Carbon and nutrient release during decomposition of coarse woody debris in forest ecosystems of Central Siberia
Coarse woody debris (CWD) is often overlooked in studies on the decomposition of organic matter in forest soils. To assess the role of CWD in carbon and nutrient cycling in these forest ecosystems, we investigated changes in carbon and nutrients of differently decomposed CWD samples from the forest...
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ftceon:oai:depot.ceon.pl:123456789/5311 2023-06-11T04:17:14+02:00 Carbon and nutrient release during decomposition of coarse woody debris in forest ecosystems of Central Siberia Mukhortova, Liudmila V. V.N. Sukachev Institute of Forest SB RAS, Krasnoyarsk, Russia 2012 application/pdf https://depot.ceon.pl/handle/123456789/5311 en eng Instytut Badawczy Leśnictwa, Komitet Nauk Leśnych PAN Folia Forestalia Polonica, series A, 2012, Vol. 54 (2), 71–83 https://depot.ceon.pl/handle/123456789/5311 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/pl/legalcode carbon and nutrients decomposition coarse woody debris central and southern taiga northern forest-tundra forest ecosystems info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2012 ftceon 2023-05-08T09:19:43Z Coarse woody debris (CWD) is often overlooked in studies on the decomposition of organic matter in forest soils. To assess the role of CWD in carbon and nutrient cycling in these forest ecosystems, we investigated changes in carbon and nutrients of differently decomposed CWD samples from the forest tundra and northern, middle, and southern taiga of Central Siberia. Samples included live wood, snags, logs at the classes I, II, and III of decomposition, and fragments of decomposed wood from forest litter. At northern latitudes CWD released a larger amount of carbon and nutrients during decomposition compared with southern ecosystems, which were characterized by nutrient immobilization and smaller carbon losses from CWD. We conclude that CWD in northern and southern ecosystems probably plays a different role in biogeochemical cycles. Logs of pine, spruce, and fir in southern ecosystems accumulate significant amount of nutrients in their biomass during decomposition and create relatively nutrient-rich microsites. In contrast, CWD in northern ecosystems appears to be an important source of carbon and nutrient release to the soil solution. Przemysław Szmit Article in Journal/Newspaper taiga Tundra Siberia Centre for Open Science: CeON Repository |
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carbon and nutrients decomposition coarse woody debris central and southern taiga northern forest-tundra forest ecosystems Mukhortova, Liudmila V. Carbon and nutrient release during decomposition of coarse woody debris in forest ecosystems of Central Siberia |
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Coarse woody debris (CWD) is often overlooked in studies on the decomposition of organic matter in forest soils. To assess the role of CWD in carbon and nutrient cycling in these forest ecosystems, we investigated changes in carbon and nutrients of differently decomposed CWD samples from the forest tundra and northern, middle, and southern taiga of Central Siberia. Samples included live wood, snags, logs at the classes I, II, and III of decomposition, and fragments of decomposed wood from forest litter. At northern latitudes CWD released a larger amount of carbon and nutrients during decomposition compared with southern ecosystems, which were characterized by nutrient immobilization and smaller carbon losses from CWD. We conclude that CWD in northern and southern ecosystems probably plays a different role in biogeochemical cycles. Logs of pine, spruce, and fir in southern ecosystems accumulate significant amount of nutrients in their biomass during decomposition and create relatively nutrient-rich microsites. In contrast, CWD in northern ecosystems appears to be an important source of carbon and nutrient release to the soil solution. Przemysław Szmit |
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V.N. Sukachev Institute of Forest SB RAS, Krasnoyarsk, Russia |
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Mukhortova, Liudmila V. |
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Carbon and nutrient release during decomposition of coarse woody debris in forest ecosystems of Central Siberia |
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Carbon and nutrient release during decomposition of coarse woody debris in forest ecosystems of Central Siberia |
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Carbon and nutrient release during decomposition of coarse woody debris in forest ecosystems of Central Siberia |
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Carbon and nutrient release during decomposition of coarse woody debris in forest ecosystems of Central Siberia |
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Carbon and nutrient release during decomposition of coarse woody debris in forest ecosystems of Central Siberia |
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carbon and nutrient release during decomposition of coarse woody debris in forest ecosystems of central siberia |
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Instytut Badawczy Leśnictwa, Komitet Nauk Leśnych PAN |
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2012 |
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taiga Tundra Siberia |
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taiga Tundra Siberia |
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Folia Forestalia Polonica, series A, 2012, Vol. 54 (2), 71–83 https://depot.ceon.pl/handle/123456789/5311 |
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