Thinning effects on the net ecosystem carbon exchange of a Sitka spruce forest are temperature-dependent

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 157, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-10

  Saunders, M ^a   Tobin, B ^a   Black, K ^a,b   Gioria, M ^a   Nieuwenhuis, M ^a   Osborne, B A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b FERS Ltd   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Carbon stocks and fluxes; Ecosystem respiration; Eddy covariance; Forest thinning; Gross primary productivity; Net ecosystem exchange; Net primary productivity; Sitka spruce

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONIFEROUS FOREST; EDDY COVARIANCE; EMISSION CONTROL; GREENHOUSE GAS; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; PLANTATION FORESTRY; RESPIRATION; SUCCESSION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THINNING; WOOD QUALITY;

PICEA SITCHENSIS;

EID: 84856773045     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2012.01.008     Document Type: Article

References (72)

1. Aber J., McDowell W., Nadelhoffer K., Magill A., Berntson G., Kamakea M., McNulty S., Currie W., Rustad L., Fernandez I. Nitrogen saturation in temperate forest ecosystems. Bioscience 1998, 48:921-934.
2. Amiro B., Barr A., Black T., Iwashita H., Kljun N., McCaughey J., Morgenstern K., Murayama S., Nesic Z., Orchnsky A., Saigusa N. Carbon, energy and water fluxes at mature and disturbed forest sites, Sakatchewan, Canada. Agric. Forest Meteorol. 2006, 136:237-251.
3. Amiro B., Barr A., Barr J., Black T., Bracho R., Brown M., Chen J., Clark K., Davis K., Desai A., Dore S., Engel V., Fuentes J., Goldstein A., Goulden M., Kolb T., Lavigne M., Law B., Margolis H., Martin T., McCaughey J., Misson L., Montes-Helu M., Noormets A., Randerson J., Starr G., Xiao J. Ecosystem carbon dioxide fluxes after disturbance in forests of North America. J. Geophys. Res. 2010, 11:5. 10.1029/2010JG001390.
4. Anderson-Teixeira K., Delong J., Fox A., Brese D., Litvak M. Differential responses of production and respiration to temperature and moisture drive the carbon balance across a climatic gradient in New Mexico. Global Change Biol. 2011, 17:410-424.
5. Baldocchi D., Falge E., Lianhong G., Olson R., Hollinger D., Running S., Anthoni P., Bernhofer C., Davis K., Evans R., Fuentes J., Goldstein A., Katul G., Law B., Lee X., Mahli Y., Meyers T., Munger W., Oechel W., Paw K., Pilegaard K., Schmid H., Valentini R., Verma S., Vesala T., Wilson K., Wofsy S. FLUXNET: a new tool to study the temporal and spatial variability of ecosystem-scale carbon dioxide, water vapour and energy flux densities. Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc. 2001, 82:2415-2424.
6. Berhofer C., Aubinet M., Clement R., Grelle A., Grunwald T., Ibrom A., Jarvis P., Rebmann C., Schulze E.-D., Tenhunen J. Spruce forests (Norway and Sitka Spruce, including Douglas Fir): carbon and water fluxes and balances, ecological and ecophysiological determinants. Fluxes of Carbon, Water and Energy of European Forests 2003, Springer-Verlag, Berlin. R. Valentini (Ed.).
7. Black T.A., Tan C.S., Nnyamah J.U. Transpiration rate of Douglas fir trees in thinned and intact stands. Can. J. Soil Sci. 1980, 60:625-631.
8. Black K., Bolger T., Davis P., Nieuwenhuis M., Reidy B., Saiz G., Tobin B., Osborne B. Inventory and eddy covariance-based estimates of annual carbon sequestration in a Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.) forest ecosystem. Eur. J. Forest Res. 2007, 126:167-178.
9. Blanco J., Imbert J., Castillo F. Thinning effects nutrient resorption and nutrient use efficiency in two Pinus sylvestris stands in the Pyrenees. Ecol. Appl. 2009, 19:682-698.
10. Booth A., Ryan T., Whelan D. Irish Thinning Protocol 2009, Department of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries.
11. Broad L., Lynch T. Growth models for Sitka spruce in Ireland. Irish Forestry 2006, 63:53-79.
12. Brown M., Black T., Nesic Z., Fredeen A., Foord V., Spittlehouse D., Bowler R., Burton P., Trofymow J., Grant N., Lessard D. The carbon balance of two lodgepole pine stands recovering from mountain beetle attack in British Columbia. Agric. Forest Meteorol. 2011, 10.1016/j.agrformet.2011.07.010.
