Effect of habitat conditions on biomass production and nutrient cycling in selected communities of coniferous forests

• Autorzy: Banaszuk P.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The research on the functioning of coniferous forest ecosystems was conducted on a dune field in the southern part of the River Biebrza Valley (NE Poland; 53 stopnie 15 minut N, 22 stopnie 41 minut E). Two coniferous forest ecosystems investigated were distinguished by the occurrence of two types of phytocoenoses: the pine forest Vaccino myrtilli-Pinetum (Kobenza 1930) Br.-Bl. et Vlieg. 1939, and the pine forest Peucedano-Pinetum Mat (1962) 1974. Within the scope of the investigation were: the trophic condition of soils, the flat-lying level of ground waters, the biomass and production of the vegetation, organic fall, chemical composition of the stand and undergrowth, and the supply and losses of elements to and from the ecosystem. The aim of research was to estimate the effect of habitat conditions on the biomass production and the cycling of elements in two coniferous forest communities, and to balance the budget of elements for the separated fragments for the separated fragments of the ecosystem. Water relations belong to the most important factors of the ecological individual character of the investigated coniferous forest habitats. The humidity conditions effect the differentiation of chemical properties of soils expressed by the resources of nutrients accumulated in them. The greater humidity of the Vaccino myrtilli-Pinetum forest site effects a greater accumulation of elements bounded with organic matter in the soils of this plant association and also of such forms of these elements, which are water extractable and most easily assimilated. The soils of the bilberry coniferous forest contain greater resources of some nutrients and potentially create better conditions of plant development nevertheless the present study shows a much poorer tree cover in the Vaccino myrtilli-Pinetum than in the Peucedano-Pinetum forest. In the bilberry coniferous forest 226 trees per hectare and in red bilberry one 227 were recorded. The average height and breast-high diameter were similar in the two communities: 23 and 32-35 cm, respectively. These values affect the biomass and stand increment. The respective values were 190.4t ha^-1 and 13.3t ha^-1 year^-1 in the bilberry coniferous forest and 243.4t ha^-1 and 17.1t ha^-1 year^-1 in the red bilberry community. In the latter the organic fall is more intensive, exceding that in the bilberry forest by about 18%. The total biomass of the undergrowth distinctly varies at the stage of its maximum development. In the more humid and richer site of the bilberry coniferous forest it amounts to 16323 kg ha^-1 while in the red bilberry forest its value is smaller by 45%, reaching 8960 kg ha^-1. Irrespectively of the diversity of habitat conditions, biomass and plant production comparable amounts of nutrients are cycling in the bilberry Vaccino myrtilli-Pinetum and red bilberry Peucedano-Pinetum forests throughout the year i.e. about 70 kg of nitrogen, about 7 kg of phosphorus, 40 kg of calcium, 9 kg of magnesium, and 11 kg of potassium. In both forest associations the undergrowth plants play a significant role in the biochemical circulation of elements, especially with regard to nitrogen, calcium and phosphorus. The equivalent quantity of elements is annually assimilated and returned by plants of the two coniferous forest associations, showing that the two types of forests are in the economical phase of development.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

cycling of elements; habitat; pine forest; primary production

• Wydawca: Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Czasopismo: Polish Journal of Ecology
• Rocznik: 2001
• Tom: Vol. 49, nr 3
• Strony: 271--298
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 83 poz., tab., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Banaszuk P.

• Department of Landscape Ecology, Technical University of Białystok, Wiejska 45a, 15-351 Białystok, Poland

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