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Front Biol Chin    2009, Vol. 4 Issue (2) : 180-186    https://doi.org/10.1007/s11515-009-0003-z
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Effects of post-fire conditions on soil respiration in boreal forests with special reference to Northeast China forests
 Laiye QU 1, Keming MA 1, Xiaoniu XU 2, Lihua WANG 3, Kaichiro SASA 4
1.State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; 2.College of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China; 3.College of Life and Environmental Science, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325027, China; 4.Hokkaido University Forests, FSC, Sapporo 060-0809, Japan;
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Abstract

Forest fires frequently occur in boreal forests, and their effects on forest ecosystems are often significant in terms of carbon flux related to climate changes. Soil respiration is the second largest carbon flux in boreal forests and the change in soil respiration is not negligible. Environmental factors controlling the soil respiration, for example, soil temperature, are altered by such fires. The abnormal increase in soil temperature has an important negative effect on soil microbes by reducing their activities or even by killing them directly with strong heat. On the other hand, although vegetation is directly disturbed by fires, the indirect changes in soil respiration are followed by changes in root activities and soil microbes. However, there is very limited information on soil respiration in the forests of Northeast China. This review, by combining what is known about fire influence on soil respiration in boreal forests from previous studies of post-fire effects on soil conditions, soil microbes, and forest regeneration, presents possible scenarios of the impact of anticipated post-fire changes in forest soil respiration in Northeast China.
Keywords boreal forests      Northeast China      forest fires      forest regeneration      soil microbes      soil respiration     
Corresponding Author(s): XU Xiaoniu,Email:xnxu61@yahoo.com.cn   
Issue Date: 05 June 2009
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Xiaoniu XU,Lihua WANG,Kaichiro SASA, et al. Effects of post-fire conditions on soil respiration in boreal forests with special reference to Northeast China forests[J]. Front Biol Chin, 2009, 4(2): 180-186.
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Fig.1  Number of papers published on soil respiration from 1986 to 2006 in boreal forests of the world, Northeast China forests and Chinese boreal forests. The number of boreal forests was obtained from a search using the key words “soil respiration and boreal forest” in the Web of Science database. The numbers of northeast China forests and Chinese boreal forests were obtained through a search using the key words “soil respiration and northeast China forest” or “soil respiration and Chinese boreal forest” in the Web of Science database and vip database, respectively.
vegetation type / speciesexperimental settingapproachperiodreferences
Korean pine field/Changbai Mountaingas chromatography technique1 yearLiu et al., 2006
Korean pinefield/Changbai Mountainclose chamber method1 yearWu et al., 2006
Korean pine/dark coniferous forest/erman’s birch forestlab/Changbai Mountainsoil incubation/C1301PS portable analyzer24 hoursWang et al. 2004
Pinus sylvestriformis forestfield/Changbai MountainLI-6400 portable photosynthesis system2 yearsLiu et al., 2005
Korean pinefield/Changbai Mountainstatic box method4 monthsJiang et al., 2005
Korean pine/Tuna liden/Mono maple/Manchurian ashfield/Changbai Mountaineddy-covariance measurements16 monthsGuan et al., 2006
Peat alpine tundra/meadow alpine tundra /gley alpine tundra /lithic alpine tundra field/Changbai Mountainestimation from equation1 monthSun et al., 2005
Larch/Korean pine/Scots pine/birchfield/Mao’ershanLI-6400 portable photosynthesis system6 monthsZhang et al., 2005
Mongolian oak/popar-birth/mixed-wood/hard-wood forests/Korean pinefield/Mao’ershanLI-6400 portable photosynthesis system6 monthsYang and Wang, 2006
Mongolian oak/aspen-birth/mixed deciduous /hardwood forests/Korean pine/Dahurian larchfield/Mao’ershanLI-6400 portable photosynthesis system18 monthsWang et al., 2006
Tab.1  Published data on estimates of soil respiration in Northeast China by 2006
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