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Forest and Grassland Resources Research ›› 2023›› Issue (6): 75-81.doi: 10.13466/j.cnki.lczyyj.2023.06.009

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Effects of Eucalyptus Afforestationon the Soil Organic Carbon Pool on the Hillslope of in the Red Soil Collapsing Erosion Area

LIU Xuejian1,2,3(), ZHANG Zhihua1, HAO Beibei2,3, WANG Nan2,3, MA Yu2,3, HE Bin2,3, ZHANG Siyi2,3()   

  1. 1. College of Forestry,Henan Agricultural University,Zhengzhou 450002,China
    2. Guangdong Key Laboratory of Integrated Agro-environmental Pollution Control and Management,Institute of Eco-environmental and Soil Sciences,Guangdong Academy of Sciences,Guangzhou 510650,China
    3. National-Regional Joint Engineering Research Center for Soil Pollution Control and Remediation in South China,Institute of Eco-environmental and Soil Sciences,Guangdong Academy of Sciences,Guangzhou 510650,China
  • Received:2023-09-04 Revised:2023-11-22 Online:2023-12-28 Published:2024-02-21

Abstract:

Studying the recovery process of soil organic carbon after the Eucalyptus planting provide scientific basis for comprehensive evaluation of soil and water conservation benefit of Eucalyptus afforestation in the red soil collapsing erosion area.Several Eucalyptus afforestation sample plots with similar site conditions but different recovery years,and various slope positions in Wuhua County,Guangdong Province,China were selected as the study area.A comparative analysis was conducted on characteristics of the soil organic carbon pool at different depths with nearby bare land and secondary Pinus massoniana as controls.The soil organic carbon (SOC)of Eucalyptus afforestation was higher than that of bare land at the depths of 0-30 cm,and the lower slope was even high than the natural Pinus massoniana in the collapsing erosion area.This meant that the effects of Eucalyptus afforestation on the recovery of SOC were mainly reflected in the surface soils.In addition,the SOC in the Eucalyptus afforestation ranged from 1.67 kg/m2 to 4.65 kg/m2,and the SOC of all slope positions in the light erosion area was higher than that of the bare land (1.91 kg/m2).However,the SOC of the middle slope in the heavy erosion areas and upper slope in the moderate erosion areas were lower than that of the bare land,and the SOC in the lower slope of both areas was close to natural forest.The Eucalyptus afforestation has good recovery effects of soil organic carbon in the light erosion zone or the lower slope,but at the upper or middle slope in moderate and heavy erosion areas,the recovery effects needs to be clarified in longer duration.Therefore,this study highlights that it is necessary to consider the factors of erosion intensity and slope position before selecting the afforestation plants during the process of vegetation restoration in the red soil collapsing erosion area.

Key words: soil organic carbon, Eucalyptus forest, soil erosion, collapsing slope, red soil

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