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Temporal changes of soil respiration under different tree species

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Soil respiration rates were measured monthly (from April 2007 to March 2008) under four adjacent coniferous plantation sites [Oriental spruce (Picea orientalis L.), Austrian pine (Pinus nigra Arnold), Turkish fir (Abies bornmulleriana L.), and Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.)] and adjacent natural Sessile oak forest (Quercus petraea L.) in Belgrad Forest—Istanbul/Turkey. Also, soil moisture, soil temperature, and fine root biomass were determined to identify the underlying environmental variables among sites which are most likely causing differences in soil respiration. Mean annual soil moisture was determined to be between 6.3 % and 8.1 %, and mean annual temperature ranged from 13.0°C to 14.2°C under all species. Mean annual fine root biomass changed between 368.09 g/m2 and 883.71 g/m2 indicating significant differences among species. Except May 2007, monthly soil respiration rates show significantly difference among species. However, focusing on tree species, differences of mean annual respiration rates did not differ significantly. Mean annual soil respiration ranged from 0.56 to 1.09 g C/m2/day. The highest rates of soil respiration reached on autumn months and the lowest rates were determined on summer season. Soil temperature, soil moisture, and fine root biomass explain mean annual soil respiration rates at the highest under Austrian pine (R 2 = 0.562) and the lowest (R 2 = 0.223) under Turkish fir.

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Manuscript partly contains some results presented in Master of Science Thesis of Serdar Akburak in advisory of Ender Makineci completed in 2008 at Istanbul University, Science Institute. This work was supported by Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit of Istanbul University, project number T1410/070807.

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Akburak, S., Makineci, E. Temporal changes of soil respiration under different tree species. Environ Monit Assess 185, 3349–3358 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-012-2795-6

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