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Effects of Thinning on Nutrient Input by Rainfall and Litterfall in Natural Hardwood Forest at Mt. Joongwang, Gangwon-do  

Jung, Mun-Ho (Rock Engineering Team, Technology Research Center Mine Reclamation Corporation)
Lee, Don-Koo (Department of Forest Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University)
Um, Tae-Won (Department of Forest Sciences, College of Life Science & Natural Resources, Sangii University)
Kim, Young-Soo (Forest Practice Research Center, Korea Forest Research Institute)
Kwon, Ki-Cheol (Department of Forest Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University)
Jung, Kang-Ho (Soil Management Divison, Department of Agricultural Environment National Institute of Agricultural Science & Technology Rural Development Administration)
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Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer / v.41, no.1, 2008 , pp. 1-8 More about this Journal
Abstract
The objectives of this study were to compare nutrient natural input between thinned and unthinned natural hardwood stands at Mt. Joongwang, Pyongchang-gun, Gangwon-do. Throughfall, stemflow, A-layer and B-layer soil water as well as litterfall were sampled at two-week intervals during the period of June to October from 2002 to 2004. The amount of rainfall interception in thinned and unthinned natural hardwood stands was as 12% and 18%, respectively. The results indicated that there was no difference in annual nutrient input by rainfall between thinned and unthinned stands. $Na^+$, $Cl^-$ and $SO_4{^{2-}}$ concentrations of A-layer soil water in the unthinned stand were higher than those in the thinned stand. In the B-layer soil water, $Ca^{2+}$, $Cl^-$, $NO_3{^-}$ and $SO_4{^{2-}}$ concentrations in the unthinned stand were higher than those in thinned stand. Mean annual litterfall input was $2,706kg\;ha^{-1}$ in unthinned stand and $2,589kg\;ha^{-1}$ in thinned stand. Total-N input from litterfall was $50.28kg\;ha^{-1}yr^{-1}$ in the unthinned stand and $36.81kg\;ha^{-1}yr^{-1}$ in the thinned stand, while there was no difference in exchangeable cation input from litterfall between thinned and unthinned stands. Thus, the difference in nutrient inputs except for N by throughfall, stemflow and litterfall between the two stands was not influenced by thinning.
Keywords
Thinning; Nutrient Input; Throughfall; Stemflow; Soil water; Litterfall;
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