Strong gradients in nitrogen and carbon stocks at temperate forest edges

2016 ◽  
Vol 376 ◽  
pp. 45-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elyn Remy ◽  
Karen Wuyts ◽  
Pascal Boeckx ◽  
Shimon Ginzburg ◽  
Per Gundersen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Temperate Forest ◽  
Carbon Stocks ◽  
Forest Edges

Driving Factors Behind Litter Decomposition and Nutrient Release at Temperate Forest Edges

Ecosystems ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 755-771 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elyn Remy ◽  
Karen Wuyts ◽  
Lotte Van Nevel ◽  
Pallieter De Smedt ◽  
Pascal Boeckx ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Litter Decomposition ◽  
Temperate Forest ◽  
Nutrient Release ◽  
Driving Factors ◽  
Forest Edges

Influence of different tree-harvesting intensities on forest soil carbon stocks in boreal and northern temperate forest ecosystems

2015 ◽  
Vol 351 ◽  
pp. 9-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas Clarke ◽  
Per Gundersen ◽  
Ulrika Jönsson-Belyazid ◽  
O. Janne Kjønaas ◽  
Tryggve Persson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Soil Carbon ◽  
Forest Soil ◽  
Temperate Forest ◽  
Forest Ecosystems ◽  
Carbon Stocks ◽  
Soil Carbon Stocks ◽  
Tree Harvesting

Altered microbial communities and nitrogen availability in temperate forest edges

2018 ◽  
Vol 116 ◽  
pp. 179-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elyn Remy ◽  
Karen Wuyts ◽  
Kris Verheyen ◽  
Per Gundersen ◽  
Pascal Boeckx
Keyword(s):  
Microbial Communities ◽  
Temperate Forest ◽  
Nitrogen Availability ◽  
Forest Edges

Root control of fungal communities and soil carbon stocks in a temperate forest

2021 ◽  
pp. 108390
Author(s):  
Emily D. Whalen ◽  
Natalie Lounsbury ◽  
Kevin Geyer ◽  
Mark Anthony ◽  
Eric Morrison ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Soil Carbon ◽  
Temperate Forest ◽  
Carbon Stocks ◽  
Fungal Communities ◽  
Soil Carbon Stocks

scholarly journals Mechanisms Driving Galling Success in a Fragmented Landscape: Synergy of Habitat and Top-Down Factors along Temperate Forest Edges

PLoS ONE ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. e0157448 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nina-S. Kelch ◽  
Frederico S. Neves ◽  
G. Wilson Fernandes ◽  
Rainer Wirth
Keyword(s):  
Temperate Forest ◽  
Fragmented Landscape ◽  
Forest Edges ◽  
Top Down

scholarly journals Elevated growth and biomass along temperate forest edges

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Luca L. Morreale ◽  
Jonathan R. Thompson ◽  
Xiaojing Tang ◽  
Andrew B. Reinmann ◽  
Lucy R. Hutyra
Keyword(s):  
Temperate Forest ◽  
Tree Mortality ◽  
Total Mortality ◽  
Forest Growth ◽  
Forest Fragments ◽  
Forest Edges ◽  
The North ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Tropical Systems

AbstractFragmentation transforms the environment along forest edges. The prevailing narrative, driven by research in tropical systems, suggests that edge environments increase tree mortality and structural degradation resulting in net decreases in ecosystem productivity. We show that, in contrast to tropical systems, temperate forest edges exhibit increased forest growth and biomass with no change in total mortality relative to the forest interior. We analyze >48,000 forest inventory plots across the north-eastern US using a quasi-experimental matching design. At forest edges adjacent to anthropogenic land covers, we report increases of 36.3% and 24.1% in forest growth and biomass, respectively. Inclusion of edge impacts increases estimates of forest productivity by up to 23% in agriculture-dominated areas, 15% in the metropolitan coast, and +2% in the least-fragmented regions. We also quantify forest fragmentation globally, at 30-m resolution, showing that temperate forests contain 52% more edge forest area than tropical forests. Our analyses upend the conventional wisdom of forest edges as less productive than intact forest and call for a reassessment of the conservation value of forest fragments.

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