FINE ROOT PRODUCTION AND TURNOVER ALONG A FOREST SUCCESSION AFTER SLASH-AND-BURN AGRICULTURE

Deb Raj Aryal, Danilo Enrique Morales Ruiz, Daniel Molina Alvarado, José Apolonio Venegas Venegas, Fernando Casanova Lugo, Gilberto Villanueva Lopez

Abstract


Background. Fine root production and turnover are the fundamental processes of net primary productivity in forest ecosystems. Fine root production and turnover rates can vary with the successional gradients of the forest ecosystems created by land use changes. Objective. To evaluate the variations in fine root production and turnover along the successional gradients of tropical secondary forests and compare them with adjacent primary forests. Methodology. A total of 256 cylindrical ingrowth bags (of 8 cm diameter and 30 cm depth) were established in 16 forest stands representing four stages of succession. Four ingrowth bags from each stand were collected at an interval of about three months.  Live and dead fine roots (≤2 mm diameter) were separated, washed, oven-dried, and weighed. Results. There was no significant difference in annual fine root productivity between secondary forests and primary forests but the fine root turnover rates were higher in secondary forests than in primary forests. Fine root production rates varied from 1.9 to 2.8 Mg of dry biomass ha-1 yr-1 while fine root turnover over rates ranged from 1.1 to 1.5 yr-1. Fine root production was higher in the dry season compared to the wet season. Implications. The results on fine root dynamics can be useful in modeling below-ground mechanisms of carbon sequestration in forest ecosystems during succession. Conclusions. Fine root productivity did not vary with forest age but the relative turnover rates were higher in secondary forests than in primary forests. Tree basal area was a significant predictor of fine root production. 

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Fine root biomass; secondary forests; ingrowth bags; belowground carbon dynamics; Calakmul

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