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https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-1-207-2015
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https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-1-207-2015
© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Original research article
| 
23 Feb 2015
Original research article |
| 23 Feb 2015
Litter decomposition rate and soil organic matter quality in a patchwork heathland of southern Norway
G. Certini
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Dipartimento di Scienze delle Produzioni Agroalimentari e dell'Ambiente (DISPAA), Università degli Studi di Firenze, Firenze, Italy
L. S. Vestgarden
Department of Environmental Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway
Department of Environmental and Health Studies, Telemark University College, Bø, Norway
C. Forte
Istituto di Chimica dei Composti OrganoMetallici (ICCOM), UOS Pisa, CNR, Pisa, Italy
L. Tau Strand
Department of Environmental Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway
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Short summary
We studied a heathland area of Norway consisting in a patchwork of Calluna, Molinia or Sphagnum. Such vegetation covers are associated with microtopographic differences, which in turn impose different soil moisture regimes. We found that litter decomposition rate and SOM composition depend much on vegetation cover. Hence, here, monitoring variations in the patchwork of vegetation seems a reliable, cost-effective way to detect climate change induced modifications to SOM and its potential to last.
We studied a heathland area of Norway consisting in a patchwork of Calluna, Molinia or Sphagnum....
