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FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
卷 319, 期 -, 页码 107-115出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.01.043
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Carbon sequestration; Organic matter stabilization; Organic carbon pools; Climate change; Soil fertility; Terracing
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- Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, National Plan I+D+i 2008-2011 [AGL2010-20941]
Climate change is a potential threat to soil organic carbon (SOC) in semiarid ecosystems. Several studies advocated afforestation as an important way to achieve soil C accumulation, but few deal with the mechanisms of C stabilization. The knowledge of these mechanisms is a key aspect in the preservation of SOC in the face of climate change. In a long-term experiment in southeast Spain, we analyzed the effect on C sequestration and stabilization mechanisms of two Pinus halepensis afforestation treatments: (a) terracing (T) and (b) terracing with soil amendment (AT). Twenty years after installing the pine plantations, changes were measured in: (a) chemical, physical, and biological soil properties, (b) ecosystem C stocks, and (c) three functional SOC pools: particulate organic matter (POM), sand and stable aggregates (S+A), and silt plus clay (S+C). The results show that the afforestation treatment had a distinct impact on soil properties. Compared with the adjacent native shrubland, the AT treatment led to improved soil fertility, while the T treatment had a negative impact on soil properties. In turn, AT led to a C gain in the ecosystem of 1.3 kg C m(-2), while with T there was a decline of 0.60 kg C m(-2) over 20 years. This decline was due to the impact of the terracing work. The potential ecosystem C sequestration capacity of the afforestation was 160 and 65 g C rn(-2) year in AT and T, respectively. Focusing on sequestration in the mineral soil, the average annual sequestration rate was 28 g C m(-2) year(-1) in AT and 17 g C m(-2) year(-1) in T. In relation to the functional SOC pools, the C sequestered showed the following distribution: 30% POM, 46% (S+A), and 24% (S+C). The results show that C sequestration, through afforestation of semiarid areas, can be increased by using suitable afforestation techniques. Site preparation involving large soil disturbance is not recommended. Twenty years after planting, the potential capacity for C sequestration of the afforested ecosystems is far from being saturated and they will continue sequestering C as they reach maturity. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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