Soil Inorganic N Leaching in Edges of Different Forest Types Subject to High N Deposition Loads

• Published in: Ecosystems (New York) Vol. 14; no. 5; pp. 818 - 834
• Main Authors: Wuyts, Karen, De Schrijver, An, Staelens, Jeroen, Van Nevel, Lotte, Adriaenssens, Sandy, Verheyen, Kris
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer Science+Business Media 01.08.2011; Springer-Verlag; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; atmospheric deposition; Biogeochemistry; Biological and medical sciences; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Cations; Coniferous forests; Deciduous forests; Deciduous trees; dissolved inorganic nitrogen; Ecology; Edge effects; Environmental Management; Forest ecosystems; Forest soils; Forest stands; Forestry; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; General forest ecology; Generalities. Production, biomass. Quality of wood and forest products. General forest ecology; Geoecology/Natural Processes; Hydrology/Water Resources; Leaching; Life Sciences; Microclimate; Mineral soils; Nitrogen; plant litter; Plant Sciences; Sedimentation & deposition; Soil depth; Soils; Synecology; Terrestrial ecosystems; Throughfall; Topsoil; trees; Zoology; atmospheric deposition; C:N ratio; edge effects; forest type; nitrate leaching; forest edge; inorganic nitrogen; Load; Forests; Forest edge; Nitrates; Atmospheric deposition; Leaching; Carbon nitrogen ratio; Soils; Inorganic nitrogen; Edge effect; Ecosystem

We report on soil leaching of dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) along transects across exposed edges of four coniferous and four deciduous forest stands. In a 64-m edge zone, DIN leaching below the main rooting zone was enhanced relative to the interior (at 128 m from the edge) by 21 and 14 kg N ha...