No rapid soil carbon loss after a windthrow event in the High Tatra

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 276, Issue , 2012, Pages 239-246

  Don, Axel ^a,b   Bärwolff, Manuela ^c   Kalbitz, Karsten ^d   Andruschkewitsch, Rouven ^e   Jungkunst, Hermann F ^b,f   Schulze, Ernst Detlef ^b  

^a THÜNEN INSTITUTE OF CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c Thuringian State Institute of Agriculture   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^f University of Koblenz Landau ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Forest floor; Minimum detectable difference; Organic layer; Soil organic carbon; Windthrow

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; FOREST FLOORS; MINIMUM DETECTABLE DIFFERENCE; ORGANIC LAYERS; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; WINDTHROWS;

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; HARVESTING; MINERALS; SOILS; STORMS;

FORESTRY;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST FLOOR; FOREST SOIL; HERB; LITTER; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SUCCESSION;

CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; EUROPE; FORESTS; HARVESTING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL;

EUROPE;

EID: 84860581809     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.04.010     Document Type: Article

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