Organic layer and clay content control soil organic carbon stocks in density fractions of differently managed German beech forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 303, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-10

  Gruneberg E ^a   Schoning I ^a,b   Hessenmoller D ^c   Schulze, E D ^b   Weisser, W W ^a,d  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c Thüringenforst ^*  (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beech forest; Clay content; Density fractions; Forest management; Organic layer; Soil organic carbon stocks

Indexed keywords

BEECH FOREST; CLAY CONTENT; DENSITY FRACTIONS; ORGANIC LAYERS; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON STOCKS;

MINERALS; SOILS;

FORESTRY;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLAY; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DECOMPOSITION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST SOIL; FRACTIONATION; LITTER; SOIL CARBON; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

CARBON; CLAY; DENSITY; FAGUS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MINERALS; SOIL;

GERMANY; THURINGIA;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 84876791471     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.03.014     Document Type: Article

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