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Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology ›› 2002, Vol. ›› Issue (9): 1077-1080.

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Biological characteristics of different forest soils in Nanjing-Zhenjiang mountan area

XIAO Ciying1, RUAN Honghua2, TU Liubang2   

  1. 1. Department of Biology, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241000;
    2. Institute of Forestry Resource and Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037
  • Received:2000-11-29 Revised:2001-09-26

Abstract: Studies on the biological characteristics,including soil microbe,soil enzyme activity,soil nutritient content,and litter decomposition of different forest soils in Nanjing-Zhenjiang mountain area showed that the amounts of microbes and the activities of six enzymes in forest soils changed regularly in different forests during different months. The contents of nutritional elements varied regularly with forest growth bio-cycles, and were inerrelated prominently with the amounts of soil microbes and the activities of soil enzymes. There existed temporal-spatial differences in the decomposition rate of litters and the reverted velocity of nutrients among different forests. The comparisons of various biological characteristics among secondary Quercus variabilis forest, Phllostachys pubescens forest,and Cunninghamia lanceolata forest indicated that secondary Quercus variabilis forest had the most abundant nutrients in soil,and possessed the strongest ability of self-fertilization. Therefore,to construct coniferous forests with broadleaf trees in this area could avoid or abate the decline of soil fertility.

Key words: diffuse flux, stable carbon isotope, production pathway, Tuojia River, CH4

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