13. Campbell J., Alberti G., Martin J., Law B. Carbon dynamics of a ponderosa pine plantation following a thinning treatment in the northern Sierra Nevada. Forest Ecol. Manag. 2009, 257:453-463.
14. Dolman A., Valentini R., Freibauer A. Observing the continental-scale greenhouse gas balance. The Continental-Scale Greenhouse Gas Balance Of Europe 2008, Springer-Verlag, Berlin. A. Dolman, R. Valentini, A. Freibauer (Eds.).
15. Edwards P., Christie J. Yield Models for Forest Management 1981, Forestry Commission Booklet, p. 48.
16. Eriksson E. Thinning operations and their impact on biomass production in stands of Norway spruce and Scots pine. Biomass Bioenergy 2006, 30:848-854.
17. Falge E., Baldocchi D., Olson R., Anthoni P., Aubinet M., Bernhofer C., Burba G., Ceulemans R., Clement R., Dolman H., Granier A., Gross P., Grunwald T., Hollinger D., Jensen N-O., Katul G., Keronen P., Kowalski A., Lai C., Law B., Meyer T., Moncrieff J., Moors E., Munger J., Pilegaard K., Rannik U., Rebmann C., Suyker A., Tenhunen J., Tu K., Verma S., Vesala T., Wilson K., Wofsy S. Gap filling strategies for defensible annual sums of net ecosystem exchange. Agric. Forest Meteorol. 2001, 107:43-69.
18. Forestry Commission Combating Climate Change a Role for Uk's Forests: An Assessment of the Potential of the UK's Trees and Woodlands to Mitigate and Adapt to Climate Change 2009, TSO, Norwich.
19. Gauthier M-M., Jacobs D. Short-term physiological responses of Black Walnut (Juglans nigra L.) to plantation thinning. Forest Sci. 2009, 55:221-229.
20. Goulden M., Munger W., Fan S-M., Daube B., Wofsy S. Measurements of carbon sequestration by long-term eddy covariance: methods and critical evaluation of accuracy. Global Change Biol. 1996, 2:169-182.
21. Hale S. The effect of thinning intensity on the below-canopy light environment in a Sitka spruce plantation. Forest Ecol. Manag. 2003, 179:341-349.
22. Hogberg P., Nordgren A., Buchmann N., Taylor A., Ekblad A., Hogberg M., Nyberg G., Ottosson-Lofvenius M., Read D. Large-scale forest girdling shows that current photosynthesis drives soil respiration. Nature 2001, 411:789-792.
23. Homyack J., Harrison D., Krohn W. Structural differences between precommercially thinned and unthinned conifer stands. Forest Ecol. Manag. 2004, 194:131-143.
24. Humphreys E., Black T.A., Morgenstern K., Cai T., Drewitt G., Nesic Z., Trofymow J. Carbon dioxide fluxes in coastal Douglas-fir stands at different stages of development after clearcut harvesting. Agric. Forest Meteorol. 2006, 140:6-22.
25. Joyce P., O'Carroll N. Sitka Spruce in Ireland 2002, COFORD, Dublin.
26. Jassal R., Black A., Cai T., Morgenstern K., Li Z., Gaumont-Guay D., Nesic Z. Components of ecosystems respiration and an estimate of net primary productivity of an intermediate-aged Douglas-fir stand. Agric. Forest Meteorol. 2007, 144:44-57.
27. Keith H., van Gorsel E., Jacobsen K., Cleugh Dynamics of carbon exchange in a Eucalyptus forest in response to interacting disturbance factors. Agric. Forest Meteorol. 2011, 10.1016/j.agrformet.2011.07.019.
28. Kljun N., Calanca P., Rotach M., Schmid H. A simple parameterisation for flux footprint predictions. Boundary Layer Meteorol. 2004, 112:502-523.
29. Kolari P., Pumpanen J., Rannik U., Ilvesniemi H., Hari P., Berninger F. Carbon balance of different aged Scots pine forests in Southern Finland. Global Change Biol. 2004, 10:1106-1119.
30. Kormann R., Meixner F.X. An analytical footprint model for non-neutral stratification. Boundary Layer Meteorol. 2000, 99:207-224.
31. Kowalski A., Lousteau D., Berbigier P., Manca G., Tedeschi V., Borghetti M., Valentini R., Kolari P., Berninger F., Rannik U., Hari P., Rayment M., Mencuccini M., Moncrieff J., Grace J. Paired comparisons of carbon exchange between undisturbed and regenerating stands in four managed forests in Europe. Global Change Biol. 2004, 10:1707-1723.
32. 2 partial pressures. Funct. Ecol. 1995, 9:413-421.
33. Lloyd J., Taylor J. On the temperature dependence of soil respiration. Funct. Ecol. 1994, 8:315-323.
34. Luyssaert S., Reichstein M., Schulze E.-D., Janssens I., Law B., Papale D., Dragoni D., Goulden M., Granier A., Kutsch W., Linder S., Matteucci G., Moors E., Munger J., Pilegaard K., Saunders M., Falge E. Towards a consistency cross-check of eddy covariance flux-based and biometric estimates of ecosystem carbon balance. Global Biogeochem. Cycles 2009, 23. 10.1029/2008GB003377.
