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Carbon dioxide emissions of soils under pure and mixed stands of beech and spruce, affected by decomposing foliage litter mixtures

  • Torsten W. Berger
  • , Erich Inselsbacher
  • , Sophie Zechmeister-Boltenstern

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)986-997
Number of pages12
JournalSoil Biology and Biochemistry
Volume42
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2010

Funding

This research was supported by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF, project number P18208; granted to T.W. Berger). We thank Anita Gruber, Gerlinde Mistlberger, Michael Pfeffer, Brigitte Schraufstadter, Monika Sieghardt and Karin Wriessnig for performing the chemical analyses at the laboratories. We thank the forest owners (Lilienfeld Abbey, Kremsmunster Abbey, Austrian Federal Forests) for the possibility to perform this research on their properties. Torsten W. Berger thanks his family, especially his wife Petra and his sons Ralf and Joachim for their support in the field during many extended weekends. Finally, we thank two anonymous reviewers for their critical comments for the improvement of this paper.

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 15 - Life on Land
    SDG 15 Life on Land

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

  • 507015 Regional research

Keywords

  • CO(2) efflux
  • Fagus sylvatica
  • Litter decomposition
  • Mixed species effects
  • Nutrient cycling
  • Picea abies
  • PICEA-ABIES
  • FAGUS-SYLVATICA
  • NORWAY SPRUCE
  • NUTRIENT RELEASE
  • LEAF-LITTER
  • RESPIRATION
  • FORESTS
  • DYNAMICS
  • BROADLEAF
  • FLUXES

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