ArticleGlobal change biology2025
Substantial Deep-Soil Carbon Losses Outweigh Topsoil Gains in European Beech Forests Since the 1980s.
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- Drought Responses in Mature European Beech Forests Vary Along Regional Environmental Gradients and Differ Among Admixed Tree Species.Global change biology · 2026Article
- Global Change Impacts on Mineral-Associated Organic Matter: Consequences for Soil Carbon Persistence.Global change biology · 2026Review
- Climate drivers of historic tree growth in the Vienna Woods and prediction of future performance of eight selected tree species.Forest ecology and management · 2026Article
- Substantial Deep-Soil Carbon Losses Outweigh Topsoil Gains in European Beech Forests Since the 1980s.Global change biology · 2025Article
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Soils are a major reservoir for organic carbon (C), with subsoils (> 20-30 cm soil depth) storing most of this C. Predicting the response of deep-soil C to global change remains a critical research priority; yet long-term field observations for forests are scarce. In this study, we assessed decadal C dynamics in mineral soils to 90 cm depth of 62 temperate mature stands of European beech (Fagus sylvatica) in Austria using data from sampling campaigns in 1984, 2012, and 2022. Our results show an increase in C stocks between 0 and 20 cm and a significant decrease in C stocks at 20-50 cm and 50-90 cm soil depth, suggesting substantial C losses from deep soils. These deep soil C losses outweighed the C gain in topsoils, resulting in a soil C loss of -0.44 ± 0.19 Mg C ha
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