Nitrogen storage and C:N ratio of an Umbrisol under forest management in Durango, Mexico
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.29298/rmcf.v13i72.1055Keywords:
Forest management, nitrogen, carbon, Umbrisol, C/N ratioAbstract
Forest activities exert a positive or negative influence on soil ecosystem properties and services, through changes in vegetation and microclimate. The removal of biomass alters the carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) cycles, which are important indicators of soil health. The objective of this study was to determine the reservoir of N and the C:N ratio at two different depths of an Umbrisol, considering three stands with forest management (Clearcutting, Parent Trees and Selection) and a post-fire regenerated area, all of them eight years after the intervention, and a control plot as reference stand in a Pinus-Quercus forest. Results indicate significant differences in the variables for both soil depths (Total N, organic C, C:N ratio, N reservoir Mg ha-1). The observed contents of total nitrogen (>0.10 %) are considered very high, being ascribable to the nature of the Umbrisol and to the quality of the organic matter of this ecosystem, with the ensuing impact on the C:N ratio, which is slightly above the optimal ranges of mineralization, having an average value of 20.4 at both depths. On the other hand, the nitrogen reserve for the analyzed profile ranged between 5.03 (control) and 9.63 Mg ha-1 (Parent Trees). Particularly, the Clearcutting and Parent Trees treatments showed differences in regard to the Control, such treatments accelerated the incorporation of organic material to the soil (roots, branches, leaves), causing increases from 79 to 91 % in the nitrogen reservoir.
Downloads
References
Achat, D. L., C. Deleuze, G. Landmann, N. Pousse and L. Augusto. 2015. Quantifying consequences of removing harvesting residues on forest soils and tree growth—A meta‐analysis. Forest Ecology and Management 348:124-141. Doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2015.03.042. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2015.03.042
Amundson, R., A. T. Austin, E. A. G. Schuur, K. Yoo, … and W. T. Baisden. 2003. Global patterns of the isotopic composition of soil and plant nitrogen. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 17(1):1031. Doi: 10.1029/2002GB001903. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2002GB001903
Ayala-Montejo, D., A. I. Monterroso-Rivas, J. Baca-Del Moral, E. Escamilla-Prado, … y E. Valdés-Velarde. 2020. Identificación de necesidades de investigación sobre la dinámica de carbono y nitrógeno en sistemas agroforestales de café en México. Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems 23(3):1-16. https://www.revista.ccba.uady.mx/ojs/index.php/TSA/article/view/3403/1499 (1 de enero de 2021).
Batjes, N. H. 2014. Total carbon and nitrogen in the soils of the world. European Journal of Soil Science 65(1):10-21. Doi: 10.1111/ejss.12114_2. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.12114_2
Berlanga S., V. y M. J. Rubio H. 2012. Clasificación de pruebas no paramétricas. Cómo aplicarlas en SPSS. REIRE Revista d'Innovació i Recerca en Educació 5(2):101-113. Doi: 10.1344/reire2012.5.2528.
Binkley, D. and R. F. Fisher. 2013. Ecology and management of forest soils. Wiley-Blackwell. Chichester, WS, UK. 456 p.
Burbano-Orjuela, H. 2016. El suelo y su relación con los servicios ecosistémicos y la seguridad alimentaria. Revista de Ciencias Agrícolas 33(2):117-124. Doi: 10.22267/rcia.163302.58. DOI: https://doi.org/10.22267/rcia.163302.58
Cadena-Zamudio, D. A., J. G. Flores-Garnica, A. G. Flores-Rodríguez y M. E. Lomelí-Zavala. 2020. Efecto de incendios en la vegetación de sotobosque y propiedades químicas de suelo de bosques templados. Agroproductividad 13(4):65–72. Doi: https://doi.org/10.32854/agrop.vi.1684. DOI: https://doi.org/10.32854/agrop.vi.1684
Cambi, M., G. Certini, F. Neri and E. Marchi. 2015. The impact of heavy traffic on forest soils: A review. Forest Ecology and Management 338(1):124–138. Doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.11.022. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2014.11.022
Cantú S., I. y M. I. Yáñez D. 2018. Efecto del cambio de uso de suelo en el contenido del carbono orgánico y nitrógeno del suelo. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Forestales 9(45):122-151. Doi: 10.29298/rmcf.v9i45.138. DOI: https://doi.org/10.29298/rmcf.v9i45.138
Castro G., S. L., A. Aldrete, J. López U. y V. M. Ordaz C. 2019. Caracterización física y química de sustratos con base en corteza y aserrín de pino. Madera y Bosques, 25(2): 10.21829/myb.2019.2521520. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21829/myb.2019.2521520
Cerón R., L. E. y F. A. Aristizábal G. 2012. Dinámica del ciclo del Nitrógeno y fósforo en suelos. Revista Colombiana de Biotecnología 14(1):285-295. http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=77624081026. (1 de enero de 2021).
