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Looking deeper: an investigation of soil carbon losses following harvesting from a managed northeastern red spruce (Picea rubens Sarg.) forest chronosequence

Diochon, A., Kellman, L., Beltrami, H.·2009·Forest Ecology and Management

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Forest harvesting in eastern North America has been occurring for centuries but its effect on soil carbon storage and dynamics below 20cm is not well known. This paper investigates age-related variations in carbon storage and dynamics in the organic layer and 6 depth strata in the top 50cm of the mineral soil during ecologically important stages of post-harvest succession in a first rotation red spruce forest chronosequence that includes one of the largest old growth reference stands in northeastern North America. Storage of carbon reached a minimum 32 years post-harvest, at which time stores were approximately 50% of the intact forest. However, storage approached the range of the intact forest approximately 100 years post-harvest. Examination of age-related variations with depth revealed that concentrations of carbon below 20cm may be driving the temporal trends in whole soil storage in these forests. Corresponding carbon isotope data were consistent with increased isotopic fractionation attributable to increased rates of mineralization post-harvest. Based on these results, we suggest that a greater emphasis should be placed upon examining storage of carbon below 20cm in the mineral soil when evaluating the sequestration potential of intensive forest management, specifically rotation length.

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  • Optimizing forest management strategies such as selection of suitable tree species, rotation length, and fertilization regimes are effective ways to increase forest C sequestration.

    “for C sequestration in forest ecosystems, optimizing forest management strategies such as selection of suitable tree species, rotation length, and fertilization regimes are effective ways to increase the amount of forest C sequestration.177, 178, 179”

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Authors
Diochon, A., Kellman, L., & Beltrami, H.
Affiliations
  • Dalhousie University (CA)
  • St. Francis Xavier University (CA)
Corresponding author
Diochon, A.
Venue
Forest Ecology and Management
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2009-01
Volume
257
Issue
2
Pages
413-420
ISSN
0378-1127 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2013423176
Cited by
118
References
65
Citations by year
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FWCI
10.63
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Forest Ecology and Management (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Nature Conservancy
  • Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences
  • Nature Conservancy of Canada
  • Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
  • Economic and Social Research Council
  • National Eye Institute
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Forest ecology and management
Keywords
soil carbon storage, logging, red spruce, chronosequence, old-growth forest, organic layer, carbon isotopes, isotope fractionation, soil carbon mineralization, rotation length, carbon sequestration, northeastern United States

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