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A leap forward in geographic scale for forest ectomycorrhizal fungi

A novel comparative research platform designed to determine the functional significance of tree species diversity in European forests

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Above‐ and below‐ground complementarity rather than selection drive tree diversity–productivity relationships in European forests

scientific article published on 10 May 2021

Accumulation of soil organic carbon after cropland conversion to short-rotation willow and poplar

Afforestation effects on SOC in former cropland: oak and spruce chronosequences resampled after 13 years.

scientific article published on 27 May 2014

Are Indicators for Critical Load Exceedance Related to Forest Condition?

Author Correction: Environment and host as large-scale controls of ectomycorrhizal fungi

scientific article published in Nature

Availability of nitrogen and phosphorus in Norway spruce forest floors fertilized with nitrogen and other essential nutrients

article by Lars Vesterdal & Karsten Raulund-Rasmussen published September 2002 in Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Belowground Biodiversity Relates Positively to Ecosystem Services of European Forests

scientific article published on 19 March 2019

Benchmark values for forest soil carbon stocks in Europe: Results from a large scale forest soil survey

scholarly article by Bruno De Vos et al published August 2015 in Geoderma

Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning relations in European forests depend on environmental context

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Biodiversity, carbon storage and dynamics of old northern forests

Biotic homogenization can decrease landscape-scale forest multifunctionality

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Calcium in decomposing foliar litter – A synthesis for boreal and temperate coniferous forests

scientific article published in 2017

Carbohydrates and thermal properties indicate a decrease in stable aggregate carbon following forest colonization of mountain grassland

scholarly article by Claudia Guidi et al published July 2015 in Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Carbon and nitrogen in forest floor and mineral soil under six common European tree species

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Change in soil organic carbon following afforestation of former arable land

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Changes in soil organic carbon and nitrogen following forest expansion on grassland in the Southern Alps

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Changes in soil properties after afforestation of former intensively managed soils with oak and Norway spruce

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Climatic conditions, not above- and belowground resource availability and uptake capacity, mediate tree diversity effects on productivity and stability

scientific article published on 22 December 2021

Conifer proportion explains fine root biomass more than tree species diversity and site factors in major European forest types

scientific article published in 2017

Context-dependent tree species effects on soil nitrogen transformations and related microbial functional genes

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Continental mapping of forest ecosystem functions reveals a high but unrealised potential for forest multifunctionality

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Conversion of cropland to forest increases soil CH4 oxidation and abundance of CH4 oxidizing bacteria with stand age

scholarly article by T.G. Bárcena et al published July 2014 in Applied Soil Ecology

Correction: Schelfhout, S.; et al. Tree Species Identity Shapes Earthworm Communities. Forests 2017, 8, 85

Detection of temporal trends in atmospheric deposition of inorganic nitrogen and sulphate to forests in Europe

Distribution of biomass and carbon in even‐aged stands of Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.): A case study on spacing and thinning effects in northern Denmark

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Do indicators of nitrogen retention and leaching differ between coniferous and broadleaved forests in Denmark?

scholarly article by Per Gundersen et al published September 2009 in Forest Ecology and Management

Do tree species affect decadal changes in soil organic carbon and total nitrogen stocks in Danish common garden experiments?

scientific article published on 10 December 2021

Do tree species influence soil carbon stocks in temperate and boreal forests?

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Does species richness affect fine root biomass and production in young forest plantations?

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Dramatic changes in ectomycorrhizal community composition, root tip abundance and mycelial production along a stand-scale nitrogen deposition gradient.

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Drivers of earthworm incidence and abundance across European forests

scholarly article by Hans De Wandeler et al published August 2016 in Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Effects of Litter Quality Diminish and Effects of Vegetation Type Develop During Litter Decomposition of Two Shrub Species in an Alpine Treeline Ecotone

scientific article published in 2020

Effects of forest expansion on mountain grassland: changes within soil organic carbon fractions

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Effects of thinning and soil properties on accumulation of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus in the forest floor of Norway spruce stands

article by Lars Vesterdal et al published September 1995 in Forest Ecology and Management

Environment and host as large-scale controls of ectomycorrhizal fungi

scientific article published in Nature

Exceedance of critical loads and of critical limits impacts tree nutrition across Europe

Factors influencing limit values for pine needle litter decomposition: a synthesis for boreal and temperate pine forest systems

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Forest tree growth is linked to mycorrhizal fungal composition and function across Europe

scientific article published on 10 January 2022

Four decades of post-agricultural forest development have caused major redistributions of soil phosphorus fractions

scientific article published on 26 November 2011

Fungal community composition predicts forest carbon storage at a continental scale

scientific article published on 16 March 2024

Gap formation in Danish beech (Fagus sylvatica) forests of low management intensity: soil moisture and nitrate in soil solution

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Highly comparable metabarcoding results from MGI-Tech and Illumina sequencing platforms

scientific article published on 30 September 2021

How strongly can forest management influence soil carbon sequestration?

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Identifying the tree species compositions that maximize ecosystem functioning in European forests

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Influence of different tree-harvesting intensities on forest soil carbon stocks in boreal and northern temperate forest ecosystems

scientific article published in 2015

Influence of hydromorphic soil conditions on greenhouse gas emissions and soil carbon stocks in a Danish temperate forest

scientific article published in 2012

Influences of evergreen gymnosperm and deciduous angiosperm tree species on the functioning of temperate and boreal forests.

