Soil preparation by ploughing in the floodplain forest and its influence on vegetation and primary soil characteristics

• Published in: Journal of forest science (Praha) 2010-04, Vol.56 (4), p.183-196
• Main Authors: Libus, J.,Mendelova Zemedelska a Lesnicka Univ., Brno (Czech Republic). Ustav Zakladani a Pesteni Lesu, Mauer, O.,Mendelova Zemedelska a Lesnicka Univ., Brno (Czech Republic). Ustav Zakladani a Pesteni Lesu, Vavricek, D.,Mendelova Zemedelska a Lesnicka Univ., Brno (Czech Republic). Ustav Geologie a Pedologie
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: ACIDE FULVIQUE; ACIDE HUMIQUE; ACIDO FULVICO; ACIDO HUMICO; AGROFORESTERIA; AGROFORESTERIE; AGROFORESTRY; ALUMINIO; ALUMINIUM; ARADURA; AZOTE; AZUFRE; BIOLOGIA DEL SUELO; BIOLOGIE DU SOL; CAPA ARABLE DEL SUELO; CAPACIDAD DE CAMBIO IONICO; CAPACITE D'ECHANGE IONIQUE; CARBON; CARBONE; CARBONO; CATION; CATIONES; CATIONS; CHLORE; CHLORINE; CLEAR FELLING; CLORO; COMMUNAUTE VEGETALE; COMUNIDADES VEGETALES; CONTENIDO DE AGUA EN EL SUELO; CORTA A HECHO; COUCHE ARABLE; COUPE RASE; CROPS; CULTIVOS; DENSIDAD DEL SUELO; DENSITE DU SOL; ESPECE; ESPECIES; FER; floodplain forests; FLOODPLAINS; FOREST SOILS; FOREST STANDS; FOSFORO; FULVIC ACIDS; HIDROGENO; HIERRO; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_0; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_1301; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_1568; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_15794; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_15972; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_16169; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_1972; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_24414; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_24864; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_28080; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_2977; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_3051; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_317; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_32514; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_35657; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_3685; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_3724; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_3950; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_4517; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_4570; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_5192; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_5804; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_6139; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_7167; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_7184; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_7208; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_7212; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_7280; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_7514; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_7812; HUMIC ACIDS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGENE; ION EXCHANGE CAPACITY; IRON; LABOUR; LLANURA ALUVIAL; MAGNESIO; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MANGANESO; MATERIA ORGANICA DEL SUELO; MATIERE ORGANIQUE DU SOL; mechanical site preparation by ploughing; NITROGEN; NITROGENO; PEUPLEMENT FORESTIER; PH DEL SUELO; PH DU SOL; PHOSPHORE; PHOSPHORUS; physical and chemical soil analyses; phytocoenology; PLAINE D'INONDATION; PLANT COMMUNITIES; PLANTE DE CULTURE; PLOUGHING; POROSITE DU SOL; POTASIO; POTASSIUM; PROPIEDADES FISICO - QUIMICAS SUELO; PROPRIETE PHYSICOCHIMIQUE DU SOL; QUERCUS ROBUR; RESPIRACION DEL SUELO; RESPIRATION DU SOL; RETENCION DE AGUA POR EL SUELO; RETENTION HYDRIQUE DU SOL; RODALES; SISTEMA POROSO DEL SUELO; soil biological activity; SOIL BIOLOGY; SOIL CHEMICOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SOIL DENSITY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PH; SOIL PORE SYSTEM; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL WATER CONTENT; SOIL WATER RETENTION; SOL DE FORET; SOTOBOSQUE; SOUFRE; SOUS-BOIS; SPECIES; SUELO FORESTAL; SULPHUR; TENEUR EN EAU DU SOL; TOP SOIL; UNDERGROWTH
• ISSN: 1212-4834; 1805-935X
• DOI: 10.17221/46/2009-jfs

The paper analyzes the effect of whole-area site preparation by ploughing and of alternate field and forest crops on the understorey, soil biological activity and physical and chemical characteristics in the commercial forest. Another factor of the study was to assess the effect of the clearcut size on forest stands. Analyzed were 20-years-old stands of pedunculate oak on alluvial sites 1L9 (Fraxino pannonicae-Ulmetum). It can be deduced from the analyses that after twenty years neither different site preparation nor clearcut size affected the understorey and soil biological activity. Field crops and forestry in alternation had a significantly adverse effect on porosity and water-retention capacity in the lower layer of top soil (25-30 cm). Whole-area ploughing had a negative influence on the loss of organic substances due to accelerated mineralization. Nevertheless, the observed differences are not significant; the values did not fall below critical limits and in no case did they affect other studied site characteristics or the development of root systems and aboveground parts of oak trees.