[BOOK][B] Ecology and management of forest soils

D Binkley, RF Fisher - 2019 - books.google.com
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 …

Plant–soil feedbacks mediated by humus forms: a review

JF Ponge - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2013 - Elsevier
The present review was undertaken to add more information on the place taken by humus
forms in plant–soil interactions. Three questions were asked:(i) are humus forms under the …

The spontaneous secondary synthesis of soil organic matter components: A critical examination of the soil continuum model theory

M De Nobili, C Bravo, Y Chen - Applied Soil Ecology, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The “Soil Continuum Model” questions the occurrence of any independent natural
process of secondary synthesis that generates compounds structurally distinct from plant or …

Tree species is the major factor explaining C: N ratios in European forest soils

N Cools, L Vesterdal, B De Vos, E Vanguelova… - Forest Ecology and …, 2014 - Elsevier
The C: N ratio is considered as an indicator of nitrate leaching in response to high
atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition. However, the C: N ratio is influenced by a multitude of …

How forest management affects ecosystem services, including timber production and economic return: synergies and trade-offs

PS Duncker, K Raulund-Rasmussen, P Gundersen… - Ecology and …, 2012 - JSTOR
Forest ecosystems deliver multiple goods and services and, traditionally, forest owners tend
to have a high interest in goods in the form of merchantable wood. As a consequence, forest …

Linking soil bacterial community assembly with the composition of organic carbon during forest succession

Q Zhang, X Wang, Z Zhang, H Liu, Y Liu, Y Feng… - Soil Biology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Changes in the composition of organic carbon lead to shifts in the selective
environment, which in turn contribute to changes in the composition and assembly process …

Benchmark values for forest soil carbon stocks in Europe: Results from a large scale forest soil survey

B De Vos, N Cools, H Ilvesniemi, L Vesterdal… - Geoderma, 2015 - Elsevier
Soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks in forest floors and in mineral and peat forest soils were
estimated at the European scale. The assessment was based on measured C concentration …

Phosphorus nutrition of beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) is decreasing in Europe

U Talkner, KJ Meiwes, N Potočić, I Seletković… - Annals of forest …, 2015 - Springer
Key message Foliar phosphorus concentrations have decreased in Europe during the last
20 years. High atmospheric nitrogen deposition and climate change might be responsible …

Positive feedback loop between earthworms, humus form and soil pH reinforces earthworm abundance in European forests

E Desie, K Van Meerbeek, H De Wandeler… - Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In many terrestrial ecosystems, earthworms operate at the interface between plants and soil.
As ecosystem engineers, they affect key ecosystem functions such as decomposition …

Romul_Hum model of soil organic matter formation coupled with soil biota activity. I. Problem formulation, model description, and testing

A Komarov, O Chertov, S Bykhovets, C Shaw… - Ecological …, 2017 - Elsevier
For many decades in the late 20th century, the processes involved in the formation of soil
organic matter (SOM)(also known as humification) constituted one of the most important …