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Christoph Leuschner

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Tropical Andean forests are highly susceptible to nutrient inputs--rapid effects of experimental N and P addition to an Ecuadorian montane forest.

2012

Tropical regions are facing increasing atmospheric inputs of nutrients, which will have unknown consequences for the structure and functioning of these systems. Here, we show that Neotropical montane rainforests respond rapidly to moderate additions of N (50 kg ha -1 yr -1) and P (10 kg ha -1 yr -1). Monitoring of nutrient fluxes demonstrated that the majority of added nutrients remained in the system, in either soil or vegetation. N and P additions led to not only an increase in foliar N and P concentrations, but also altered soil microbial biomass, standing fine root biomass, stem growth, and litterfall. The different effects suggest that trees are primarily limited by P, whereas some pro…

0106 biological sciences010504 meteorology & atmospheric scienceslcsh:MedicinePlant Science01 natural sciencesPlant RootsTreesSoilNutrientGlobal Change EcologyBiomasslcsh:ScienceConservation ScienceBiomass (ecology)MultidisciplinaryEcologyEcologyPhosphorusVegetationBiodiversityPlant litterBiogeochemistrySoil EcologyPlantsTropical; Andean; Forests; Nutrient Input; N; P; Ecuadorian Montane ForestTerrestrial EnvironmentsEcuadorResearch ArticleNitrogenRainforestBiology010603 evolutionary biologyEcosystemsSystems EcologynutrientsPlant-Environment InteractionsForest ecologyEcosystemmontaneforestTerrestrial EcologyFertilizersBiologyEcosystem0105 earth and related environmental sciencesTropical ClimateChemical EcologyPlant Ecologylcsh:RTropics15. Life on landPlant Leaveslcsh:QEcological EnvironmentsPloS one
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Harnessing the biodiversity value of Central and Eastern European farmland

2015

A large proportion of European biodiversity today depends on habitat provided by low‐intensity farming practices, yet this resource is declining as European agriculture intensifies. Within the European Union, particularly the central and eastern new member states have retained relatively large areas of species‐rich farmland, but despite increased investment in nature conservation here in recent years, farmland biodiversity trends appear to be worsening. Although the high biodiversity value of Central and Eastern European farmland has long been reported, the amount of research in the international literature focused on farmland biodiversity in this region remains comparatively ti…

[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]BiodiversityEuropean unionAccession[SHS]Humanities and Social SciencesAgricultural landAgricultural intensification; agri-environment schemes; common agricultural policy; European Union; high nature value farmlandspecies richnessintensificationmedia_common2. Zero hungerhigh nature value farmlandagri-environment schemesEcologyconservationCommon agricultural policyPE&RCcommon agricultural policyEastern europeanEcosystems ResearchAgri-environment schemesbuntings miliaria-calandra1181 Ecology evolutionary biologyeu accessionDierecologieAnimal EcologyCommon Agricultural PolicyHigh nature value farmlandResource (biology)agri environment schemesEnvironmental science4111 AgronomyAgricultural intensification agri-environment schemes common agricultural policy European Union high nature value farmlandmedia_common.cataloged_instanceEuropean unionland-use intensity/dk/atira/pure/core/keywords/biologyEcology Evolution Behavior and Systematics1172 Environmental scienceseuropean unionbusiness.industryAgricultural intensificationbird populationsagri-environmental measuresmember states15. Life on landMedio AmbienteAgricultureWildlife Ecology and Conservation570 Life sciences; biologyagricultural intensificationbusiness
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Root-induced tree species effects on the source/sink strength for greenhouse gases (CH4, N2O and CO2) of a temperate deciduous forest soil

2013

Through their leaf litter and throughfall water, tree species can have a pronounced influence on soil chemistry. However, there is little knowledge of species-specific root effects on greenhouse gas fluxes between forest soils and the atmosphere. By growing saplings of beech (Fagus sylvatica) and ash (Fraxinus excelsior) in monoculture or mixture at defined atmospheric and soil conditions in rhizotrons, we tested four hypotheses related to potential root-induced tree species effects on the uptake of CH4 and the emission of N2O and CO2 from the soil. This design excluded putative effects of leaf litter mineralisation on trace gas fluxes. Gas fluxes were measured biweekly using the closed cha…

Rhizosphere010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciencesbiologySoil ScienceSoil chemistry04 agricultural and veterinary sciences15. Life on landPlant litterTemperate deciduous forestbiology.organism_classification01 natural sciencesMicrobiologySoil respirationAgronomyFagus sylvatica13. Climate actionBotanySoil water040103 agronomy & agriculture0401 agriculture forestry and fisheriesEnvironmental scienceBeech0105 earth and related environmental sciencesSoil Biology and Biochemistry
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