The Decomposition of Leaf Litters of Some Tree Speciesin Temperate Deciduous Forest in KoreaI Losses in Dry Weight of Leaf Litter
- Authors
- YangKeum-Chul; 심재국
- Issue Date
- 2003
- Publisher
- 한국생태학회
- Keywords
- Decomposition rate; Leaf litter decomposition; Litter bag method
- Citation
- Journal of Ecology and Environment, v.26, no.4, pp 7 - 208
- Pages
- 202
- Journal Title
- Journal of Ecology and Environment
- Volume
- 26
- Number
- 4
- Start Page
- 7
- End Page
- 208
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/32098
- ISSN
- 2287-8327
2288-1220
- Abstract
- Losses in the dry weight of leaf litter from six tree species were studied during 16 months on the forest floor in temperate deciduous forest of Mt. Cheonma in the vicinity of Seoul in Korea by using litter bag method. The decomposition rate of each leaf litter varies with each species. After 16 months elapsed, the leaf litter of Acer pseudo-sieboidianum showed the highest decomposition constant (0.82) as Olson´s decomposition constant, while that of Pinus densiflora showed the lowest decomposition constant (0.33). The decomposition constant of Quercus mongolica, Q. serrata, Betula ermani and Carpinus laxiflora showed 0.43, 0.37, 0.66 and 0.75, respectively. The decomposition constant of leaf litter was considered with temperature and precipitation which accumulated daily during each term of litter bag collection. The decomposition constant of leaf litter showed closely positive correlation with daily accumulative temperature and precipitation. The relationships between decomposition constant and the daily accumulative temperature and precipitation at each period of litter bag collection were analyzed through multi-regression analysis. The correlation coefficients as a result of multi-regression analysis in Q. mongolica, Q. serrata, P densiflora, B. ermani, C. laxiflorais and A. pseudo-sieboldianum were 0.83, 0.81, 0.69, 0.77, 0.77 and 0.62, respectively. The precipitation showed higher effect, about 10 times, on the leaf litter decomposition than the daily accumulative temperature.
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