Carbon accrual rates, vegetation and nutrient dynamics in a regularly burned coppice woodland in Germany

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dc.contributor.authorBorchard, N.es_ES
dc.contributor.authorAdolphs, T.es_ES
dc.contributor.authorBeulshausen, F.es_ES
dc.contributor.authorLadd, B.es_ES
dc.contributor.authorGießelmann, U.C.es_ES
dc.contributor.authorHegenberg, D.es_ES
dc.contributor.authorMöseler, B.M.es_ES
dc.contributor.authorAmelung, W.es_ES
dc.date.accessioned6/22/2022 13:33
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-30T16:31:51Z
dc.date.available6/22/2022 13:33
dc.date.available2022-09-30T16:31:51Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractHistorically, large areas of forest in Europe were managed as coppice woodland to produce wood-based fuel for the smelting industry. We hypothesized that this practice produced a legacy effect on current forest ecosystem properties. Specifically, we hypothesized that the historical form of coppicing may have produced a legacy of elevated stocks of soil organic carbon (SOC), nutrients and black carbon (BC) in soil as fire was routinely used in coppiced woodland to clear land. We further hypothesized that these changes in soil properties would result in increased biodiversity. To test these hypotheses, we sampled the surface soil (0–5, 5–10 and 10–20 cm) from a chronosequence of forest sites found in the Siegerland (Germany) that had been coppiced and burned 1, 2, 3.5, 6, 8, 11 and 17 years before present. Mature beech and spruce forests (i.e., >60 years) were also sampled as reference sites: to provide a hint of what might occur in the absence of human intervention. We measured stocks of SOC, BC, NO3-N, P, K, Mg, as well as cation exchange and water-holding capacity, and we mapped plant composition to calculate species richness and evenness. The results showed that coppicing in combination with burning soil and litter improved soil nutrient availability, enhanced biodiversity and increased SOC stocks. The SOC stocks and biodiversity were increased by a factor of three relative to those in the mature beech and spruce forests. This study shows that traditional coppicing practice may facilitate net C accrual rates of 20 t ha−1 yr−1 and maintain high biodiversity, indicating that aspects of traditional practice could be applied in current forest management to foster biodiversity and to mitigate climate change. © 2016 The Authors Global Change Biology Bioenergy Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.es_ES
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dc.identifier.doi10.1111/gcbb.12408es_ES
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1111/gcbb.12408
dc.language.isoenges_ES
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltdes_ES
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccesses_ES
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/es_ES
dc.sourceGCB Bioenergyes_ES
dc.subjectAgricultural and Biological Scienceses_ES
dc.subjectEnergyes_ES
dc.subjectEnvironmental Sciencees_ES
dc.subject.ocdehttp://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#4.01.00es_ES
dc.titleCarbon accrual rates, vegetation and nutrient dynamics in a regularly burned coppice woodland in Germanyes_ES
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlees_ES
dc.type.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiones_ES
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