Is Tree Species Diversity or Species Identity the More Important Driver of Soil Carbon Stocks, C/N Ratio, and pH?

Ecosystems

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 645-660

  Dawud, Seid Muhie ^a   Raulund Rasmussen, Karsten ^a   Domisch, Timo ^b   Finér, Leena ^b   Jaroszewicz, Bogdan ^c   Vesterdal, Lars ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

forest ecosystem function; niche differentiation; soil C N ratio; soil carbon; soil pH; tree species diversity; tree species identity

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMPLEMENTARITY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOREST FLOOR; NICHE; PH; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TOPSOIL;

BIALOWIEZA FOREST; POLAND [CENTRAL EUROPE];

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 84970015989     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-016-9958-1     Document Type: Article

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