Until recently, the processes of litter decomposition and soil organic matter formation in
forests have been studied in isolation, which has hindered the development of a …

Soils act as sources and sinks for greenhouse gases (GHG) such as carbon dioxide (CO 2),
methane (CH 4), and nitrous oxide (N 2 O). Since both storage and emission capacities may …

Understanding the context dependence of ecosystem responses to global changes requires
the development of new conceptual frameworks. Here we propose a framework for …

The turnover and residence time of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) in soil is a fundamental
parameter reflecting the rates of soil organic matter (SOM) transformation and the …

Contemporary soil science and conservation methods of effective forestry Forests and the
soils that serve as their foundation cover almost a third of the world's land area. Soils …

Abstract Information on tree species effects on soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks is scattered
and there have been few attempts to synthesize results for forest floor and mineral soil C …

Forest soils store large amounts of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N), yet how predicted shifts in
forest composition will impact long‐term C and N persistence remains poorly understood. A …

It has been recognized for a long time that the overstorey composition of a forest partly
determines its biological and physical–chemical functioning. Here, we review evidence of …

Many studies have used the relative activities of extracellular enzymes associated with
microbial carbon (C), nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) acquisition to infer the relative C vs …

We explored tree species diversity effects on soil C stock, C/N ratio, and pH as compared
with effects of tree species identity. We sampled forest floors and mineral soil (0–40 cm) in a …