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@ARTICLE{DeFeudis:820909,
      author       = {De Feudis, M. and Cardelli, V. and Massaccesi, L. and Bol,
                      R. and Willbold, S. and Cocco, S. and Corti, G. and Agnelli,
                      A.},
      title        = {{E}ffect of beech ({F}agus sylvatica {L}.) rhizosphere on
                      phosphorous availability in soils at different altitudes
                      ({C}entral {I}taly)},
      journal      = {Geoderma},
      volume       = {276},
      issn         = {0016-7061},
      address      = {Amsterdam [u.a.]},
      publisher    = {Elsevier Science},
      reportid     = {FZJ-2016-06173},
      pages        = {53 - 63},
      year         = {2016},
      abstract     = {Phosphorus (P) is an important nutrient for plant growth
                      but its availability in soil is limited. Although plants are
                      able to respond to the P shortage, climatic factors might
                      modify the soil-plant-microorganisms system and reduce P
                      availability. In this study we evaluated the rhizosphere
                      effect of beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) in forest soils of
                      Apennines mountains (central Italy) at two altitudes (800
                      and 1000 m) and along 1° of latitudinal gradient, using
                      latitude and altitude as proxies for temperature change.
                      Specifically, we tested if 1) soil organic C, total N, and
                      organic and available P decrease with increasing latitude
                      and altitude, and 2) the rhizosphere effect on P
                      availability becomes more pronounced when potential nutrient
                      limitations are more severe, as it happens with increasing
                      latitude and altitude. The results showed that the small
                      latitudinal gradient has no effect on soil properties.
                      Conversely, significant changes occurred between 800 and
                      1000 m above sea level, as the soils at higher altitude
                      showed greater total organic C (TOC) content, organic and
                      available P contents, and alkaline mono-phosphatases
                      activity than the soils at lower altitude. Further, at the
                      higher altitude, a marked rhizosphere effect was detected,
                      as indicated by greater concentration of TOC, water
                      extractable organic C, and available P, and its fulfillment
                      was mainly attributed to the release of labile organics
                      through rhizodeposition. The availability of easy degradable
                      compounds in the rhizosphere should foster the
                      mineralization of the organic matter with a consequent
                      increase of available P. Hence, we speculate that at high
                      altitude the energy supplied by the plants through
                      rhizodeposition to the rhizosphere heterotrophic microbial
                      community is key for fuelling the rhizospheric processes
                      and, in particular, P cycling.},
      cin          = {IBG-3},
      ddc          = {550},
      cid          = {I:(DE-Juel1)IBG-3-20101118},
      pnm          = {255 - Terrestrial Systems: From Observation to Prediction
                      (POF3-255)},
      pid          = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-255},
      typ          = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
      UT           = {WOS:000377839500007},
      doi          = {10.1016/j.geoderma.2016.04.028},
      url          = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/820909},
}