What is it about?
The decomposition of the leaf litter, fine roots (d < 2 mm) and coarser roots (2 ≤ d < 5 mm) of grey alder and silver birch, as well as of α-cellulose sheets using the litterbag method in two experimental stands on Podzoluvisol soils in Southern Estonia.
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Why is it important?
The long-term dynamics of the decomposition of above- and belowground plant litter of silver birch and grey alder has been explained. Also the results show that the litterbag method underestimates in fertile soils the decomposition of organic matter and thus did not reflect the actual dynamics of decomposition.
Perspectives
This article has given more proof, that in fertile soils the litterbag method does not reflect actual decomposition of plant litter. It is interesting to compare the results to the situation in the same stands in real life and see how the plant litter actually decomposes.
Gunnar Morozov
Eesti Maaulikool
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This page is a summary of: Long-term dynamics of leaf and root decomposition and nitrogen release in a grey alder (Alnus incana (L.) Moench) and silver birch (Betula pendula Roth.) stands, Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, September 2018, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/02827581.2018.1521468.
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