Invasive Acacia mangium Leaf Litter Modifies Soil Chemical Properties of A Bornean Tropical Heath Forest: A Soil Incubation Study.

IF 1.1 Q3 BIOLOGY
Tropical life sciences research Pub Date : 2025-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-03-30 DOI:10.21315/tlsr2025.36.1.14
Mohamad Hilmi Ibrahim, Faizah Metali, Kushan U Tennakoon, Rahayu Sukmaria Sukri
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Abstract

This study investigated the effects of Acacia mangium Willd. leaf litter on soil chemical properties of a tropical heath forest in Borneo using a controlled soil incubation experiment. The litter of exotic A. mangium and selected native heath forest species (Buchanania arborescens Blume., Calophyllum inophyllum L., Dillenia suffruticosa Griff. and Ploiarium alternifolium Vahl.) were incubated with heath forest soils collected under natural conditions and nine different treatments of heath forest soils (soils without leaf litter, soils treated with single species leaf litter, and soils treated with native leaf litter with and without A. mangium leaf litter). We quantified mass litter loss (%), and soil concentrations of exchangeable nitrogen ( NO 3 - and NH 4 + ) and cations (K + , Ca2+ and Mg2+), available phosphorus (P), total organic carbon (TOC) and organic matter (OM), and total acidity with exchangeable concentrations of Al3+ and H+ in each treatment after a 9-month incubation period. Mass litter loss (%) varied significantly between species, with A. mangium leaf litter only showing higher mass loss than D. suffruticosa litter, but lower than C. inophyllum litter. The effects of incubation with single-species native leaf litter were variable and species-specific, but incubation with A. mangium litter increased soil pH and exchangeable NO 3 - and K+ concentrations and decreased exchangeable Al3+ concentrations. Soils incubated with a combination of C. inophyllum and A. mangium leaf litters, as opposed to those incubated with C. inophyllum alone, exhibited decreased pH, lower total organic carbon (TOC), and reduced exchangeable concentrations of potassium (K+) and magnesium (Mg2+). Additionally, there was an increase in organic matter (OM) content, total acidity, and exchangeable concentrations of ammonium ( NH 4 + ) and hydrogen (H+). Our results provide preliminary evidence that C. inophyllum may be a promising native plant species for use in enrichment planting of degraded or disturbed tropical heath forests with co-occurring invasive A. mangium.

入侵的马相思凋落叶改变婆罗洲热带荒原土壤化学性质:土壤孵化研究。
本研究考察了马相思的药理作用。婆罗洲热带荒原凋落叶对土壤化学性质的影响。外来芒草凋落物与本地石南林种(Buchanania arborescens Blume)。,花椒叶,茶树。在自然条件下采集的石南森林土壤和9种不同处理的石南森林土壤(无凋落叶土壤、单种凋落叶处理土壤和原生凋落叶处理土壤,其中有和没有马榆凋落叶)进行孵育。在9个月的孵育期后,我们量化了各处理凋落物质量损失量(%)、土壤交换态氮(no3 -和nh4 +)和阳离子(K +、Ca2+和Mg2+)、有效磷(P)、总有机碳(TOC)和有机质(OM)、总酸度和Al3+和H+的交换态浓度。凋落物的质量损失率(%)在不同树种间差异显著,mangium凋落物的质量损失率仅高于suffruticosa凋落物,而低于inophyum凋落物。单种原生凋落叶孵育的效果是可变的,且具有物种特异性,但与mangium凋落叶孵育增加了土壤pH和交换性NO 3 -和K+浓度,降低了交换性Al3+浓度。与单独孵育相比,柽柳叶凋落物与柽柳叶凋落物组合孵育的土壤pH值降低,总有机碳(TOC)降低,钾(K+)和镁(Mg2+)交换浓度降低。此外,有机质(OM)含量、总酸度、铵(nh4 +)和氢(H+)的交换性浓度也有所增加。本研究结果提供了初步的证据,表明在退化或受干扰的热带荒原与入侵芒草共生的情况下,茶树可能是一种有前景的本地植物。
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40
审稿时长
20 weeks
期刊介绍: Tropical Life Sciences Research (TLSR) formerly known as Journal of Bioscience seeks to publish relevant ideas and knowledge addressing vital life sciences issues in the tropical region. The Journal’s scope is interdisciplinary in nature and covers any aspects related to issues on life sciences especially from the field of biochemistry, microbiology, biotechnology and animal, plant, environmental, biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences. TLSR practices double blind peer review system to ensure and maintain the good quality of articles published in this journal. Two issues are published annually in printed and electronic form. TLSR also accepts review articles, experimental papers and short communications. The Chief Editor would like to invite researchers to use this journal as a mean to rapidly promote their research findings.
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