Aspects of nutrient cycling and nutrient use pattern of Bhabar Shisham forests in central Himalaya, India

Lodhiyal, Neelu; Lodhiyal, L. S.

doi:10.1016/s0378-1127(02)00268-2

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“…Species with the low nutrient accumulation in their tissues are suited to conserve the amount of nutrients in soil and may replenish soil fertility in the long term (Toky and Singh 1993;Stanley and Montagnini 1999). These results are also consistent with previous reports that nutrient uptake, soil nutrient extraction, and nutrient accumulation in the biomass of Eucalyptus plantations were higher than that in native forests in India (Hunter 2001;Lodhiyal and Lodhiyal 2003), and that this species had a higher demand for phosphorus than Albizia facaltaria in Australia (Binkley et al 2000). Harrison et al (2000) reported that nutrient accumulation of P and N in different tissues increased with increasing age of Eucalyptus plantation while soil nutrient content was further decreased in Brazil.…”

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Nutrient relocation, hydrological functions, and soil chemistry in plantations as compared to natural forests in central Yunnan, China

Hou

Duan

Tang

et al. 2009

Ecological Research

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Nutrient relocation, hydrological functions, and soil chemistry in plantations as compared to natural forests in central Yunnan, China Abstract The relocation of nutrients among dominant plant species, along with hydrological functions and soil chemistry in five plant communities, including Eucalyptus plantation, Pinus plantation, shrubland, semi-natural, and natural secondary forests were investigated in central Yunnan, China. The nutrient P, N, and K accumulation in above-ground biomass of Eucalyptus smithii (stems, barks, branches, and leaves) were the highest, followed by Pinus yunnanensis of both the Pinus plantation and the semi-natural forest. The nutrient retranslocation efficiency (NRE) of E. smithii was the highest for nutrient P, N, and K with values of 56, 66, and 67%, respectively, among the dominant plant species of the five plant communities, while the NRE of P. yunnanensis in Pinus plantation had the second highest value of NRE for nutrient N. The nutrient content (available P, N, and soil organic matter) in the upper two soil layers under Eucalyptus and Pinus plantations was correspondingly found to be lower than that of the other forests. Moreover, under the Eucalyptus and Pinus plantations, surface runoff, soil erosion, and nutrient loss were more serious, and the water storage of litterfall and canopy interception were significantly lower than that in the other plant communities. Accordingly, we suggest that single-species plantations cannot present the same ecological benefits as natural forests, because of their simple, uniform structures, and the characteristics of the dominant plant species.

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Nutrient relocation, hydrological functions, and soil chemistry in plantations as compared to natural forests in central Yunnan, China

Hou

Duan

Tang

et al. 2009

Ecological Research

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“…Clonal differences in biomass production may also be caused by the genetic variation of the clones expressed in differences in their nutrient-use efficiency and by reallocation and retranslocation of nutrients in the plantinternal cycle (Bungart 1999;Lodhiyal and Lodhiyal 2003). Bungart (1999) reported that high-performing T·D clones used the available nitrogen and phosphorus sources for biomass production much more efficiently than low-yielding clones.…”

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Growth dynamics and biomass accumulation of 8-year-old hybrid poplar clones in a short-rotation plantation on a clayey-sandy mining substrate with respect to plant nutrition and water budget

Bungart¹,

Hüttl

2004

Eur J Forest Res

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In 1995 a short-rotation plantation (2.5 ha) was established in the mining region Welzow-Su¨d in Brandenburg, Germany, on a clayey-sandy, lignite-and pyrite-free substrate in order to study the biomass potentials of fast-growing tree species (hybrid poplar clones). In this study, special emphasis was placed on yield aspects as well as on the interaction between soil and plants, especially with regard to the plant nutrition and soil-water relationships. So far, the results indicate that the cultivation of hybrid poplar clones in a shortrotation plantation is an adequate tool for establishing alternative land-use systems in the post-mining landscape as a potential source of biomass energy. Aboveground biomass production ranged from 24-49 t dry matter (DM) per hectare at age 8. In particular during this period of investigation, nitrogen nutrition of the clones decreased to below a threshold of 20 mg g À1 DM in the year 2002. Investigations of the water budget of low-and high-yielding clones indicated that differences in the biomass accumulation seemed to be accompanied by different water-use efficiencies.

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“…There are many NPS studies from forest land in general and undistributed forest in particular. For example, studies have included the effect of forest operation on NPS pollution (Grace 2004(Grace , 2005, simulation of the dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) from forest associated with gypsy moth defoliation (Wang et al 2003), effect of forest roads on erosion losses (Grace 2002), seasonal variations (Correll et al 1999), estimation of suspended sediment quantity (Fowler and Heady 1981), NPS survey from 20 Northeastern region (Edwards and Stuart 2002), evaluation of "buffered zones" to reduce nitrate migration (Basnyat et al 2000), erosion effect (Sidle et al 2006), specific loads of various pollutants (Umemoto et al 2001), nutrient use pattern (Lodhiyal and Lodhiyal 2003), and nitrogen export to streams (Li et al 2004). …”

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“…) this study: average concentrations were calculated from rainy day samples; annual loadings were calculated from 5 years average (b) fine and rainy days data collected in artificial forest areas of the southwest Japan(Umemoto et al 2001) (c) total nutrient transfer through litter to soil for forests in central Himalaya, India(Lodhiyal and Lodhiyal 2003) (d) sediment yield from plots of undistributed forest land in the Southern Piedmont of central Alabama, US(Grace 2004) (e) annual loading estimated using rainy and fine days sample concentrations from two unharvested watersheds in West Virginia, US(Edwards et al 2004) (f) …”

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Nonpoint source pollution loading from an undistributed tropic forest area

Chang

Wen

Huang³

et al. 2007

Environ Monit Assess

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Water quality and unit nonpoint sources (NPS) pollution load from a forest area were studied in a mountainous watershed in Taiwan. The flow rates were measured with rectangular weirs and samples taken for water quality analysis in both non-rainy and rainy days for 2 years. The subroutine of the Hydrological Simulation Program--FORTRAN was used to simulate runoff for additional 3 years. Total annual loads of various water quality parameters were then estimated by a regression model. Most of the parameter concentrations are higher during the rainy days; their values are typically higher as compared to data from other undisturbed forest areas. Nevertheless, the concentration ratio of dissolved inorganic nitrogen to TN or PO4(3-) -P to TP shows TN or TP no correlations with the flow rates, whereas the concentrations of SS and TP are positively correlated with the flow rate. The fluctuation of annual load from this watershed is significant. For example, six major events of the entire year, for which the total duration is merely 6.4 days, contribute 42% of the annual precipitation and at least 40% of the annual NPS loads. The management for controlling the NPS pollution from this forest watershed is discussed.

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Aspects of nutrient cycling and nutrient use pattern of Bhabar Shisham forests in central Himalaya, India

Cited by 16 publications

References 19 publications

Nutrient relocation, hydrological functions, and soil chemistry in plantations as compared to natural forests in central Yunnan, China

Nutrient relocation, hydrological functions, and soil chemistry in plantations as compared to natural forests in central Yunnan, China

Growth dynamics and biomass accumulation of 8-year-old hybrid poplar clones in a short-rotation plantation on a clayey-sandy mining substrate with respect to plant nutrition and water budget

Nonpoint source pollution loading from an undistributed tropic forest area

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