Organic matter stability in temperate forest soils is affected by tree species identity but not by litter quality
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60077344%3A_____%2F25%3A00638628" target="_blank" >RIV/60077344:_____/25:00638628 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11310/25:10507429 RIV/60076658:12310/25:43910579
Result on the web
<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11104-024-06956-5" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11104-024-06956-5</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11104-024-06956-5" target="_blank" >10.1007/s11104-024-06956-5</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Organic matter stability in temperate forest soils is affected by tree species identity but not by litter quality
Original language description
Background and aims: Temperate forest soils have a great potential to store carbon (C) and mitigate climate change. However, the quality of litter inputs to the soil differs significantly between tree species, which can potentially affect the proportions of the less protected particulate organic matter (POM) and more protected mineral-associated OM (MAOM) fractions. Methods: Here, we performed field observations of the soil OM (SOM) fraction quantities in deciduous (beech), mixed and coniferous (spruce) forest stands in the mineral top (0–10 cm) and subsoil (50–60 cm) horizons during the whole growing season and related it to leaf and root litter quality. Results: We found higher proportions of C and N in the POM fraction in coniferous stands and higher proportions of C and N in the MAOM fraction in deciduous stands. The differences in SOM stability were only apparent in the topsoil, with the subsoil showing generally high proportions of C and N in the MAOM regardless of the tree species. The differences in the C and N proportions in SOM fractions were, however, not related to leaf and/or root litter quality. Conclusion: The results indicate that the tree species has a distinct effect on the SOM stability in the topsoil, but not in the subsoil, and that factors other than litter quality connected to the tree species identity govern OM formation in forest soils.
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
40104 - Soil science
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA22-02550S" target="_blank" >GA22-02550S: SOMForClim: Soil organic matter fractions and soil carbon storage as affected by forest type and climate change</a><br>
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Plant and Soil
ISSN
0032-079X
e-ISSN
1573-5036
Volume of the periodical
510
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1-2
Country of publishing house
NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
Number of pages
12
Pages from-to
815-826
UT code for WoS article
001316834400001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85204299158