting severely depleted the forests of nutrients. Decreases in the concentrations of available P, Ca, Mg, and K in the soil occurred after only three to five years. The decline in soil N occurred over longer periods of time, and the relative loss was greater in soils with high initial nitrogen concentration. Tree growth declined with long-term litter removal, probably due to lower nutrient availability. Litter manipulation also added or removed large amounts of carbon thereby affecting microbial communities and altering soil respiration rates.Litter manipulation experiments have shown that litter cover acts as a physical barrier to the shoot emergence of small-seeded species; further, the microclimate maintained by the litter layer may be favourable to herbivores and pathogens and is important in determining later seedling survival and performance. Litter manipulation altered the competitive outcomes between tree seedlings and forbs, thereby influencing species composition and diversity; changes in the species composition of understorey vegetation following treatments occurred fairly rapidly. By decreasing substrate availability and altering the microclimate, litter removal changed fungal species composition and diversity and led to a decline in populations of soil fauna. However, litter addition did not provoke a corresponding increase in the abundance or diversity of fungi or soil fauna.Large-scale long-term studies are still needed in order to investigate the interactions between the many variables affected by litter, especially in tropical and boreal forests, which have received little attention. Litter manipulation treatments present an opportunity to assess the effects of increasing primary production in forest ecosystems; specific research aims include assessing the effects of changes in litter inputs on the carbon and nutrient cycles, decomposition processes, and the turnover of organic matter.     

凋落物和根系输入对南亚热带季风常绿阔叶林土壤养分的影响

植被凋落物和根系输入在调节森林土壤元素生物地球化学循环中扮演着关键作用。目前仍然不清楚凋落物和根系输入对热带原始林土壤主要元素含量的调控作用。针对该研究现状,以中国南亚热带季风常绿阔叶林为研究对象,通过开展凋落物与根系输入改变的控制试验（6个处理,每处理4次重复：对照、凋落物加倍、凋落物去除、断根、断根+凋落物加倍、断根+去除凋落物）,探讨了凋落物和断根处理对土壤可溶性离子、土壤酸中和能力（ANC）和阳离子交换量（CEC）的短期影响。凋落物与根系处理半年后的结果显示：（1）凋落物去除与加倍处理都显著增加了0-40 cm土壤NO₃^-含量,并且凋落物去除效应大于添加效应;去除凋落物增加了表层土壤（0-20 cm） Ca²⁺、Mg²⁺、Na⁺的含量。（2）断根处理显著增加0-40 cm土壤NO₃^-和表层土壤Ca²⁺、Mg²⁺含量。（3）断根和去除凋落物交互处理显著增加了0-40 cm土壤NO₃^-和表层土壤Ca²⁺、Mg²⁺、K⁺含量,产生了叠加效应。（4）凋落物和断根处理并没有改变土壤pH,但降低了土壤酸中和能力（除凋落物加倍外）,其降低的原因主要与阳离子交换量的降低和NO₃^-含量的增加有关。这些结果表明,土壤养分离子的可利用性（尤其是NO₃^-和Ca²⁺、Mg²⁺）和酸缓冲能力对凋落物和根系输入改变响应敏感,森林植物及其凋落物对土壤养分保留和缓冲性能具有重要调节作用。在人为干扰和气候变化加剧背景下,该研究可为森林生态系统可持续管理提供重要的理论参考。此外,植被凋落物和根系输入改变引起的长期生态学效应仍值得进一步关注。     

Response of Soil Respiration to Acid Rain in Forests of Different Maturity in Southern China

