Chemical and microbiological changes in Norway spruce deadwood during the early stage of decomposition as a function of exposure in an alpine setting

• Main Authors: Bardelli, Tommaso, Gómez-Brandón, María, Fornasier, Flavio, Arfaioli, Paola, Egli, Markus, Pietramellara, Giacomo, Ceccherini, Maria Teresa, Insam, Heribert, Ascher-Jenull, Judith
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2018
• Subjects: Institute of Geography; 910 Geography & travel; Earth-Surface Processes; Global and Planetary Change; Ecology; Evolution; Behavior and Systematics; Deadwood; Norway; Antarctic and Alpine Research; Arctic
• Online Access: https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/162700/; https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/162700/1/2018_AM_Bardelli_etal_2018_AAARJ.pdf; https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/162700/3/2018_Chemical_and_microbiological_changes_in_Norway_spruce_deadwood_during_the_early_stage_of_decomposition_as_a_function_of_exposure_in_an_alpine_setting.pdf; https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-162700; https://doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2018.1438347

Alpine ecosystems are vulnerable to ever-changing environmental conditions, leading to shifts in vegetation distribution and composition with implications on soil functionality and carbon (C) turnover. Although deadwood represents an important global C stock, scarce information is available on how s...