Certini, G. 2005. Effects of fire on properties of forest soils: a review. Oecologia 143(1):1-10. Doi: 10.1007/s00442-004-1788-8. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-004-1788-8
Covington, W. W. and S. S. Sackett. 1992. Soil mineral nitrogen changes following prescribed burning in ponderosa pine. Forest Ecology and Management 54(1-4):175-191. Doi: 10.1016/0378-1127(92)90011-W. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-1127(92)90011-W
de la Rosa, J. M., H. Knicker, J. A. González-Pérez, F. J. González-Vila, N. T. Jiménez-Morillo y G. Almendros. 2014. Revisión de las investigaciones a nivel molecular sobre el impacto del fuego en la materia orgánica del suelo: Progresos en el siglo XXI. Cuadernos de investigación geográfica 40(2):387-402. https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=4847437 (1 de enero de 2021). DOI: https://doi.org/10.18172/cig.2527
Di Gerónimo, P. F., C. C. Videla y P. Laclau. 2018. Distribución de carbono y nitrógeno orgánico en fracciones granulométricas de suelos bajo pastizales, agricultura y forestaciones. Ciencia del Suelo 36(1):11-22. http://www.scielo.org.ar/pdf/cds/v36n1/v36n1a02.pdf. (5 de enero de 2021).
Foote, J. A., T. W. Boutton and D. A. Scott. 2015. Soil C and N storage and microbial biomass in US southern pine forests: Influence of forest management. Forest Ecology and Management 355:48-57. Doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2015.03.036. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2015.03.036
Galicia, L., A. M. Gamboa C., S. Cram, B. Chávez V., V. Peña R., V. Saynes y C. Siebe. 2016. Almacén y dinámica del carbono orgánico del suelo en bosques templados de México. Terra Latinoamericana 34(1):1-29. http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0187-57792016000100001. (5 de enero de 2021).
Gamarra L., C. C., M. I. Díaz L., M. Vera de Ortíz, M. P. Galeano y A. J. N. Cabrera C. 2018. Relación carbono-nitrógeno en suelos de sistemas silvopastoriles del Chaco paraguayo. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Forestales 9(46):4-25. Doi: 10.29298/rmcf.v9i46.134. DOI: https://doi.org/10.29298/rmcf.v9i46.134
González-Elizondo, M. S., M. González-Elizondo, J. A. Tena-Flores, L. Ruacho-González e I. L. López-Enríquez. 2012. Vegetación de la Sierra Madre Occidental, México: Una síntesis. Acta Botánica Mexicana 100():351-403. Doi: 10.21829/abm100.2012.40. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21829/abm100.2012.40
González-Rodríguez, H., J. M. López-Hernández, R. G. Ramírez-Lozano, M. V. Gómez-Meza, I. Cantú-Silva, J. I. Sarquís-Ramírez and A. Mora-Olivo. 2019. Litterfall deposition and nutrient return in pine-oak forests and scrublands in northeastern Mexico. Madera y Bosques 25(3):1–16. Doi: 10.21829/myb.2019.2531514. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21829/myb.2019.2531514
Grand, S. and L. M. Lavkulich. 2012. Effects of forest harvest on soil carbon and related variables in Canadian Spodosols. Soil Science Society of America Journal 76(5):1816-1827. Doi: 10.2136/sssaj2012.0103. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2136/sssaj2012.0103
Havlin, J. L., J. D. Beaton, S. L. Tisdale and W. L. Nelson. 1999. Soil fertility and fertilizers: an introduction to nutrient management. Prentice-Hall Inc. Bergen, NJ, USA. 499 p.
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (Inegi). 2017. Anuario estadístico y geográfico de Durango 2017. Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (Inegi). Aguascalientes, Ags., México. 501 p. https://datatur.sectur.gob.mx/ITxEF_Docs/DGO_ANUARIO_PDF.pdf. (22 de diciembre de 2020).
Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI). 2010. Compendio de información geográfica municipal 2010. Pueblo Nuevo, Durango. 10023. http://www3.inegi.org.mx/contenidos/app/mexicocifras/datos_geograficos/10/10023.pdf. (4 de enero de 2021).
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). 2014. AR5 Climate change 2014: impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability. https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar5/wg2/. (29 de diciembre de 2020).
International Business Machines (IBM). 2013. IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, version 22.0. Armonk, NY, USA. IBM Corp. https://www.ibm.com/mx-es/analytics/spss-statistics-software (5 de enero de 2022).
Islam, M., A. Dey and M. Rahman. 2015. Effect of tree diversity on soil organic carbon content in the homegarden agroforestry system of North-Eastern Bangladesh. Small-scale Forestry 14(1):91–101. Doi: 10.1007/s11842-014-9275-5. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11842-014-9275-5
Jerabkova, L., C. E. Prescott, B. D. Titus, G. D. Hope and M. B. Walters. 2011. A metaanalysis of the effects of clearcut and variable-retention harvesting on soil nitrogen fluxes in boreal and temperate forests. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 41(9):1852-1870. Doi: 10.1139/x11-087. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1139/x11-087
Johnson, D. W. and P. S. Curtis. 2001. Effects of forest management on soil C and N storage: meta analysis. Forest Ecology and Management 140(2-3):227-238. Doi: 10.1016/S0378-1127(00)00282-6. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-1127(00)00282-6
Jones, H. S., P. N. Beets, M. O. Kimberley and L. G. Garrett. 2011. Harvest residue management and fertilisation effects on soil carbon and nitrogen in a 15-year-old Pinus radiata plantation forest. Forest Ecology and Management 262(3):339-347. Doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.03.040. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2011.03.040
Jurgensen, M.; R. Tarpey, J. Pickens, R. Kolka and B. Palik. 2012. Long-term effect of silvicultural thinnings on soil carbon and nitrogen pools. Soil Science Society of America Journal 76(4):1418-1425. Doi: 10.2136/sssaj2011.0257. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2136/sssaj2011.0257
Kamble, P. N. and E. Bååth. 2016. Comparison of fungal and bacterial growth after alleviating induced N-limitation in soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 103:97-105. Doi: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2016.08.015. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2016.08.015
Kellman, L., S. Kumar and A. Diochon. 2014. Soil nitrogen dynamics within profiles of a managed moist temperate forest chronosequence consistent with long‐term harvesting‐induced losses. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 119(7):1309-1321. Doi: 10.1002/2013JG002469. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/2013JG002469
Kirkby, C. A., J. A. Kirkegaard, A. E. Richardson, L. J. Wade, C. Blanchard and G. Batten. 2011. Stable soil organic matter: A comparison of C:N:P:S ratios in Australian and other world soils. Geoderma 163(3-4):197-208. Doi: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2011.04.010. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2011.04.010
Kurth, V. J., A. W. D’Amato, B. J. Palik and J. B. Bradford. 2014. Fifteen-year patterns of soil carbon and nitrogen following biomass harvesting. Soil Science Society of America Journal 78(2):624-633. Doi: 10.2136/sssaj2013.08.0360. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2136/sssaj2013.08.0360
Luna-Robles, E. O., I. Cantú-Silva, H. González-Rodríguez, J. Marmolejo-Monsiváis, … and S. J. Béjar-Pulido. 2021. Effects of forest management on the physical and hydrological properties of an Umbrisol in the Sierra Madre Occidental. Revista Chapingo Serie Ciencias Forestales 27(1):19-32. Doi: 10.5154/r.rchscfa.2019.11.085. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5154/r.rchscfa.2019.11.085
Luna R., E. O., I. Cantú-Silva and S. J. Bejar P. 2022. Soil organic carbon changes in an umbrisol under different silvicultural treatments in a temperate forest in northwestern Mexico. Journal of Sustainable Forestry:1-16. Doi: 10.1080/10549811.2022.2043904. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10549811.2022.2043904
Madrigal R., S., D. C. Acevedo, E. Hernández A. y J. L. Romo L. 2019. Influencia de la cobertura, pendiente y profundidad, sobre el Carbono y Nitrógeno del suelo. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Forestales 10(51):201-223. Doi: 10.29298/rmcf.v10i51.113. DOI: https://doi.org/10.29298/rmcf.v10i51.113
Mamani, M., R. Miranda, M. A. López, E. Yujra, M. López y A. Chuquimia. 2020. Validación del método Kjeldahl en la determinación del Nitrógeno Mineral, mediante el uso de Cloruro Potasio. Apthapi 6(2):1917-1925. http://apthapi.agro.umsa.bo/index.php/ATP/article/view/60/56. (29 de diciembre de 2020).
