Changes in soil quality over time in a very short rotation willow coppice as compared with the neighbouring soils of an alluvial forest, grassy strip and annual crop | Zendy

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Changes in soil quality over time in a very short rotation willow coppice as compared with the neighbouring soils of an alluvial forest, grassy strip and annual crop

Author(s) -

Marie Theres Stauffer

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

revue forestière française

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1951-6827

pISSN - 0035-2829

DOI - 10.4267/2042/56284

Subject(s) - short rotation coppice , coppicing , willow , alluvial soils , soil water , environmental science , agroforestry , alluvium , soil quality , crop rotation , short rotation forestry , crop , forestry , geography , woody plant , soil science , ecology , geology , biology , geomorphology

The soil of a Very Short Rotation willow Coppice (VSRC) plot was monitored over 2 years and compared with neighbouring soils with different land uses. The SRC plot was conducive to the development of fungal and earthworm communities compared to a conventional agrosystem. A connection exists between these observations and the quantity of organic matter deposited on the ground and its qualitative changes. The high rate of mineralisation acts as a short-term buffer to the effects of wood removal in the absence of fertilisation. Marie STAUFFER Universite de Lorraine – CNRS Laboratoire des Interactions en ecologie continentale UMR7360 LIEC BP 70239 F-54506 VANDŒUVRE-LES-NANCY CEDEX (marie.stauffer@grignon.inra.fr)

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