Changes in Carbon following Forest Soil Transplants along an Altitudinal Gradient

Using a simple case study approach, this research tested the hypothesis that soil organic carbon (C) concentrations would decline when mineral soils from cool, nitrogen (N)-rich, high-elevation (>1400 m) forests were transplanted to warmer, N-poor, low-elevation (approximately 545 m) forests. Two...

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Published in:Communications in soil science and plant analysis 2008-11, Vol.39 (19-20), p.2883-2893
Main Author: Garten, Charles T. Jr
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions
altitude
APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS
Biological and medical sciences
CARBON
carbon nitrogen ratio
Chemical, physicochemical, biochemical and biological properties
Climate change
CLIMATES
climatic factors
elevation gradient
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
forest soils
FORESTS
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
global warming
HYPOTHESIS
mineral soils
MOUNTAINS
NITROGEN
ORGANIC MATTER
particulate organic matter
PARTICULATES
Physics, chemistry, biochemistry and biology of agricultural and forest soils
soil C-to-N ratio
soil carbon
soil organic carbon
Soil science
SOILS
TRANSPLANTS
warming
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Summary:Using a simple case study approach, this research tested the hypothesis that soil organic carbon (C) concentrations would decline when mineral soils from cool, nitrogen (N)-rich, high-elevation (>1400 m) forests were transplanted to warmer, N-poor, low-elevation (approximately 545 m) forests. Two short-term (
ISSN:0010-3624
1532-2416
DOI:10.1080/00103620802432808