35. Luyssaert, S., Cias, P., Piao, S., Schulze, E-D., Jung, M., Zaehle, S., Schelhaas, M., Reichstein, M., Churkina, G., Papale, D., Abril, G., Beer, C., Grace, J., Lousteau, D., Matteucci, G., Magnani, F., Nabuurs, G-J., Verbeeck, H., Sulkava, M., Werf, G., Janssens, I., 2009. The European carbon balance: part 3: forests. Global Change Biol., doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.02056.
36. Ma S., Chen J., North M., Erickson H., Bresee M., Le Moine J. Short-term effects of experimental burning and thinning on soil respiration in an old-growth mixed-conifer forest. Environ. Manage. 2004, 33:148-159.
37. Magnani F., Mencuccini M., Borghetti M., Berbigier P., Berninger F., Delzon S., Grelle A., Hari P., Jarvis P., Kolari P., Kowalski A., Lankreijer H., Law B., Lindroth A., Loustau D., Manca G., Moncrieff J., Rayment M., Tedeschi V., Valentini R., Grace J. The human footprint in the carbon cycle of temperate and boreal forests. Nature 2007, 447. 10.1038/nature05847.
38. Makinen H., Isomaki A. Thinning intensity and long-term changes in increment and stem form of Scots pine trees. Forest Ecol. Manag. 2004, 203:21-34.
39. Medlyn B., Berbigier P., Clement R., Grelle A., Loustau D., Linder S., Wingate W., Jarvis P., Sigurdsson B., McMurtrie R. Carbon balance of coniferous forests growing in contrasting climates: model-based analysis. Agric. Forest Meteorol. 2005, 131:97-124.
40. Mkhabela M., Amiro B., Barr A., Black T., Hawthorne I., Kidston J., McCaughey J., Orchansky A., Nesic Z., Sass A., Shashkov A., Zha T. Comparison of carbon dynamics and water use efficiency following fire and harvesting in Canadian boreal forests. Agric. Forest Meteorol. 2009, 149:783-794.
41. Moffat A., Papale D., Reichstein M., Hollinger D., Richardson A., Barr A., Beckstein C., Braswell B., Churkina C., Desai A., Falge E., Gove J., Heimann M., Hui D., Jarvis A., Kattge J., Noormets A., Stauch V. Comprehensive comparison of gap-filling techniques for eddy covariance net carbon fluxes. Agric. Forest Meteorol. 2007, 147:209-232.
42. Moncrieff J., Massheder J., de Bruin H., Elbers J., Fiborg T., Heusinkveld B., Kabat P., Scott S., Sogaard S., Verhoef A. A system to measure surface fluxes of momentum, sensible heat, water vapour and carbon dioxide. J. Hydrol. 1997, 188-189:589-611.
43. Morgenstern K., Black T.A., Humphreys E., Cai T., Drewitt G., Gaumont-Guay D., Griffiths T., Jork E-M., Nesic Z. Annual variations in carbon sequestration during an El Nino/La Nina cycle in a coastal Douglas-fir forest. Agric. Forest Meteorol. 2004, 123:201-219.
44. Mund M., Kummetz E., Hein M., Bauer G., Schulze E-D. Growth and carbon stocks of a spruce forest chronosequence in central Europe. Forest Ecol. Manag. 2002, 171:275-296.
45. National Forest Inventory, 2007. Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/nfi/nationalforestinventoryresultsdata/.
46. Nilsson, U., Agestam, E., Per-Magnus, E., Elfving, B., Fahlvik, N., Johansson, U., Karlsson, K., Lundmark, T., Wallentin, C., 2010. Thinning of Scots pine and Norway Spruce monocultures in Sweden-effects of different thinning programmes on stand level gross-and net stem volume production. Studia Forestalia Suecica. No. 219.
47. Norman J., Jarvis P. Photosynthesis in Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.). III. Measurements of canopy structure and interception of radiation. J. Appl. Ecol. 1974, 11:375-398.
48. Ogren E. Convexity of the photosynthetic light response curve in relation to intensity and direction of light during growth. Plant Physiol. 1993, 101:1013-1019.
49. 2 fluxes of a boreal black spruce chronosequence in eastern North America. Agric. Forest Meteorol. 2011, 10.1016/j.agrformet.2011.07.009.
50. Reich P., Koike T., Gower S., Schoettle A. Causes and consequences of variation in conifer leaf life-span. Ecophysiology of Coniferous Forests 1995, Academic Press, New York. W. Smith, T. Hinckley (Eds.).
51. R Development Core Team R: A Language and Environment for Statistical Computing 2011, R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna.
