Soil organic carbon formation remains poorly understood despite its importance for human
livelihoods. Uncertainties remain for the relative contributions of aboveground, root, and …

Soil carbon (C) stock and aggregate associated C are controlled by complex interactions
among climate, edaphic, plant, and microbial factors. However, the relative contribution of …

Key message The deadwood of different tree species with different decomposition rates
affects soil organic carbon sequestration in Estonian and Polish forests. In warmer …

Deadwood decay employs a complex metabolism and provides carbon and nutrients for
soils. Although being highly diverse, the contribution of the bacterial deadwood colonizing …

Mountain forest ecosystems are particularly sensitive to changing environmental conditions
that affect the rate of deadwood decay and, thus, also soil carbon turnover and forest …

The accumulation of nitrogen (N) in moss tissue has proven to be a reliable marker of
increasing N deposition. However, this measurement does not offer additional data about …

Clay minerals are among the most chemically active components and are a bridge between
the inorganic and organic parts of a soil. The clay minerals influence pedogenetic processes …

Humus forms are the morphological results of organic matter decay and distribution in the
topsoil, and thus important indicators for decomposer activities in forest ecosystems. The first …

Humus forms are a distinctive morphological indicator of soil organic matter decomposition.
The spatial distribution of humus forms depends on environmental factors such as …

Slope exposure is known to affect soil biogeochemical processes in mountainous forest
ecosystems, but little attention has yet been paid to its influence at a soil aggregate scale …