Soil microbial biomass carbon and nitrogen in forest ecosystems of Northeast China: A comparison between natural secondary forest and larch plantation

Journal of Plant Ecology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 175-182

  Yang, Kai ^a   Zhu, Jiaojun ^a   Zhang, Min ^a,b   Yan, Qiaoling ^a   Sun, Osbert Jianxin ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Microbial biomass carbon; Microbial biomass nitrogen; Soil quality; Temperate forests

Indexed keywords

LARIX; LARIX GMELINII VAR. OLGENSIS;

EID: 77956018295     PISSN: 17529921     EISSN: 1752993X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpe/rtq022     Document Type: Article

References (52)

1. Bauhus J, Barthel R (1995) Mechanisms for carbon and nutrient release and retention in beech forest gaps. II. The role of soil microbial biomass. Plant Soil 168-169:585-592
2. Behera N, Sahani U (2003) Soil microbial biomass and activity in response to Eucalyptus plantation and natural regeneration on tropical soil. For Ecol Manage 174:1-11.
3. Bohlen PJ, Groffman PM, Driscoll CT, et al. (2001) Plant-soil-microbial interactions in a northern hardwood forest. Ecology 82:965-978
4. Brookes PC, Landman A, Pruden G, et al. (1985) Chloroform fumigation and release of soil N: a rapid direct extraction method to measure microbial biomass N in soil. Soil Biol Biochem 17:837-842
5. Burton J, Chen CR, Xu ZH, et al. (2007) Gross nitrogen transformations in adjacent native and plantation forests of subtropical Australia. Soil Biol Biochem 39:426-433
6. Chen CR, Xu ZH, Blumfield TJ, et al. (2003) Soil microbial biomass during the early establishment of hoop pine plantation: seasonal variation and impacts of site preparation. For Ecol Manage 186:213-225
7. Chen TH, Chiu CY, Tian GL (2005) Seasonal dynamics of soil microbial biomass in coastal sand dune forest. Pedobiologia 49:645-653
8. Chen XW, Li BL (2003) Change in soil carbon and nutrient storage after human disturbance of a primary Korean pine forest in Northeast China. For Ecol Manage 186:197-206.
9. Devi NB, Yadava PS (2006) Seasonal dynamics in soil microbial biomass C, N and P in a mixed-oak forest ecosystems of Manipur, North-east India. Appl Soil Ecol 31:220-227
10. Diaz-Raviña M, Acea MJ, Carballas T (1995) Seasonal changes in microbial biomass and nutrient flush in forest soils. Biol Fertil Soils 19:220-226
11. Feng WT, Zou XM, SchaeferD (2009) Above- and belowground carbon inputs affect seasonal variations of soil microbial biomass in a subtropical monsoon forest of southwest China. Soil Biol Biochem 41:978-983
12. Gallardo A, Schlesinger WH (1994) Factors limiting microbial biomass in the mineral soil and forest floor of a warm-temperate forest. Soil Biol Biochem 26:1409-1415
13. Gómez-Luna BE, Rivera-Mosqueda MC, Dendooven L, et al. (2009) Charcoal production at kiln sites affects C and N dynamics and associated soil microorganisms in Quercus spp. temperate forests of central Mexico. Appl Soil Ecol 41:50-58
14. Groffman PM, McDowell WH, Myers JC, et al. (2001) Soil microbial biomass and activity in tropical riparian forests. Soil Biol Biochem 33:1339-1348
15. Guo LB, Gifford RM (2002) Soil carbon stocks and land use change: a meta analysis. Global Change Biol 8:345-360
16. Hackl E, Bachmann G, Zechmeister-Boltenstern S (2004) Microbial nitrogen turnover in soils under different types of natural forest. For Ecol Manage 188:101-112
17. Hao ZQ, Wang QL, Dai LM (2000) The importance of the national programme for natural forests conservation on biodiversity conservation in northeast state owned forest areas of China. In Xu ZH (ed). Go Forward the 21st Century's Chinese Biodiversity Conservation. Beijing, China: China Forestry Publishing House, 21-26
18. He YJ, Wang QK, Wang SL, et al. (2006) Characteristics of soil microbial biomass carbon and nitrogen and their relationships with soil nutrients in Cunninghamia lanceolata plantations. Chin J Appl Ecol 17:2292-2296 (in Chinese with English abstract).
19. Insam H, Domsch KH (1988) Relationship between soil organic carbon and microbial biomass on chronosequences of reclamation sites. Microbiol Ecol 15:177-188
20. Jin H, Sun OJ, Liu J (2010) Changes in soil microbial biomass and community structure with addition of contrasting types of plant litter in a semiarid grassland ecosystem. J Plant Ecol. In press.
21. Joergensen RG, Scheu S (1999) Depth gradients of microbial and chemical properties in moder soils under beech and spruce. Pedobiologia 43:134-144
22. Jones DL, Hughes LT, Murphy DV, et al. (2008) Dissolved organic carbon and nitrogen dynamics in temperate coniferous forest plantations. Eur J Soil Sci 59:1038-1048
23. Kasel S, Bennett LT (2007) Land-use history, forest conversion, and soil organic carbon in pine plantations and native forests of south eastern Australia. Geoderma 137:401-413
24. Leckie SE, Prescott CE, Grayston SJ (2004) Forest floor microbial community response to tree species and fertilization of regenerating coniferous forests. Can J Forest Res 34:1426-1435
