Soil organic matter stocks play a pivotal role in ecosystems like the Bavarian Alps due to their function as nutrient and large water storage for the vegetation (often protection forest). On the one hand, the aim of this study was the inventory of current soil humus stocks in the Bavarian Alps as influenced by site characteristics, land use, and climate. On the other hand, surveys of previously sampled sites (long-term soil monitoring sites et al.) allowed the reconstruction of soil humus stocks development for the last three decades on the background of local climatic changes.
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Soil organic matter stocks play a pivotal role in ecosystems like the Bavarian Alps due to their function as nutrient and large water storage for the vegetation (often protection forest). On the one hand, the aim of this study was the inventory of current soil humus stocks in the Bavarian Alps as influenced by site characteristics, land use, and climate. On the other hand, surveys of previously sampled sites (long-term soil monitoring sites et al.) allowed the reconstruction of soil humus stocks...
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