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Effects of clearfelling on microbial biomass phosphorus in the Oh horizon of an afforested podzol in Mid‐Wales
Author(s) -
Hughes S.,
Reynolds B.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
soil use and management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.709
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1475-2743
pISSN - 0266-0032
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-2743.1991.tb00872.x
Subject(s) - clearcutting , podzol , biomass (ecology) , felling , environmental science , phosphorus , horizon , litter , soil horizon , agronomy , soil water , soil science , agroforestry , chemistry , ecology , biology , mathematics , geometry , organic chemistry
. Microbial biomass C and P were monitored in the Oh horizon of an afforested podzol in Mid‐Wales before and after clearfelling. Measurements over a 2‐year period indicated that soil moisture and temperature control the seasonal fluctuations in biomass C in this soil. Clearfelling significantly increased biomass P in the Oh horizon. This was probably caused in part by increased fluxes of organic and inorganic phosphorus from the felling debris and litter horizons of the forest floor.