25. Li GC, Han XG, Huang JH, et al. (2001) A review of affecting factors of soil nitrogen mineralization in forest ecosystems. Acta Ecol Sin 21:1187-1195 (in Chinese with English abstract).
26. Li YQ, Xu M, Zou XM, et al. (2005) Comparing soil organic carbon dynamics in plantation and secondary forest in wet tropics in Puerto Rico. Global Change Biol 11:239-248
27. Liu SR, Li XM, Niu LM (1998) The degradation of soil fertility in pure larch plantations in the northeastern of China. Ecol Eng 10:75-86.
28. Maithani K, Tripathi RS, ArunachalamA, et al. (1996) Seasonal dynamics of microbial biomass C, N and P during regrowth of a disturbed subtropical humid forest in north-east India. Appl Soil Ecol 4:31-37
29. McGill MB, Gannon KR, Robertson JA, et al. (1986) Dynamics of soil microbial biomass and water soluble organic C in Breton L after 50 years of cropping to two rotation. Can J Soil Sci 66:1-19.
30. Ross DJ, Speir TW, Tate KR, et al. (1982) Restoration of pasture after topsoil removal: effect of soil carbon and nitrogenmineralization, microbial biomass and enzyme activities. Soil Biol Biochem 14:575-581
31. Shi Z, Li YQ, Wang SJ, et al. (2009) Accelerated soil CO2 efflux after conversion from secondary oak forest to pine plantation in southeastern China. Ecol Res 24:1257-1265
32. Singh JS, Raghubanshi AS, Singh RS, et al. (1989) Microbial biomass acts as a source of plant nutrients in dry tropical forest and savanna. Nature 338:499-500.
33. Smith JL, Papendick RI, Bezdicek DF, et al. (1993) Soil organic matter dynamics and crop residue management. In Metting FB Jr (ed). Soil Microbial Ecology. New York: Marcel Dekker Inc, 65-94.
34. Smith JL, Paul EA (1990) The significance of soil microbial biomass estimations. In Bollag JM, Stotzky G (eds). Soil Biochemistry. New York: Marcel Dekker Inc., 357-396
35. Sparling GP (1992) Ratio of microbial biomass carbon to soil organic carbon as a sensitive indicator of changes in soil organic matter. Aust J Soil Res 30:195-207.
36. Tonon G, Boldreghini P, Gioacchini P (2005) Seasonal changes in microbial nitrogen in an old broadleaf forest and in a neighbouring young plantation. Biol Fertil Soils 41:101-108
37. Vance ED, Brookes PC, Jenkinson DS (1987a) An extraction method for measuring soil microbial biomass C. Soil Biol Biochem 19:703-707
38. Vance ED, Brookes PC, Jenkinson DS (1987b) Microbial biomass measurements in forest soil: the use of the chloroform fumigation-incubation method in strongly acid soils. Soil Biol Biochem 19:697-702.
39. Wang CK, Yang JY (2007) Rhizospheric and heterotrophic components of soil respiration in six Chinese temperate forests. Global Change Biol 13:123-131
40. Wang CM, Oy H, Shao B, et al. (2006) Soil carbon changes following afforestation with Olga Bay Larch (Larix olgensis Henry) in Northeastern China. J Integr Plant Biol 48:503-512
41. Wang QK, Wang SL (2007) Soil organic matter under different forest types in Southern China. Geoderma 142:349-356
42. Wu J, Joergensen RG, Pommerening B, et al. (1990) Measurement of soil microbial biomass C by fumigation-extraction-an automated procedure. Soil Biol Biochem 22:1167-1169
43. Xu ZH, Ward S, Chen CR, et al. (2008) Soil carbon and nutrient pools, microbial properties and gross nitrogen transformations in adjacent natural forest and hoop pine plantations of subtropical Australia. J Soil Sediment 8:99-105.
44. Yan ER, Wang XH, Huang JJ, et al. (2008) Decline of soil nitrogen mineralization and nitrification during forest conversion of evergreen broad-leaved forest to plantations in the subtropical area of Eastern China. Biogeochemistry 89:239-251
45. Yang K, Zhu JJ, Yan QL, et al. (2010) Changes of soil P chemistry as affected by conversion of natural secondary forests to larch plantations. For Ecol Manage 260:422-428
46. Yang YS, Chen GS, Guo JF, et al. (2007) Soil respiration and carbon balance in a subtropical native forest and two managed plantations. Plant Ecol 193:71-84.
47. Zeng DH, Hu YL, Chang SX, et al. (2009) Land cover change effects on soil chemical and biological properties after planting Mongolian pine (Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica) in sandy lands in Keerqin, northeastern China. Plant Soil 317:121-133
48. Zhang J, Wang SL, Feng ZW, et al. (2009) Stability of soil organic carbon changes in successive rotations of Chinese fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata (Lamb.) Hook) plantations. J Environ Sci 21:352-359
49. Zhong ZK, Makeschin F (2006) Differences of soil microbial biomass and nitrogen transformation under two forest types in central Germany. Plant Soil 283:287-297
50. Zhu JJ, Liu SR (2007) Conception of secondary forest and its relation to ecological disturbance degree. Chin J Ecol 26:1085-1093 (in Chinese).
51. Zhu JJ, Mao ZH, Hu LL, et al. (2007) Plant diversity of secondary forests in response to anthropogenic disturbance levels in montane regions of northeastern China. J For Res 12:403-416
52. Zhu WX, Carreiro MM (2004) Variations of soluble organic nitrogen and microbial nitrogen in deciduous forest soils along an urbanrural gradient. Soil Biol Biochem 36:279-288