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Zhou, Lili; Li, Shubin; Jia, Yayun; Heal, Kate V.; He, Zongming; Wu, Pengfei; Ma, Xiangqing
Science of the total environment, 03/2021, Letnik: 762Journal Article
Canopy litter is an important component of coarse woody debris (CWD), which affects nutrient and carbon cycling in forest ecosystems. For marcescent plant species (characterized by dead branches and leaves remaining in the canopy for several years before abscission), nutrient resorption from senescing leaves is an important nutrient conservation strategy. However, investigating the ecological function of canopy litter is challenging due to its limited accessibility and also the heterogeneous canopy microclimate in terms of light transmission, temperature and moisture. We studied the spatiotemporal distribution of canopy litter mass and seasonal dynamics of leaf nutrients and nutrient resorption during senescence in the canopy along a chronosequence of Chinese fir Cunninghamia lanceolata (Lamb.) Hook plantations in southeast China. The dry mass weight of dead branches and dead leaves in the canopy significantly increased with stand stage (14.6, 14.2, and 17.4 t ha−1 for young, middle-aged, and mature stands respectively), accounting for high proportions of total aboveground litter of 85.7%, 79.1% and 80.0%, respectively, along with annual litterfall production (2.44, 3.75, and 4.34 t ha−1, respectively). The canopy height distribution of dead branches and leaves also increased with stand age, ranging from 0 to 4 m in young stands, 3–8 m in middle-aged stands, to 4–10 m in mature stands. The seasonal pattern of canopy litter mass was the inverse of litterfall production: canopy litter mass peaked, while litterfall production was lowest in winter. Mean N, P, K, and Mg nutrient resorption efficiencies across stands at each stage were 53.8–58.9%, 64.0–68.9%, 85.0–90.2%, and 46.5–56.6%, respectively, while Ca was not retranslocated from senescing leaves. In summary, Chinese fir plantations retain large amounts of dead branches and leaves in the canopy from which at least ~50% of the nutrients N, P, K and Mg are recycled, representing an important nutrient conservation strategy that has evolved to adapt to nutrient-limited habitats. Canopy litter therefore plays an important role in these forest plantation ecosystems and should be protected instead of being removed from the canopy to the forest floor. Display omitted •Canopy litter mass spatiotemporal dynamics varied in a Chinese fir chronosequence.•Canopy litter biomass increased over time, accounting for ~80% aboveground litter.•N, P, K, and Mg concentrations decreased during senescence before litterfall.•N, P, K, and Mg resorption efficiencies varied seasonally and among developmental stages.•Resorption from canopy litter contributes significantly to nutrient cycling.
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