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Understanding Soil Respiration Dynamics in Temperate Forests in Northwestern Mexico

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FORESTS
Volume 14, Issue 9, Pages -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/f14091763

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CO2 efflux; carbon pool; multispecies forest; diversity metrics; forest productivity

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Temperate mixed forests in Mexico are highly important ecosystems due to their high biodiversity and carbon storage capacity. This study found that seasonality, species diversity, and aboveground biomass stocks play an important role in preserving soil respiration processes in these ecosystems.
Temperate mixed forests in Mexico are considered highly important ecosystems because of their high levels of biodiversity and capacity to store carbon. The aim of this study was to evaluate temporal and between-forest soil respiration (CO2 efflux) variability, and to assess the effect of vegetation diversity metrics on soil CO2 fluxes in mixed-uneven-aged forests in Durango, Northwestern Mexico. Soil CO2 efflux, soil moisture, and soil temperature were measured in three temperate forest types. A generalized linear model (GLM) was fitted to analyze the relationship between soil CO2 fluxes and stand variables, diversity metrics, soil moisture, and soil temperature. Furthermore, a two-way analysis of variance was used to assess the effect of forest type, month of the year, and their interaction on soil respiration. Annual average, minimum, and maximum soil CO2 efflux rate values were 3.81 (+/- 2.94), 2.28 (+/- 1.47), and 7.97 (+/- 2.94) mu mol m(-2) s(-1), respectively. Soil respiration was positively related to species richness, aboveground biomass, and quadratic mean diameter; however, forest type did not contribute to understanding the dynamics of soil CO2 fluxes. The results highlight the importance of seasonality, species diversity and aboveground biomass stocks to preserve the ecosystem processes driving soil respiration in temperate forests.

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