The influence of changes in forest management over the past 200years on present soil organic carbon stocks

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 289, Issue , 2013, Pages 243-254

  Wäldchen, Jana ^a   Schulze, Ernst Detlef ^a   Schöning, Ingo ^a   Schrumpf, Marion ^a   Sierra, Carlos ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon stocks; Forest management; Heavy fraction; Historical forest management; Light fraction; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

19TH CENTURY; BULK SOILS; CARBON STOCKS; ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST SOILS; GROUND AREA; HEAVY FRACTION; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; LAND MANAGEMENTS; LIGHT FRACTION; LONG LASTING; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MEMORY EFFECTS; MINERAL SOILS; ORGANIC LAYERS; PAST AND PRESENT; SELECTIVE CUTTING; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; TOTAL INORGANIC CARBON; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

FORESTRY; LAND USE; MINERALS; ORGANIC CARBON; REFORESTATION;

SOILS;

ABUNDANCE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; SOIL CARBON; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

CARBON; FORESTRY; LAND USE; MINERALS; ORGANIC MATTER; REFORESTATION; SOIL;

EUROPE;

FAGUS;

EID: 84870231108     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.10.014     Document Type: Article

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