Abstract
The forest floor (O horizon) is a major pool of organic matter in many forests, comprised of a wide range of materials that vary in chemistry and morphology. The processing of fresh detritus progresses with gradual degradation under the influence of biotic and abiotic factors, leading to decreasing particle size and carbon:nitrogen ratios. I used multiple regression models of the dynamics of litter input and processing through the litter layer (Ol or Oi) into the fermented (Of or Oe) layer using experimental data from beneath six tree species. The carbon contained in annual litterfall inputs equaled 20– 26% of the total forest floor C content in conifer plots, compared with 48 to 55% in the aspen and birch plots. This material remains in the Ol layer for 2 to 12 months. The Of layer comprises 47 to 85% of the total C content of the forest floor, with residence times of 0.5 to 5 years.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
Anonymous 1991 Methods of soil microbiology and biochemistry. Publ. House of Moscow State University, pp.24–27.
Alexandrova L N 1980 Soil organic matter and its transformation processes. L Nauka (Science) 288p.
Arinushkina E V 1970 Manual in soil chemical analysis. M. Publ. House of Moscow State University. 487p.
Berg B and Ekbohn G 1991 Long-term decomposition in a Scots pine forest. VII. Litter mass-loss rates and decomposition patterns in some needle and leaf litter types. Can. J. Bot. 69, 1449–1456.
Bezkorovainaya I N and Vishnyakova Z V 1996 Soil biota participation in litter destruction in forest stands. Lesovedenie (Forest Science) N2, 53–61.
Bogatyrev L G 1990 On classification of forest litters. Pochvovedenie (Soil Science) N3, 118–127.
Das P K, Nath S, Mykhopadhyay N and Banerjee S K 1993 Decomposition of litters and their effect on physical-chemical and microbial properties of soil. Proc. Indian. Nat. Sci. Acad. B. 59, N5, 517–524.
Ganzhara N F 1983 Factors determining the levels of relative stabilization of humus amount, stock and composition in soils. In Organic matter and soil fertility. M. pp.17–24.
Grishina L A 1986 Humus formation and humus soil state. Publ. House of Moscow State University. 244p.
Karpachevsky L O 1981 Forest and forest soils. M.: Lesnaya promyshlennost’ (Forest Industry) 264p.
Karpachevsky L O 1973 Some peculiarities of forest leaffall decomposition //Problems of Forest Soil Science. Nauka (Science) M. 51–65.
Karpachevsky L O 1988 Litter — a particular biological horizon of forest biogeocenosis. In Litter role in forest biogeocenoses. Abstracts of papers at the All Union Meeting. Pp.88–89. M.: Nauka (Science).
Kononova M M 1966 Soil organic matter. Its nature, properties and study methods. M. Publ. House of Academy of Sciences of the USSR, 314p.
Kravkov S P 1978 Materials for studying decomposition processes of plant remains insoil. In Bio-and agrochemistry of soil processes. Pp.67–102. Leningrad: Nauka (Science).
Kravkov S P 1978 Studying of the dead vegetation cover role in soil formation. In Bio-and agrochemistry of soil processes. Pp.103–127. Leningrad: Nauka (Science).
Kulagina M A 1977 Litterffall and litter role in biological cycle of substances. In Forests of the Middle Priangarie region. Pp.164–191. Novosibirsk: Nauka (Science).
Lyul’kovich I N 2000 Cycle of chemical elements in 25-aged pine and aspen stands. In Soil organic matter and yield: Collection of sci. papers of young researchers. Pp.68–77. Krasnoyarsk State Agrarian University. Krasnoyarsk.
Orlov A Ya 1966 Importance of dying off tree roots in substance turnover in the forest. General Biology N1, 40–48.
Orlov D S 1998 Soil organic matter of Russia. Pochvovedenie (Soil Science), №9, 1049–1057.
Panikov N S, Sadovnikova L K and Fridland E V Non-specific compounds of soil humus. Moscow: Publ. House of Moscow State University. 144 p.
Persson K 1985 Dynamics of thin roots of forest trees. Ecology. N1, 33–39.
Ponomareva V V and Nikolaeva T A 1965 Methods for studying organic matter in peat and bog soils. Pochvjvedenie (Soil Science) 5, 88–95.
Sokolov D F and Karpova I V 1965 Litter decomposition rate and impact of its decomposition products on soil humus amount and composition in complex pine forest. In Forests of the Podmoskovie region. Moscow: Nauka (Science) 63–102.
Qualls R G, Haines B L and Swank W T 1991 Fluxes of dissolved organic nutrients and chemical substances in a deciduous forest. Ecology 72(1), 254–266.
Titlyanova A A, Bulavko G I, Mironycheva-Tokareva N P and Khvoshchevskaya M F 1994 Organic carbon stock in soils of West Siberia. Pochvovedenie (Soil science) N10, 49–53.
Titlyanova A A and Tesarzhova M 1991 Regimes of biological turnover. Novosibirsk, Nauka (Science) 150p.
Tuev N A 1989 Microbiological processes of humus formation. Moscow: Agropromizdat. 239p.
Vedrova E F 1995 Transformation of plant remains in 25-aged stands of the main forest forming tree species of Siberia. Lesovedenie (Forest Science) N4, 13–21.
Vedrova E F Carbon balance in pine forests of Krasnoyarsk forest-steppe// Lesovedenie (Forest Science) N5, 51–59.
Vedrova E F and Mindeyeva T N 1998 Intensity of carbonic acid gas producing at forest litter decomposition. Lesovedenie (Forest Science) N1, 30–41.
Vitousek P M, Turner D R, Parton W J and Sanford R L 1994 Litter decomposition on the Mauna Loa Environmental matrix, Hawai’i: Patterns mechanisms and models. Ecology 75(2), 418–429.
Zvyagintsev D G, Bab’eva I P, Dobrovol’skaya T G, Zenova G.M, Lysak L V and Mirchink T G 1993 Vertical-layer organization of microbial communities in forest biogeocenoses. Microbiologia (Microbiology) 62, N1, 5–36.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2005 Springer
About this paper
Cite this paper
Mukhortova, L. (2005). The Transformation of Plant Residues Under Different Tree Species in the Siberian Afforestation Experiment. In: Binkley, D., Menyailo, O. (eds) Tree Species Effects on Soils: Implications for Global Change. NATO Science Series IV: Earth and Environmental Sciences, vol 55. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3447-4_20
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3447-4_20
Publisher Name: Springer, Dordrecht
Print ISBN: 978-1-4020-3445-9
Online ISBN: 978-1-4020-3447-3
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life SciencesBiomedical and Life Sciences (R0)