In a review published over two decades ago I asserted that, along soil fertility gradients,
plant traits change in ways that reinforce patterns of soil fertility and net primary productivity …

▪ Abstract Feedback between plants and the soil is frequently invoked on the basis of
evidence of mutual effects. Feedback can operate through pathways involving soil physical …

Contemporary soil science and conservation methods of effective forestry Forests and the
soils that serve as their foundation cover almost a third of the world's land area. Soils …

The aim of the present work was to provide a synopsis of the scientific literature concerning
the effects of different tree species on soil and to quantify the effect of common European …

It has been recognized for a long time that the overstorey composition of a forest partly
determines its biological and physical–chemical functioning. Here, we review evidence of …

The widespread use of forest litter as animal bedding in central Europe for many centuries
gave rise to the first litter manipulation studies, and their results demonstrated that litter and …

A major goal of remote sensing is the development of generalizable algorithms to repeatedly
and accurately map ecosystem properties across space and time. Imaging spectroscopy has …

Tree species can influence biogeochemistry through variation in the quantity and chemistry
of their litter, and associated impacts on the soil heterotrophic community. However, the role …

Many ideas have been advanced regarding how trees affect soils. Enough evidence is now
available to evaluate the strength of these ideas and to consider interactions between tree …

In this special section of Biogeochemistry, we present results from asnow manipulation
experiment in the northernhardwood forest ecosystem at the Hubbard BrookExperimental …