Soil respiration change immediately after logging operations in an upper tropical hill forest , peninsular Malaysia
Soil respiration change immediately after logging operations in an upper tropical hill forest , peninsular Malaysia
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2015
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T.;Yamada;Ñ.;Liang;Okuda
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T.;Yamada;Ñ.;Liang;Okuda
Soil respiration rate changes immediately after logging operations as a result of two main factors; (1) change in root respiration by logged trees and (2) soil disturbance and change in litter amount by logging operations. To examine the extent of these two factors, we measured soil respiration rate in a hill dipterocarp forest in Peninsular Malaysia, approximately 1 year before and after logging operations. The soil respiration rate at the foot of logged trees did not change after logging operations, suggesting that root respiration of logged trees did not decrease because of root death within a half year after logging. This suggests that increased CO2 emission due to decomposition of the dead roots was offset by the decrease in root respiration. In contrast, average soil respiration rate in the logged forest decreased by 25% after logging operations. Logging operations reduced soil respiration rate possibly because of environment changes within the forest, such as soil compaction and removal of litter layer by heavy machinery and extracted timbers during the logging operations.