期刊
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH
卷 47, 期 4, 页码 433-444出版社
CANADIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2016-0352
关键词
lichen; moss; Sphagnum spp.; fine root; forest regeneration
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资金
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
- Fonds de recherche-Nature et technologie du Quebec
- Chair in Sustainable Forest Management (NSERC-UQAT-UQAM)
In the boreal forest, long-lasting canopy gaps are associated with lichens on dry sites and with Sphagnum spp. on wet sites. We hypothesize that ground-layer composition plays a role in maintaining gaps through its effects on fine root biomass (diameter <= 2 mm) and soil nutrient availability. Along gradients of canopy openness in both jack pine (Pinus banksiana Lamb.) lichen and black spruce (Picea mariana (Mill.) B.S.P.) - moss forests, the relationships between canopy closure, ground-layer composition, tree fine root biomass, and soil nutrients were analyzed and decomposed using path analysis. The effects of lichen and Sphagnum spp. removal on tree fine root biomass and soil nutrients were tested in situ. Although variations in pine fine root biomass were mainly explained by stand aboveground biomass, lichen removal locally increased fine root biomass by more than 50%, resin extractable soil potassium by 580%, and base cations by 180%. While Sphagnum cover was identified as a key driver of stand aboveground biomass reduction in paludified forest sites, its removal had no short-term effects on spruce fine root biomass and soil nutrients. Our results suggest that lichens, more than Sphagnum spp., affect tree growth via direct effects on soil nutrients. These two different patterns call for different silvicultural solutions to maintain productive stands.
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