Journal
GEODERMA
Volume 214, Issue -, Pages 62-69Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2013.10.002
Keywords
Carbon storage; Mineral soil; Soil organic matter; Soil carbon; Soil nitrogen; Forest management
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- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
- CREATE program grants
- Canada Research Chairs Program
- Atlantic Innovation Fund
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Intensive forest management practices can alter forest soil organic matter (SUM) storage (kg C ha I) due to changes in the environmental variables that control SUM cycling and stability. Here we investigate whether SOM losses are observed three decades following clearcut harvesting in a temperate forest ecosystem that includes the deep mineral soil (to a depth of 50 cm). We compared SUM stored as carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) in paired (35-year-old; 110-year-old reference) Acadian Forest sites that differed only in their time since harvest. We found lower mineral soil carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) storage (27% and 26% respectively), and lower C and N concentrations at the 35-year-old site compared with the 110-year-old reference site. Isotopic compositions of C and N through the soil profile did not provide insight into the dominant mechanisms driving SUM losses at the 35-year-old site in this study. This is the second study to document decreases in mineral soil C and N storage in a red spruce forest within the Acadian Forest Region three decades following clearcut harvesting. Crown Copyright (C) 2013 Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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