Respiratory costs of woody tissues in a Quercus pyrenaica coppice

doi:10.3832/ifor2599-011

Respiratory costs of woody tissues in a Quercus pyrenaica coppice

Roberto Luis Salomón^(1-2) , Jesús Rodríguez-Calcerrada⁽¹⁾, Luis Gil⁽¹⁾, María Valbuena-Carabaña⁽¹⁾

iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry, Volume 11, Issue 3, Pages 437-441 (2018)
doi: https://doi.org/10.3832/ifor2599-011
Published: Jun 18, 2018 - Copyright © 2018 SISEF

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Long-term coppicing leads to the development of massive root systems. A disproportionate carbon investment in root maintenance has been pointed as a cause of the widespread decline of abandoned coppices. We aimed at assessing how coppicing has influenced root and shoot development and related carbon loss ascribed to maintenance of woody tissues in Quercus pyrenaica. For this goal, results from published studies on root dynamics, woody biomass and respired CO₂ fluxes in an abandoned Q. pyrenaica coppice were integrated and extended to quantify overall respiratory expenditures of above- and below-ground woody organs. Internal and external CO₂ fluxes together with soil CO₂ efflux were monitored in eight stems from one clone across a growing season. Stems and roots were later harvested to quantify the functional biomass and scale up root and stem respiration (R_R and R_S, respectively) to the clone and stand levels. Below- and above-ground biomass was roughly equal. However, the root-to-shoot ratio of respiration (R_R/R_S) was generally below one. Relatively higher R_S suggests enhanced metabolic activity aboveground during the growing season, and highlights an unexpected but substantial contribution of R_S to respiratory carbon losses. Moreover, soil and stem CO₂ efflux to the atmosphere in Q. pyrenaica fell in the upper range of reported rates for various forest stands distributed worldwide. We conclude that both R_S and R_R represent an important carbon sink in this Q. pyrenaica abandoned coppice. Comparatively high energetic costs in maintaining multiple stems per tree and centennial root systems might constrain aboveground performance and contribute to coppice stagnation.

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Carbon Loss, CO₂ Fluxes, Coppice Stagnation, Oak, Resprouting Species, Root Respiration, Stem Respiration

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Forest Genetics and Ecophysiology Research Group, E.T.S. Forestry Engineering, Technical University of Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria s/n, 28040, Madrid (Spain)

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Laboratory of Plant Ecology, Department of Applied Ecology and Environmental Biology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure links 653-9000 Ghent (Belgium)

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Roberto Luis Salomón
robertoluis.salomonmoreno@ugent.be

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Salomón RL, Rodríguez-Calcerrada J, Gil L, Valbuena-Carabaña M (2018). Respiratory costs of woody tissues in a Quercus pyrenaica coppice. iForest 11: 437-441. - doi: 10.3832/ifor2599-011

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Giorgio Matteucci

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Received: Aug 11, 2017
Accepted: Apr 09, 2018

First online: Jun 18, 2018
Publication Date: Jun 30, 2018
Publication Time: 2.33 months

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