The response of soil respiration to thinning was not affected by understory removal in a Chinese fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata) plantation

• Published in: Geoderma Vol. 353; pp. 47 - 54
• Main Authors: Li, Renshan, Zheng, Wenhui, Yang, Qingpeng, Zhang, Weidong, Chi, Yonggang, Wang, Peng, Xu, Ming, Guan, Xin, Chen, Longchi, Wang, Qingkui, Wang, Silong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.11.2019
• Subjects: carbon; Cunninghamia lanceolata; ecosystems; Plantation management; plantations; Root trenching; silvicultural practices; soil carbon; soil chemical properties; Soil CO2 efflux; soil respiration; soil temperature; Soil traits; soil water; understory; Soil traits; Plantation management; Soil CO2 efflux; Root trenching

Thinning and understory removal are two common silvicultural practices used in plantation ecosystems, and both are expected to influence soil respiration (RS). However, little is known about how the two practices, particularly their interaction, affect the heterotrophic (RH) and autotrophic (RA) com...