Murray, J. and D. King. 2012. Climate policy: Oil’s tipping point has passed. Nature (481):433-435. Doi: 10.1038/481433a. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/481433a
Mushinski, R. M., T. J. Gentry, R. J. Dorosky and T. W. Boutton. 2017. Forest harvest intensity and soil depth alter inorganic nitrogen pool sizes and ammonia oxidizer community composition. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 112:216-227. Doi: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2017.05.015. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2017.05.015
Mushinski, R. M., T. W. Boutton and D. A. Scott. 2017. Decadal‐scale changes in forest soil carbon and nitrogen storage are influenced by organic matter removal during timber harvest. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 122(4), 846-862. Doi: 10.1002/2016JG003738. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JG003738
Nave, L. E., E. D. Vance, C. W. Swanston and P. S. Curtis. 2010. Harvest impacts on soil carbon storage in temperate forests. Forest Ecology and Management 259(5):857–866. Doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.12.009. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2009.12.009
North, M. P. and M. D. Hurteau. 2011. High-severity wildfire effects on carbon stocks and emissions in fuels treated and untreated forest. Forest Ecology and Management 261(6):1115–1120. Doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.12.039. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2010.12.039
Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO). 2016. Base referencial mundial del recurso suelo 2014. Sistema internacional de clasificación de suelos para la nomenclatura de suelos y la creación de leyendas de mapas de suelos. Actualización 2015. Informes sobre recursos mundiales de suelos. FAO. Roma, Italia. 218 p. http://www.fao.org/3/i3794es/I3794es.pdf. (19 de diciembre de 2021).
Overby, S. T., S. C. Hart and D. G. Neary. 2002. Impacts of natural disturbance on soil carbon dynamics in forest ecosystems. In Kimble, J. M., L. S. Heath, R. A. Birdsey and R. Lal. (Eds.). The potential of U. S. forest soils to sequester carbon and mitigate the greenhouse effect. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL, USA. pp. 159–172. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1201/9781420032277-10
Paul, E. A. 2015. Soil microbiology, ecology and biochemistry. Academic Press. Waltham, MA, USA. 598 p. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-415955-6.00001-3
Porta, J., M. López-Acevedo y R. M. Poch. y 2014. Edafología: uso y protección de suelos. Ediciones Mundi-Prensa Libros. Comunidad de Madrid, Mad., España. 624 p.
Rubio H., M. J. y V. Berlanga S. 2012. Cómo aplicar las pruebas paramétricas bivariadas t de Student y ANOVA en SPSS. Caso práctico. REIRE Revista d´Innovació i Recerca en Educació 5(2):83-100. Doi: 10.1344/reire2012.5.2527.
Ruiz-Peinado, R., A. Bravo-Oviedo, E. Lopez-Senespleda, G. Montero and M. Río. 2013. Do thinnings influence biomass and soil carbon stocks in Mediterranean maritime pinewoods? European Journal of Forest Research 132(2):253–262. Doi: 10.1007/s10342-012-0672-z. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10342-012-0672-z
Scott, D. A., R. J. Eaton, J. A. Foote, B. Vierra, T. W. Boutton, G. B. Blank and K. Johnsen. 2014. Soil ecosystem services in loblolly pine plantations 15 years after harvest, compaction, and vegetation control. Soil Science Society of America Journal 78(6):2032-2040. Doi: 10.2136/sssaj2014.02.0086. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2136/sssaj2014.02.0086
Secretaria de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (Semarnat). 2002. NOM-021-RECNAT-2000 Que establece las especificaciones de fertilidad, salinidad y clasificación de suelos. Estudios, muestreo y análisis. Diario Oficial de la Federación. Segunda edición. 31 de diciembre de 2002. México, D. F. México. pp 1-73 p. http://www.ordenjuridico.gob.mx/Documentos/Federal/wo69255.pdf. (8 de enero de 2021).
