Journal
SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH
Volume 32, Issue 8, Pages 717-725Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS AS
DOI: 10.1080/02827581.2017.1293152
Keywords
Carbon sequestration; ecosystem; tree biomass; soil; disc trenching; mounding
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- Swedish Energy Agency [P30468-1]
- Faculty of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)
- consortium of forest companies
- strong research environment IMPRESS (Swedish Research Council Formas) [2011-1747]
- Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry [GFS2015-0086]
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Mechanical site preparation (MSP) causes a mixing disturbance of the soil, which may increase decomposition of soil organic matter and subsequent carbon (C) dioxide emissions to the atmosphere. MSP also promotes the establishment and growth of tree seedlings, and hence ecosystem C fixation. However, there are uncertainties regarding the net effects of MSP on C stocks at the ecosystem scale. To assess decennial effects of MSP on ecosystem C stocks, C stocks in soil, ground vegetation and trees at three experimental forest sites with Pinus contorta, Pinus sylvestris and Picea abies in Sweden were sampled and measured for ca. 25 years in a control and after three MSP treatments: disc trenching, mounding and ploughing. After 25 years, all of the MSP treatments resulted in larger ecosystem C stocks than the control treatment due to positive effects on the tree biomass C stock. The tree C stock was highest after ploughing, intermediate after mounding or disc trenching and lowest in untreated control plots at all experimental sites. The MSP treatments did not affect the soil C stocks down to 30 cm. We recommend mounding or disc trenching to promote C sequestration as they disturb sites' ecological, aesthetic and recreational values less than ploughing.
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