title: [Comparison of heavy metal elements between natural and plantation forests in a subtropical Montane forest].
abstract: Heavy metals as one of major pollutants is harmful to the health of forest ecosystems. In the present paper, the concentrations of thirteen heavy metals (Fe, Al, Ti, Cr, Cu, Mn, V, Zn, Ni, Co, Pb, Se and Cd) were compared between natural and plantation forests in the Mt. Lushan by ICP-AES and atomic absorption spectroscopy. The results suggest that the soil of natural forest had higher concentrations of Fe, Al, Ti, Cu, Mn, V, Zn, Ni, Co, Pb, Se, and Cd than the plantation forest except for Cr. The soil of natural forest had a higher level of heavy metals than that of the plantation forest as a whole. This might be due to that the natural forest has longer age than the plantation forest, and fixed soil heavy metals take a longer period of time than the plantation forest.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Watershed Ecology, Institute of Life Science and Key Laboratory of Poyang Lake Environment and Resource Utilization, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, China. nieming@ncu.edu.cn
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nie
authors.forename: Jia-Rong
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Wan
authors.forename: Xiao-Feng
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jia-Kuan
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D065928:Forests; D019216:Metals, Heavy / Q000032:analysis*; D012987:Soil / Q000737:chemistry; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic
chemical_list: D019216:Metals, Heavy; D012987:Soil; D012989:Soil Pollutants