52. Roberts S., Harrington C. Individual tree growth response to variable-density thinning in coastal Pacific Northwest forests. Forest Ecol. Manag. 2008, 255:2771-2781.
53. Sabatia, C., Will, R., Lynch, T., 2010. Effect of thinning on partitioning of aboveground biomass in naturally regenerated shortleaf pine (Pinus echinata Mill.). In: Stanturf, J. (Ed.), Proceedings of the 14th Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference, Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-121. US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Asheville, NC. 614 pp.
54. Saiz G., Byrne K., Butterbach-Bahl K., Kiese R., Blujdea V., Farrell E. Stand age-related effects on soil respiration in a first rotation Sitka spruce chronosequence in central Ireland. Global Change Biol. 2006, 12:1007-1020.
55. 2 efflux and its components using a process-based model in a young temperate forest site. Geoderma 2007, 139:79-89.
56. Schwalm C., Williams C., Schaefer K., Arneth A., Bonal D., Buchmann N., Chen J., Law B., Lindroth A., Luyssaert S., Reichstein M., Richardson A. Assimilation exceeds respiration sensitivity to drought: a FLUXNET synthesis. Global Change Biol. 2010, 16:657-670.
57. Scott N., Rodrigues C., Hughes H., Lee J., Davidson E., Dail D., Malerba P., Hollinger D. Changes in carbon storage and net carbon exchange one year after an initial shelterwood harvest at Howland forest, ME. Environ. Manage. 2004, 33:9-22.
58. Shibuya M., Hasaba M., Yajima T., Takahashi K. Effect of thinning on allometry and needle-age distribution of trees in Abies stands of norther Japan. J. Forest Res. 2005, 10:15-20.
59. 4) budget of nine European grassland sites. Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. 2007, 121:121-134.
60. Sullivan P., Sullivan D., Lindgren P., Ransome D. Long-term responses of ecosystem components to stand thinning in young lodgepole pine forest. III. Growth of crop trees and coniferous stand structure. Forest Ecol. Manag. 2006, 228:69-81.
61. Sullivan B., Kolb T., Hart S., Kaye J., Dore S., Montes-Helu M. Thinning reduces soil carbon dioxide but not methane flux from southwestern USA ponderosa pine forests. Forest Ecol. Manag. 2008, 225:4047-4055.
62. Tang Z., Chambers J., Guddanti S., Yu S., Barnett J. Seasonal shoot and needle growth of loblolly pine responds to thinning, fertilization, and crown position. Forest Ecol. Manag. 1999, 120:117-130.
63. Thornley J., Cannell M. Managing forests for wood yield and carbon storage: a theoretical study. Tree Physiol. 2000, 20:477-484.
64. Tobin B., Black K., Osborne B., Reidy B., Bolger T., Nieuwenhuis M. Assessment of allometric algorithms for estimating leaf biomass, leaf area index and litterfall in different-aged Sitka spruce forests. Forestry 2006, 79:453-465.
65. Tobin B., Nieuwenhuis M. Biomass expansion factors for Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.) in Ireland. Eur. J. Forest Res. 2007, 126:189-196.
66. Valinger, E., 1993. Crown development of Scots pine trees following thinning and nitrogen fertilisation. Forestalia Suecica. No. 188.
67. 2 uptake and release among European forests based on eddy covariance data. Global Change Biol. 2004, 10:1445-1459.
68. Vesala T., Suni T., Rannik U., Keronen P., Markkanen T., Sevanto S., Gronholm T., Smolander S., Kulmala M., Ilvesniemi H., Ojansuu R., Uotila A., Levula J., Makela A., Pumpanen J., Kolari P., Kulmala L., Altimir N., Berninger F., Nikinmaa E., Hari P. Effect of thinning on surface fluxes in a boreal forest. Global Biogeochem. Cycles 2005, 19:GB2001. 10.1029/2004GB002316.
69. Vesterdal L., Dalsgaard M., Felby C., Raulund-Rasmussen K., Jorgensen B. Effects of thinning and soil properties on accumulation of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus in the forest floor of Norway spruce stands. Forest Ecol. Manag. 1995, 77:1-10.
70. Wang Y., Jarvis P. Influence of crown structural properties on PAR absorption, photosynthesis and transpiration in Sitka spruce: application of a model (MAESTRO). Tree Physiology. 1990, 7:297-316.
71. Wang J., Simard S., Kimmins J. Physiological responses of paper birch to thinning in British Columbia. Forest Ecol. Manag. 1995, 73:177-184.
72. Woodward I., Quaife T., Lomas M. Changing climate and the Irish landscape. Biol. Environ.: Proc. R. Irish Acad. 2010, 110:1-16.