Seasonal pattern of total soil respiration in an age series of Eucalypt plantation and mixed broad-leaved forest in tarai belt of Kumaun Himalaya

  • S.S. Bargali Department of Forestry, Kumaun University, Nainital - 263 002 (U.P.) India
  • M. Joshi Department of Forestry, Kumaun University, Nainital - 263 002 (U.P.) India
  • K. Bargali Department of Forestry, Kumaun University, Nainital - 263 002 (U.P.) India
Keywords: Metabolic activity, plantation development, Eucalyptus tereticornis, edaphic conditions

Abstract

Rates of C02 efflux under plantations of 1-yr to 8-yr-old Eucalyptus (the hybrid E. tereticornis Sm.) and in adjacent natural mixed broad-leaved forest were measured by alkali absorption method. The seasonal pattern of soil respiration was similar in natural forest and the plantations with a maximum during the the rainy season, intermediate during the summer season and a minimum during the winter season. Soil respiration and various soil physical characteristics decreased as a result of reafforestation with Eucalyptus and there was a further decrease with increasing age of the plantation. Among the edaphic conditions, soil organic C total N, P, K, soil moisture and porosity positively affected total soil respiration, while bulk density inversely affected the same.

Published
1992-12-01
How to Cite
Bargali, S., Joshi, M., & Bargali, K. (1992). Seasonal pattern of total soil respiration in an age series of Eucalypt plantation and mixed broad-leaved forest in tarai belt of Kumaun Himalaya. Oecologia Montana, 1(2), 7-11. Retrieved from https://om.vuvb.uniza.sk/index.php/OM/article/view/15
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