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http://dx.doi.org/10.5141/JEFB.2004.27.4.217

Comparison of Organic Matter Dynamics between Natural Deciduous Broad-Leaved Forest and Adjacent Artificial Evergreen Coniferous Forest

Takahiro, Ichikawa (Graduate School of Science and Technology, Chiba University)
Terumasa, Takahashi (Faculty of Horticulture, Chiba University)
Yoshito, Asano (Graduate School of Science and Technology, Chiba University)

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The Korean Journal of Ecology / v.27, no.4, 2004 , pp. 217-224 More about this Journal

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to clarify the effects of the conversion of the forest management type from a natural deciduous broad-leaved forest to an artificial evergreen coniferous forest based on organic matter dynamics. We investigated the amounts and carbon contents of the forest floor and the litterfall, soil chemical characteristics and cellulose decomposition rates in the natural deciduous broad-leaved forest and adjacent artificial evergreen coniferous forest. In the artificial evergreen coniferous forest were planted Japanese cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa) on the upper slope and Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) on the lower slope. The soil carbon and nitrogen contents, CEC and microbial activity had decreased due to the conversion of the forest management type from a natural deciduous broad-leaved forest to an artificial Japanese cypress forest, and were almost the same for the conversion to a Japanese cedar forest. Under the same conditions, it is considered that the soil fertility was different by planting specific tree species because the organic matter dynamics were changed by them.

Keywords

Deciduous broad-leaved forest; Evergreen coniferous forest; Organic matter dynamics; Planting; Soil fertility;

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