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@ARTICLE{Borchard:836061,
      author       = {Borchard, Nils and Adolphs, Timo and Beulshausen,
                      Friederike and Ladd, Brenton and Gießelmann, Urs C. and
                      Hegenberg, Dominik and Möseler, Bodo M. and Amelung, Wulf},
      title        = {{C}arbon accrual rates, vegetation and nutrient dynamics in
                      a regularly burned coppice woodland in {G}ermany},
      journal      = {Global change biology / Bioenergy},
      volume       = {9},
      number       = {6},
      issn         = {1757-1693},
      address      = {Oxford},
      publisher    = {Wiley-Blackwell},
      reportid     = {FZJ-2017-05185},
      pages        = {1140 - 1150},
      year         = {2017},
      abstract     = {Historically, large areas of forest in Europe were managed
                      as coppice woodland to produce wood-based fuel for the
                      smelting industry. We hypothesized that this practice
                      produced a legacy effect on current forest ecosystem
                      properties. Specifically, we hypothesized that the
                      historical form of coppicing may have produced a legacy of
                      elevated stocks of soil organic carbon (SOC), nutrients and
                      black carbon (BC) in soil as fire was routinely used in
                      coppiced woodland to clear land. We further hypothesized
                      that these changes in soil properties would result in
                      increased biodiversity. To test these hypotheses, we sampled
                      the surface soil (0–5, 5–10 and 10–20 cm) from a
                      chronosequence of forest sites found in the Siegerland
                      (Germany) that had been coppiced and burned 1, 2, 3.5, 6, 8,
                      11 and 17 years before present. Mature beech and spruce
                      forests (i.e., >60 years) were also sampled as reference
                      sites: to provide a hint of what might occur in the absence
                      of human intervention. We measured stocks of SOC, BC, NO3-N,
                      P, K, Mg, as well as cation exchange and water-holding
                      capacity, and we mapped plant composition to calculate
                      species richness and evenness. The results showed that
                      coppicing in combination with burning soil and litter
                      improved soil nutrient availability, enhanced biodiversity
                      and increased SOC stocks. The SOC stocks and biodiversity
                      were increased by a factor of three relative to those in the
                      mature beech and spruce forests. This study shows that
                      traditional coppicing practice may facilitate net C accrual
                      rates of 20 t ha−1 yr−1 and maintain high biodiversity,
                      indicating that aspects of traditional practice could be
                      applied in current forest management to foster biodiversity
                      and to mitigate climate change.},
      cin          = {IBG-3},
      ddc          = {570},
      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:000402743500011},
      doi          = {10.1111/gcbb.12408},
      url          = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/836061},
}