Seasonal dynamics of energy and nutrients of Pinus koraiensis seedlings in different successional stages of broadleaved Korean pine forest in Changbai Mountain, China.

doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.202105.001

Abstract

Abstract: We examined the seasonal variations of growth and nutrient accumulation of two-year-old Korean pine (Pinus koraiensis) seedlings in the primary broadleaved Korean pine forest (primary forest) and poplar birch forest (secondary forest) in Changbai Mountain. The seasonal changes of photosynthetically active radiation (PAR), seedling biomass, nonstructural carbohydrate (NSC), total nitrogen (N), and total phosphorus (P) were measured in both forests. The effects of understory light and its seasonal variations in both forests on the growth and nutrient accumulation of understory Korean pine seedlings were also explored. The results showed that the seasonal variations of monthly cumulative PAR under both forests showed a double-peak pattern. In summer, light conditions under the two forests were poor because of the closed canopy. In spring and autumn, light conditions were better due to the deciduous characteristics of canopy broadleaved trees, with light conditions under the secondary forest being obviously better than that of the primary forest. The seasonal variations of biomass, NSC, total N and total P concentrations of Korean pine seedlings in the primary and secondary forests were basically consistent with that of understory light. All those variables increased significantly in spring and autumn, and decreased in summer. In spring, starch concentration increased. In summer, starch and soluble sugar concentrations decreased gradually, and touched bottom in August. In autumn, soluble sugar concentration increased significantly. The biomass and NSC concentration of seedlings under secondary forest were significantly higher than those under primary forest in spring and autumn, but without difference in summer. Therefore, the diffe-rence of understory light conditions in spring and autumn between the two forests might be the key factor driving nutrient accumulation, growth and regeneration of Korean pine seedlings.

Key words: seedling, nonstructural carbohydrate, understory light, seasonal dynamics

ZHOU Guang, XU Wei-ze, WAN Jing, WANG Yan-nan, LIU Li-ting, LIU Qi-jing. Seasonal dynamics of energy and nutrients of Pinus koraiensis seedlings in different successional stages of broadleaved Korean pine forest in Changbai Mountain, China.[J]. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology, 2021, 32(5): 1663-1672.

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