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View article: Soils in Society: Digging into Narratives and Perceptions for a Deeper Understanding
Soils in Society: Digging into Narratives and Perceptions for a Deeper Understanding Open
“In the end, we will conserve only what we love; we will love only what we understand; and we will understand only what we are taught.” These words by forestry engineer Baba Dioum in 1968 reflect, how the relationship between p…
View article: Local landscape morphology controls soil temperature and moisture dynamics at an alpine treeline ecotone
Local landscape morphology controls soil temperature and moisture dynamics at an alpine treeline ecotone Open
Global warming is particularly pronounced in mountainous alpine regions like the Swiss Alps, with consequences on local to global ecosystems. Within alpine regions, the climatically sensitive treeline ecotone is situated between the timber…
View article: Black layers in the floodplain of the Aue catchment, Central Germany – paleosols or black sediments?
Black layers in the floodplain of the Aue catchment, Central Germany – paleosols or black sediments? Open
Black soils play a vital role in the global carbon cycle due to their high carbon stocks derived from their formation under specific environmental conditions. Black paleosols in landscapes, where under the present climate other soils domin…
View article: Recent changes in rainfall patterns alter precipitation partitioning in European beech forest
Recent changes in rainfall patterns alter precipitation partitioning in European beech forest Open
Climate change models suggest increasing rain variability in Europe with hypothesized cascading effects on ecosystems. However, model results are inconsistent, coarse and lack empirical data. Here, we used a 6.5-year dataset of gross preci…
View article: Carbon flux, energy balance and vegetation change of a recently restored forest peatland in the Solling mountains, Germany
Carbon flux, energy balance and vegetation change of a recently restored forest peatland in the Solling mountains, Germany Open
Peatlands represent the most space-effective and largest terrestrial carbon sink, delivering multiple crucial ecosystem services. In contrast, drained peatlands have been identified as hotspots of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and constit…
View article: Impact of burn severity of the July 2022 forest fire on soil hydrophobicity in the Elbe Sandstone temperate forest
Impact of burn severity of the July 2022 forest fire on soil hydrophobicity in the Elbe Sandstone temperate forest Open
Soil water repellency is a common phenomenon often associated with wild fires, which leads to a temporal change of forest ecosystems, for example, by enhanced overland flow, soil erosion and limited plant growth. Forest fires are expected …
View article: Climate change drives hydrological decoupling of a central European beech forest
Climate change drives hydrological decoupling of a central European beech forest Open
Climate change models suggest increasing rain variability for Europe in the next decades, with hypothesised cascading effects on ecosystems. We evaluate decadal-scale data of a measuring plot in a beech forest in central Germany to test th…
View article: Spatio-Temporal Water Fluxes in the Slope-Soil-Tree Continuum of a Temperate Beech Forest in central Germany
Spatio-Temporal Water Fluxes in the Slope-Soil-Tree Continuum of a Temperate Beech Forest in central Germany Open
Climate change affects temperate forests particularly by changes in water availability as a result of rising temperatures and changing precipitation dynamics. While the annual mean will remain roughly constant, it is the intensity pattern …
View article: Quantification of soil textural and hydraulic properties in a complex conductivity imaging framework: Results from the Wolfsegg slope
Quantification of soil textural and hydraulic properties in a complex conductivity imaging framework: Results from the Wolfsegg slope Open
We present an approach that permits to predict hydraulic conductivity from extensive, multi-methodical geophysical data collected on a hillslope affected by landslides in Austria. The objective of the investigation is the spatial character…