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Carbon inputs were higher in native forests than in plantations (5.17 vs. 3.19 Mg C ha-1 year-1).
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e1“C inputs were significantly higher in native systems than in plantations (5.17 ± 1.19 vs. 3.19 ± 0.99 Mg C ha⁻¹ year⁻¹, respectively)”
e2“Conversion from native temperate deciduous Nothofagus spp. forests to exotic Pinus spp. plantations”
Title
Oscar Crovo; Alejandro Atenas; Pamela Castillo; et al. Forest Ecology and Management 2026. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2026.123808
Other claims from this paper (11)
- Observation Native forests had higher total C losses through soil CO2 efflux than pine plantations.
- Observation Native forests maintained a more favorable balance between carbon inputs and losses, largely due to differences in the dominant C input pathways.
- Observation Native forests showed greater fine-root production.
- Observation Plantations had higher litterfall than native forests.
- Observation Plantations had faster decomposition rates, potentially accelerating carbon mineralization.
- Observation Across soil types, native forests had significantly higher aboveground biomass than adjacent plantations.
- Observation Aboveground carbon stocks tended to be higher in native forests, but the difference was not statistically significant across all soil types.
- Observation Native forests allocated a greater proportion of carbon belowground, whereas plantations concentrated carbon inputs aboveground.
- Observation Native forests maintained larger soil and aboveground biomass N and P stocks than plantations.
- Observation Residual crystalline soils and older volcanic deposits had higher carbon losses relative to inputs than younger volcanic ash-derived soils.
- Observation Soil parent material modulates post-conversion carbon fluxes.