Soil respiration was measured with Li-8100 soil CO2 efflux system in Cinnamomum camphora plantation in forest park of Changsha, Hunan, with de-rooting treatments and trenching method, from August 2009 to July 2010. The results show that the soil respiration had a significant seasonal change both in the trenched plots and the control plots. The rates of soil CO2 efflux were about 1.426 - 5.641 umol.m-2.s-1 in the trenched plots, and 1.137 - 4.257 umol.m-2s-1 in the control plots, respectively. The soil respiration rate in the trenched plots exhi...