Green alder improves chemical properties of forest floor and topsoil in formerly air-polluted mountains
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10342-019-01235-w" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10342-019-01235-w</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10342-019-01235-w" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10342-019-01235-w</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Green alder improves chemical properties of forest floor and topsoil in formerly air-polluted mountains
Original language description
Although air pollution at the Central European "Black Triangle" sites has decreased since the 1990s, its legacy has persisted. Unlike the dominating Norway spruce that was planted again in order to restore forest cover, deciduous broadleaves were expected to improve soil. The objective of the study was to compare effect of N-fixing green alder on forest floor and soil properties compared to Norway spruce of comparable age. Forest floor layers [diagnostic horizons: litter (OL), fermentation (OF) and humified (OH)] and topsoil (A) were sampled in three replicates where green alder (GA), Norway spruce (NS), and mixture (GA + NS) were growing. Upper (OL, OF) horizons were affected positively where green alders were present and effect on OH and A horizons was weaker. Properties of GA + NS were in general intermediate to GA and NS. The improvement in soil was manifested by higher nutrient pools of N, P, K, Ca, and Mg in both OL and OF; more dry matter, organic carbon and higher cation exchange capacity were shown in OF and lower acidity in all analyzed horizons. Lower P concentrations were found in GA, nevertheless with no effect on P-pools. Forest floor and topsoil conditions confirmed green alder's capability for improving chemistry of the formerly polluted mountain soil.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
40102 - Forestry
Result continuities
Project
Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2020
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
European Journal of Forest Research
ISSN
1612-4669
e-ISSN
1612-4677
Volume of the periodical
139
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
14
Pages from-to
83-96
UT code for WoS article
000490840400002
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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