| Title: | Short-term impacts of harvesting intensity on the upper soil layers in high karst Dinaric fir-beech forests |
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| Authors: | ID Hukić, Emira (Author)
ID Čater, Matjaž (Author)
ID Marinšek, Aleksander (Author)
ID Ferlan, Mitja (Author)
ID Kobal, Milan (Author)
ID Žlindra, Daniel (Author)
ID Čustović, Hamid (Author)
ID Simončič, Primož (Author) |
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| Language: | English |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: |  SciVie - Slovenian Forestry Institute
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| Abstract: | The present study addresses the short-term effects of different harvest intensities under close-to-nature selective management on the upper soil layers in Slovenian and Bosnian Dinaric karst fir-beech forests. The different harvest intensities coincided with the single-tree and irregular shelterwood management, common in the region. The effect of harvesting intensity on the upper soil layers (Ol, Of, Ol and 0%10 cm mineral soil) was investigated by a repeated measurements experiment in Slovenia on 27 research plots in close-to nature managed forests. The properties of the upper layers (concentration of SOC and TN, C/N ratio, weights, BD and SOC stocks) were analyzed twice, before (2011) and after (2014) treatment of 50% and 100% harvest intensity in relation to the total standing growing stock of trees. As a control, we used no-treatment <20% harvesting intensity plots. To extend this experiment, we added three comparable plots from the Bosnian site: one in an old-growth forest with 0% harvest intensity and two in the managed forest with <20% harvest intensity. The results of the assessment of mean differences indicated a significant influence of harvesting intensity on the decrease in SOC, TN concentrations, weights and SOC stocks in the organic layers and the increase in BD and SOC stocks in the 0%10 cm mineral soil. The highest relative decreases in Ol, Of and Oh SOC stocks occurred in 50% (%10 and %38%) and 100% (%16 and %49%) harvest intensities. Negligible relative differences in both organic and 0%10 cm mineral layers were found for the <20% harvest intensity in the region. The change in forest light conditions resulting from differences in canopy openness as a function of applied harvest intensity explained the significant difference in the properties of the upper soil layers. The impact of the short-term losses in SOC stocks, in terms of overall soil productivity, may depend on the regeneration dynamics and melioration methods. |
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| Keywords: | close-to-nature forest management, harvest intensity, Calcic Cambisol, forest soil, soil organic carbon |
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| Publication status: | Published |
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| Publication version: | Version of Record |
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| Year of publishing: | 2021 |
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| Number of pages: | 15 str. |
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| Numbering: | Vol. 12, iss. 5 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DiRROS-13946  |
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| UDC: | 630*11 |
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| ISSN on article: | 1999-4907 |
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| DOI: | 10.3390/f12050581 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 62575875 |
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| Note: | Nasl. z nasl. zaslona;
Opis vira z dne 10. 5. 2021;
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| Publication date in DiRROS: | 10.05.2021 |
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