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Temporal patterns of soil CO2 efflux in a temperate Korean Larch (Larix olgensis Herry.) plantation, Northeast China

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There is little information available regarding seasonal and annual variations in soil CO2 efflux from Korean Larch plantations, which are an important component of forests’ carbon balance in temperate China. In this study, the soil respiration rate (R s), soil temperature (T 10) and soil moisture (SM10) at 10 cm depth were observed in a Korean Larch (Larix olgensis Herry.) plantation in Northeast China from 2008 to 2012. Mean R s in growing season (GS) varied greatly, ranged from 2.32 ± 0.08 to 3.88 ± 0.09 μmol CO2 m−2 s−1 (mean ± SE) over the period of 2008–2012. In comparison with T-model, the increase of explained variability by applying both T 10 and SM10 to the T-M model is very small. It is indicated that R s was controlled largely by T 10 in the present study. By accounting for 22.2 and 17.7 % of the total soil CO2 emissions in 2010/2011 and 2011/2012, respectively, the soil CO2 efflux in dormant season (DS) was an essential component of the total soil CO2 efflux. The Q 10 value in the study period was always smaller for GS than DS, suggesting that soil carbon cycling may be more sensitive to the temperature changes at low than at high temperature range. These results indicated that climate changes may have great potential impacts on temperate Larch plantations in Northeast China, owing to soil carbon emissions of Larch plantation during the long period of DS being more sensitive to T 10 than in GS, and played a significant role in the annual forest ecosystems carbon budget.

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Abbreviations

R s :

Soil respiration rate

T 10 :

Soil temperature at 10 cm depth

SM10 :

Soil moisture at 10 cm depth

T A :

Air temperature

PPT:

Precipitation

GS:

Growing season

DS:

Dormant season

F g :

Soil carbon efflux in growing season

F d :

Soil carbon efflux in dormant season

F t :

Annual total soil carbon efflux

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This study was financially supported by the National key basic research and development program (No 2011CB403201), the Special Fund for Forestry Scientific Research in the Public Interest (No 201204101), the National Key Technologies R&D Program of China (No 2012BAD22B04), the Doctoral Initial Fund Project of Liaoning Province (No 20111144) and the CFERN & GENE Award Funds on Ecological paper. We are grateful to Dr. Fusheng Chen and Prof. Chunjiang Liu for their valuable comments and suggestions on the manuscript.

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You, W., Wei, W., Zhang, H. et al. Temporal patterns of soil CO2 efflux in a temperate Korean Larch (Larix olgensis Herry.) plantation, Northeast China. Trees 27, 1417–1428 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00468-013-0889-6

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