Author:
Cao Yuanbo,Xiao Huijie,Wang Baitian,Zhang Yunlong,Wu Honghui,Wang Xijing,Yang Yadong,Wei Tingting
Abstract
The inappropriate selection of measurement points and measurement times in an ecosystem may easily lead to the underestimation or overestimation of soil respiration due to spatial and temporal heterogeneity. To assess the law of spatial and temporal heterogeneity and more accurately determine the soil respiration rate, we measured the soil respiration rate of a forest in the plant growing season from 2011 to 2013 on Changbai Mountain in 8 directions and 7 distances from each tree trunk. Neglecting the direction of the measuring point may overestimate or underestimate the soil respiration rate by 29.81% and 26.09%, respectively; neglecting the distance may overestimate or underestimate the soil respiration rate by 41.36% and 20.28%, respectively; and ignoring the measurement time may overestimate and underestimate the soil respiration rate by 41.71% and 57.64%, respectively. In addition, choosing a measurement point in the eastern direction at a 1.8 m distance and conducting the measurement in September may relatively accurately reflect the soil respiration rate of the ecosystem. These findings can deepen our understanding of soil respiration rate heterogeneity and may provide new ideas for improving the measurement method of soil respiration.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China-Guangdong Joint Fund
National Key Research and Development Program of China
Subject
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment,Geography, Planning and Development
Cited by
2 articles.
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