Four decades of post-agricultural forest development have caused major redistributions of soil phosphorus fractions

Oecologia

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 221-234

  De Schrijver, An ^a   Vesterdal, Lars ^b   Hansen, Karin ^b,c   De Frenne, Pieter ^a   Augusto, Laurent ^d   Achat, David Ludovick ^d   Staelens, Jeroen ^a   Baeten, Lander ^a   De Keersmaeker, Luc ^e   De Neve, Stefaan ^a   Verheyen, Kris ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c IVL SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d BORDEAUX SCIENCES AGRO   (France)

^e RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Hedley fractionation; Organic and inorganic P; Soil organic matter; Soil pH

Indexed keywords

CARBON; PHOSPHORUS;

AGE DETERMINATION; AGROFORESTRY; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHRONOSEQUENCE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS TREE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FRACTIONATION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PH; PHOSPHORUS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TYPE; TOPSOIL;

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CHEMISTRY; DENMARK; METABOLISM; OAK; PH; PLANT ROOT; SOIL; TIME; TREE;

BELGIUM; CARBON; DENMARK; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT ROOTS; QUERCUS; SOIL; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

BELGIUM; DENMARK;

QUERCUS ROBUR;

EID: 84859638116     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-2185-8     Document Type: Article

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