What is it about?
This article shows how pine plantations change soil properties, in comparison to native tropical forests in the Brazilian highlands
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Why is it important?
This work not only shows large soil organic carbon stocks under both pine and native forests, but also a very descriptive micromorphological analyses
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I believe this is the first micromorphological description of podzolization in a heavy clay soils, promoted by pine-derived organic compounds. Also, the high C stocks found in all sites were the first hint the lead me into investigating the effect of high altitudes in stabilizing large amounts of soil C
Dr Yuri L Zinn
Federal University of Lavras
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This page is a summary of: Soil organic carbon and morphology as affected by pine plantation establishment in Minas Gerais, Brazil, Forest Ecology and Management, April 2014, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.01.034.
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