Biomass productivity, forest stability, carbon balance, and soil transformation of agricultural land afforestation: A casu study of suitability of native tree species in the submontane zone in Czechia

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Result on the web

<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0341816221007517?via%3Dihub" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0341816221007517?via%3Dihub</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2021.105893" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.catena.2021.105893</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Biomass productivity, forest stability, carbon balance, and soil transformation of agricultural land afforestation: A casu study of suitability of native tree species in the submontane zone in Czechia

Original language description

The increasing trend of afforestation is described in almost all European countries, however, the knowledge of the growth parameters of particular tree species on abandoned agricultural land is still incomplete. Therefore, the characteristics of young forest stands which are afforested with 5 native tree species (Norway spruce, European beech, English oak, sycamore maple, and small-leaved lime) were analyzed 14 years after afforestation. Afforestation had a positive influence on the soil physical characteristics with the highest porosity (58.2%) in spruce stands and water saturation (48.5%) in oak stands. Maple had the fastest initial growth and production with the highest mean annual increment (12.1 m(3) ha(-1) y(-1)) and total biomass production (200.8 t ha(- 1)). Contrarily, the lowest production parameters were found in the beech stands with a low mean annual increment (1.4 m(3) ha(-1) y(-1)) and total biomass production (28.4 t ha(-1)). The most abundant carbon quantity in the soil and tree biomass together was sequestered in lime (125.1 t ha( -1)) followed by maple stands (124.5 t ha(- 1)). On average, the total carbon balance was 67.4% stored in the tree biomass, and 32.6% in the soil for tree species evaluated together. The amount of carbon sequestered in the soil will increase in the following years in relation to overlying humus development, incorporation of soil organic carbon in the mineral soil horizons, as well as with tree biomass production. The study demonstrated a significant difference in growth potential, biomass production, soil transformation and carbon sequestration in native tree species stands established on former agricultural lands. Most importantly, the differences in carbon sequestration should be considered in future agricultural land afforestation to mitigate the negative impact of global climate change.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

40102 - Forestry

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Catena

ISSN

0341-8162

e-ISSN

1872-6887

Volume of the periodical

210

Issue of the periodical within the volume

MAR 2022

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

15

Pages from-to

105893

UT code for WoS article

000794856500003

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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