Articles | Volume 17, issue 15
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-4103-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-4103-2020
Research article
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13 Aug 2020
Research article |  | 13 Aug 2020

Soils from cold and snowy temperate deciduous forests release more nitrogen and phosphorus after soil freeze–thaw cycles than soils from warmer, snow-poor conditions

Juergen Kreyling, Rhena Schumann, and Robert Weigel

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ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (06 Jul 2020) by Frank Hagedorn
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Temperate forest soils (sites dominated by European beech, Fagus sylvatica) from cold and snowy sites in northern Poland release more nitrogen and phosphorus after soil freeze–thaw cycles (FTCs) than soils from warmer, snow-poor conditions in northern Germany. Our data suggest that previously cold sites, which will lose their protective snow cover during climate change, are most vulnerable to increasing FTC frequency and magnitude, resulting in strong shifts in nitrogen leaching.
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