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Seasonal variation of soil respiration rates in a secondary forest and agroforestry systems |
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| Authors: | Kikang Bae Don Koo Lee Timothy J Fahey Soo Young Woo Amos K Quaye Yong-Kwon Lee |
| Institution: | 1. Department of Forest and Natural Resources Management, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY, 13210, USA 2. Department of Forest Science, Seoul National University, Seoul, 151-742, Korea 3. Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA 4. Department of Environmental Horticulture, University of Seoul, Seoul, 130-743, Republic of Korea 5. Korea Forest Service, Government Complex-Daejeon, Bldg 1, 189 Cheongsa-ro, Seo-gu, Daejeon, 302-701, Republic of Korea |
| Abstract: | Agroforestry systems are widely practiced in tropical forests to recover degraded and deforested areas and also to balance the global carbon budget. However, our understanding of difference in soil respiration rates between agroforestry and natural forest systems is very limited. This study compared the seasonal variations in soil respiration rates in relation to fine root biomass, microbial biomass, and soil organic carbon between a secondary forest and two agroforestry systems dominated by Gmelina arborea and Dipterocarps in the Philippines during the dry and the wet seasons. The secondary forest had significantly higher (p < 0.05) soil respiration rate, fine root biomass and soil organic matter than the agroforestry systems in the dry season. However, in the wet season, soil respiration and soil organic matter in the G. arborea dominated agroforestry system were as high as in the secondary forest. Whereas soil respiration was generally higher in the wet than in the dry season, there were no differences in fine root biomass, microbial biomass and soil organic matter between the two seasons. Soil respiration rate correlated positively and significantly with fine root biomass, microbial biomass, and soil organic C in all three sites. The results of this study indicate, to some degree, that different land use management practices have different effects on fine root biomass, microbial biomass and soil organic C which may affect soil respiration as well. Therefore, when introducing agroforestry system, a proper choice of species and management techniques which are similar to natural forest is recommended. |
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