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Is Tree Species Diversity or Species Identity the More Important Driver of Soil Carbon Stocks, C/N Ratio, and pH?

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Jack-of-all-trades effects drive biodiversity-ecosystem multifunctionality relationships in European forests

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Land-Use Change Effects on Soil Carbon Stocks in Temperate Regions - Development of Carbon Response Functions

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Linking microbial communities, functional genes and nitrogen-cycling processes in forest floors under four tree species

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Litter chemistry of common European tree species drives the feeding preference and consumption rate of soil invertebrates, and shapes the diversity and structure of gut and faecal microbiomes

scientific article published in 2023

Litter quality, mycorrhizal association, and soil properties regulate effects of tree species on the soil fauna community

scientific article published on 09 November 2021

Litterfall and nutrient return in five tree species in a common garden experiment

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Manganese dynamics in decomposing needle and leaf litter — a synthesis

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Manganese in the litter fall-forest floor continuum of boreal and temperate pine and spruce forest ecosystems – A review

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Mixed-Species Effects on Soil C and N Stocks, C/N Ratio and pH Using a Transboundary Approach in Adjacent Common Garden Douglas-Fir and Beech Stands

article by Seid Dawud et al published 23 March 2017 in Forests

Mycorrhizal association of common European tree species shapes biomass and metabolic activity of bacterial and fungal communities in soil

scientific article published on 10 August 2020

Nitrous oxide and methane exchange in two small temperate forest catchments—effects of hydrological gradients and implications for global warming potentials of forest soils

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Nutrient dynamics along the forest floor – mineral soil continuum

scientific article published on 15 May 2023

Old-growth forest carbon sinks overestimated

scientific article published on 24 March 2021

Pedogenic Threshold in Acidity Explains Context-Dependent Tree Species Effects on Soil Carbon

scientific article published on 25 May 2021

Physiological and climate controls on foliar mercury uptake by European tree species

scientific article published on 04 March 2022

Plant movements and climate warming: intraspecific variation in growth responses to nonlocal soils

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Positive feedback loop between earthworms, humus form and soil pH reinforces earthworm abundance in European forests

scientific article published in 2020

Potential microbial nitrogen and phosphorus availability in forest floors

article by Lars Vesterdal published December 1998 in Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Quantification and valuation of ecosystem services in diverse production systems for informed decision-making

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Quantifying Carbon and Nutrient Input From Litterfall in European Forests Using Field Observations and Modeling

Reviews and syntheses: Greenhouse gas exchange data from drained organic forest soils – a review of current approaches and recommendations for future research

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Role of six European tree species and land-use legacy for nitrogen and water budgets in forests

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Simulating tree growth response to climate change in structurally diverse oak and beech forests

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Soil Carbon Sequestration – for climate, food security and ecosystem services

scholarly article published 10 November 2015

Soil Carbon in Sensitive European Ecosystems: From Science to Land Management - A Summary

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Soil carbon accumulation and nitrogen retention traits of four tree species grown in common gardens

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Soil carbon stock change following afforestation in Northern Europe: a meta-analysis

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Soil carbon stock change in the forests of Denmark between 1990 and 2008

scholarly article published August 2015

Soil carbon stocks, mineralization rates, and CO2 effluxes under 10 tree species on contrasting soil types

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Soil nitrogen explanatory factors across a range of forest ecosystems and climatic conditions in Italy

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Soil respiration and rates of soil carbon turnover differ among six common European tree species

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Soil respiration profiles and protozoan enumeration agree as microbial growth indicators

Sources of errors and uncertainties in the assessment of forest soil carbon stocks at different scales-review and recommendations

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Stability of buried carbon in deep-ploughed forest and cropland soils - implications for carbon stocks

scientific article published on 14 July 2017

Tamm Review: Influence of forest management activities on soil organic carbon stocks: A knowledge synthesis

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The natural abundance of 15N in litter and soil profiles under six temperate tree species: N cycling depends on tree species traits and site fertility

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The response of soil solution chemistry in European forests to decreasing acid deposition

scientific article published on 03 May 2018

Tree Species Identity Shapes Earthworm Communities

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Tree diversity is key for promoting the diversity and abundance of forest‐associated taxa in Europe

scientific article published on 08 October 2019

Tree identity rather than tree diversity drives earthworm communities in European forests

scholarly article by Hans De Wandeler et al published March 2018 in Pedobiologia

Tree species affect the vertical distribution of soil organic carbon and total nitrogen

Tree species diversity affects decomposition through modified micro-environmental conditions across European forests

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Tree species effects on soils in temperate and boreal forests: Emerging themes and research needs

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Tree species effects on topsoil carbon stock and concentration are mediated by tree species type, mycorrhizal association, and N-fixing ability at the global scale

scientific article published on 01 September 2020

Tree species functional group is a more important driver of soil properties than tree species diversity across major European forest types

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Tree species identity is the predominant modulator of the effects of soil fauna on leaf litter decomposition

scientific article published in 2022

Tree species traits cause divergence in soil acidification during four decades of postagricultural forest development

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Trends in soil solution dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentrations across European forests

scientific article published in 2016

Water balance in afforestation chronosequences of common oak and Norway spruce on former arable land in Denmark and southern Sweden

scholarly article by Lars Rosenqvist et al published 15 February 2010 in Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

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