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Characteristics of soil CO2 efflux under an invasive species, Moso bamboo, in forests of central Taiwan

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Soil respiration in a Moso bamboo forest was very sensitive to high temperatures, while ordinary annual soil respiration was comparable to that of other forests.

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Moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens) is expanding aggressively by replacing pre-existing vegetation in areas of East Asia such as Taiwan. Such changes in species composition in forest ecosystems have the potential to alter soil respiration (R S) through changing soil carbon (C) processes. This study aimed to characterize the R S in a Moso bamboo forest by determining temporal variations in R S and estimated annual R S in a pure Moso bamboo stand in central Taiwan. The annual R S in the Moso bamboo stand was also compared with that in adjacent coniferous forests and reports in the literature relative to annual litterfall C. Although distinct diurnal variations in R S were found on days with higher R S and soil temperature (T S), R S measured at a single time between 7:00 and 14:00 h showed considerable concordance with the daily mean R S. Seasonal R S variation reflected variations in T S with minimum values in winter and maximum values in summer. This seasonal dynamic change in R S was predicted by the exponential function (r 2 = 0.57) with T S. The Q 10 value derived from Moso bamboo forest was 4.09, substantially higher than that in the adjacent forests (Q 10 = 1.42–2.16) and the worldwide median (2.0–2.4). The estimated annual R S rate (=1088.69 g C m−2 year−1) relative to annual litterfall C of 202.40 g C m−2 year−1 was marginally different among adjacent coniferous forests and reports from the literature.

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Acknowledgments

The National Science Council of the Republic of China supported this work (National Science Council Grant Nos.: 100-2313-B-002-033-MY3; 103-2313-B-002-009-MY3). We are grateful to the Experimental Forest, National Taiwan University, for providing the opportunity to conduct this study. We thank Mr. Chih-Yu Hung for data acquisition. We also thank Ms. Sophie Laplace (National Taiwan University) and Dr. Mizue Ohashi (Hyogo University) for technical support.

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    I-Fang Hsieh, Tomonori Kume, Meng-Ying Lin & Chih-Hsin Cheng

  2. Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

    Takeshi Miki

  3. Research Center for Environmental Changes, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

    Takeshi Miki

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Hsieh, IF., Kume, T., Lin, MY. et al. Characteristics of soil CO2 efflux under an invasive species, Moso bamboo, in forests of central Taiwan. Trees 30, 1749–1759 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00468-016-1405-6

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