Slesak, R. A., S. H. Schoenholtz, T. B. Harrington and N. A. Meehan. 2011. Initial response of soil carbon and nitrogen to harvest intensity and competing vegetation control in Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) plantations of the Pacific Northwest. Forest Science 57(1):26-35. Doi: 10.1093/forestscience/57.1.26.
Slesak, R. A. 2013. Soil temperature following logging-debris manipulation and aspen regrowth in Minnesota: Implications for sampling depth and alteration of soil processes. Soil Science Society of America Journal 77(5):1818-1824. Doi: 10.2136/sssaj2013.01.0022. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2136/sssaj2013.01.0022
Steubing, L. 2002. Métodos de ecología vegetal. Universidad Austral de Chile. Valdivia, Chile. 345 p.
Suárez M., G., A. Campos C. y L. Cruz H. 2015. Dinámica del carbono y nitrógeno del suelo en ecosistemas de la costa tropical seca, en la mancha (CICOLMA), Veracruz, México. Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems 18(3):347-361. https://www.redalyc.org/pdf/939/93944043009.pdf. (1 de enero de 2021).
Thiffault, E., K. D. Hannam, D. Paré, B. D. Titus, … and S. Brais. 2011. Effects of forest biomass harvesting on soil productivity in boreal and temperate forests—A review. Environmental Reviews 19:278-309. Doi: 10.1139/a11-009. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1139/a11-009
Veni, V. G., Ch. Srinivasarao, K. S. Reddy, K. L. Sharma and A. Rai. 2020. Soil health and climate change. In: Vara P., M. N. and M. Pietrzykowski (eds.). Climate Change and Soil Interactions. Elsevier. Radarweg, Amsterdam, NH, Netherlands. pp 751-767. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818032-7.00026-6
Wic B., C., M. Andrés-Abellán, M. E. Lucas-Borja, E. Martínez-García, F. A. García-Morote, E. Rubio and F. R. López-Serrano. 2013. Thinning and recovery effects on soil properties in two sites of a Mediterranean forest, in Cuenca Mountain (South-eastern of Spain). Forest Ecology and Management 308:223-230. Doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.06.065. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2013.06.065
Wohlgemuth, P. M., K. Hubbert and M. J. Arbaugh. 2006. Fire and physical environment Interactions: soil, water, and air. In Sugihara, N. G., J. W. Van Wagtendonk, J. F. Kaufman, K. E. Shaffer and A. E. Thode (Eds.). Fire in California’s Ecosystem. University of California Press. Berkeley, CA, USA. pp. 75–93
Yuan, Z. Y. and H. Y. H. Chen. 2012. A global analysis of fine root production as affected by soil nitrogen and phosphorus. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 279(1743):3796-3802. Doi: 10.1098/rspb.2012.0955. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2012.0955
Zehetgruber, B., J. Kobler, T. Dirnböck, R. Jandl, R. Seidl and A. Schindlbacher. 2017. Intensive ground vegetation growth mitigates the carbon loss after forest disturbance. Plant and soil 420(1):239-252. Doi: 10.1007/s11104-017-3384-9. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-017-3384-9
Zhang, Q., J. Wu, F. Yang, Y. Lei, Q. Zhang and X. Cheng. 2016. Alterations in soil microbial community composition and biomass following agricultural land use change. Scientific Reports 6:1-10. Doi: 10.1038/srep36587. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/srep36587
Zhou, X., Y. Zhou, C. Zhou, Z. Wu, … J. Gan. 2015. Effects of cutting intensity on soil physical and chemical properties in a mixed natural forest in southeastern China. Forests 2015 6(12):4495-4509. Doi: 10.3390/f6124383. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/f6124383
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2022 Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Forestales
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
The authors who publish in Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Forestales accept the following conditions:
In accordance with copyright laws, Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Forestales recognizes and respects the authors’ moral right and ownership of property rights which will be transferred to the journal for dissemination in open access.
All the texts published by Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Forestales –with no exception– are distributed under a Creative Commons License Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0), which allows third parties to use the publication as long as the work’s authorship and its first publication in this journal are mentioned
The author(s) can enter into independent and additional contractual agreements for the nonexclusive distribution of the version of the article published in Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Forestales (for example, include it into an institutional repository or publish it in a book) as long as it is clearly and explicitly indicated that the work was published for the first time in Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Forestales.
For all the above, the authors shall send the form of Letter-transfer of Property Rights for the first publication duly filled in and signed by the author(s). This form must be sent as a PDF file to: ciencia.forestal2@inifap.gob.mx
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International license.