The response of soil respiration to acid rain in forests, especially in forests of different maturity, is poorly understood in southern China despite the fact that acid rain has become a serious environmental threat in this region in recent years. Here, we investigated this issue in three subtropical forests of different maturity [i.e. a young pine forest (PF), a transitional mixed conifer and broadleaf forest (MF) and an old-growth broadleaved forest (BF)] in southern China. Soil respiration was measured over two years under four simulated acid rain (SAR) treatments (CK, the local lake water, pH 4.5; T1, water pH 4.0; T2, water pH 3.5; and T3, water pH 3.0). Results indicated that SAR did not significantly affect soil respiration in the PF, whereas it significantly reduced soil respiration in the MF and the BF. The depressed effects on both forests occurred mostly in the warm-wet seasons and were correlated with a decrease in soil microbial activity and in fine root biomass caused by soil acidification under SAR. The sensitivity of the response of soil respiration to SAR showed an increasing trend with the progressive maturity of the three forests, which may result from their differences in acid buffering ability in soil and in litter layer. These results indicated that the depressed effect of acid rain on soil respiration in southern China may be more pronounced in the future in light of the projected change in forest maturity. However, due to the nature of this field study with chronosequence design and the related pseudoreplication for forest types, this inference should be read with caution. Further studies are needed to draw rigorous conclusions regarding the response differences among forests of different maturity using replicated forest types.     

Tropical forest restoration in Costa Rica: the effect of several strategies on litter production, accumulation and decomposition

Tropical forest restoration strategies have the potential to accelerate the recovery of the nutrient cycles in degraded lands. Litter production and its decomposition represent the main transfer of organic material and nutrients into the soil substrate. We evaluated litter production, accumulation on the forest floor, and its decomposition under three restoration strategies: plantation (entire area planted with trees), island (trees planted in patches of three different sizes) and control (natural regeneration) plots. We also compared restoration strategies to young secondary forest (7-9 yr). Restoration treatments were established in 50 x 50m plots in June 2004 at six sites in Southern Costa Rica. Planted tree species included two native timber species (Terminalia amazonia and Vochysia guatemalensis) interplanted with two N fixers (Erythrina poeppigiana and Inga edulis). Litter was collected every 15 days between September 2008 and August 2009 in 12 0.25m2 litter traps distributed within each plot; litter that accumulated on the soil surface was collected at four locations (0.25m2 quadrats) within each plot in February and May 2009. Total litter production in plantation (6.3Mg/ha) and secondary forest (7.3Mg/ha) did not differ, but were greater than in islands (3.5Mg/ha) and control (1.4 Mg/ha). Plantation had greatest accumulation of litter on the soil surface (10.6 Mg/ha) as compared to the other treatments (SF = 7.2; I = 6.7; C = 4.9). Secondary forest was the only treatment with a greater annual production of litter than litter accumulation on the soil surface. Carbon storage in litter was similar between plantation and secondary forest, and significantly greater than the other treatments. No differences were found for carbon concentration and storage in the soil among treatments. There was also high variability in the production and accumulation of litter and carbon among sites. Active restoration treatments accelerated the production of litter and carbon storage in comparison to areas under natural recovery. However, the nutrient cycle has not necessarily been restored under these conditions, as high litter accumulation on the soil surface indicates a low decomposition rate, which slows nutrient return to the soil.     

冻融环境下亚高山森林凋落叶添加对土壤腐殖质动态的影响

亚高山森林土壤形成过程中,胡敏酸、富里酸等腐殖物质的累积是维持土壤肥力及物质循环的重要途径,它受到土壤基质质量、凋落叶和环境因素的调控.本研究以川西亚高山典型的针叶林、针阔混交林和阔叶林土壤为对象,采用室内培养控制冻融环境和凋落叶添加的方法,研究冻融环境下凋落叶添加对土壤腐殖物质累积的影响.结果表明:冻融循环环境下针叶林土壤腐殖质含量升高,而针阔混交林和阔叶林土壤腐殖质含量降低,且凋落叶对土壤腐殖质含量无显著影响.培养前期冻融环境下3种林型土壤胡敏酸净累积,净累积量大小为针阔混交林>针叶林>阔叶林,富里酸含量下降,下降程度为阔叶林>针阔混交林>针叶林,且凋落叶对土壤胡敏酸和富里酸含量无显著影响.随培养时间的延长,3种林型土壤胡敏酸及富里酸含量均下降.这表明,凋落叶对土壤腐殖质含量的影响与土壤基质质量存在密切关系,且受到冬季土壤冻融时间长短的影响.