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Table 3 Soil microbial properties of four forest types in the Changbai Mountain region of Northeast China

From: The effects of forest type on soil microbial activity in Changbai Mountain, Northeast China

Forest typesa

Microbial biomass C

(mg kg−1)

Basal respiration

(mg CO2–C kg−1 day−1)

qCO2

(mg CO2–C mg MBC−1 day−1)

Microbial quotient

(%)

Old-growth forest

1377 ± 208a

139.0 ± 23.8ab

0.10 ± 0.02b

1.54 ± 0.16b

Birch forest

942 ± 118b

155.0 ± 28.7a

0.17 ± 0.04a

1.43 ± 0.12b

Mixed broadleaf/larch forest

1310 ± 154a

97.4 ± 15.3b

0.07 ± 0.04b

2.21 ± 0.08a

Spruce plantation

818 ± 121b

93.4 ± 22.2b

0.11 ± 0.02b

1.42 ± 0.18b

  1. Data are means ± standard deviation (n = 4). Different letters indicate significant differences among the four forest types at p < 0.05
  2. qCO 2 metabolic quotient
  3. aOld-growth forest is a primary mixed forest with broadleaf and Korean pine; birch forest is regenerated by natural succession; mixed broadleaf/larch forest is a mixed forest with natural broadleaf regeneration and larch plantation
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Annals of Forest Science

ISSN: 1297-966X