caa a22 4500 445384093 CHVBK 20180317143026.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10021-011-9448-4 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10021-011-9448-4 Soil Inorganic N Leaching in Edges of Different Forest Types Subject to High N Deposition Loads [Elektronische Daten] [Karen Wuyts, An De Schrijver, Jeroen Staelens, Lotte Van Nevel, Sandy Adriaenssens, Kris Verheyen] We report on soil leaching of dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) along transects across exposed edges of four coniferous and four deciduous forest stands. In a 64-m edge zone, DIN leaching below the main rooting zone was enhanced relative to the interior (at 128m from the edge) by 21 and 14kgNha−1 y−1 in the coniferous and deciduous forest stands, respectively. However, the patterns of DIN leaching did not univocally reflect those of DIN throughfall deposition. DIN leaching in the first 20m of the edges was lower than at 32-64m from the edge (17 vs. 36kgNha−1y−1 and 15 vs. 24kgNha−1 y−1 in the coniferous and deciduous forests, respectively). Nitrogen stocks in the mineral topsoil (0-30cm) were, on average, 943kgNha−1 higher at the outer edges than in the interior, indicating that N retention in the soil is probably one of the processes involved in the relatively low DIN leaching in the outer edges. We suggest that a complex of edge effects on biogeochemical processes occurs at the forest edges as a result of the interaction between microclimate, tree dynamics (growth and litterfall), and atmospheric deposition of N and base cations. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2011 atmospheric deposition nationallicence nitrate leaching nationallicence forest edge nationallicence edge effects nationallicence forest type nationallicence C:N ratio nationallicence inorganic nitrogen nationallicence Wuyts Karen Laboratory of Forestry, Department of Forest & Water Management, Ghent University, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, 9090, Gontrode-Melle, Belgium aut De Schrijver An Laboratory of Forestry, Department of Forest & Water Management, Ghent University, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, 9090, Gontrode-Melle, Belgium aut Staelens Jeroen Laboratory of Forestry, Department of Forest & Water Management, Ghent University, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, 9090, Gontrode-Melle, Belgium aut Van Nevel Lotte Laboratory of Forestry, Department of Forest & Water Management, Ghent University, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, 9090, Gontrode-Melle, Belgium aut Adriaenssens Sandy Laboratory of Forestry, Department of Forest & Water Management, Ghent University, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, 9090, Gontrode-Melle, Belgium aut Verheyen Kris Laboratory of Forestry, Department of Forest & Water Management, Ghent University, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, 9090, Gontrode-Melle, Belgium aut Ecosystems Springer-Verlag 14/5(2011-08-01), 818-834 1432-9840 14:5<818 2011 14 10021 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-011-9448-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-011-9448-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wuyts Karen Laboratory of Forestry, Department of Forest & Water Management, Ghent University, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, 9090, Gontrode-Melle, Belgium aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- De Schrijver An Laboratory of Forestry, Department of Forest & Water Management, Ghent University, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, 9090, Gontrode-Melle, Belgium aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Staelens Jeroen Laboratory of Forestry, Department of Forest & Water Management, Ghent University, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, 9090, Gontrode-Melle, Belgium aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Van Nevel Lotte Laboratory of Forestry, Department of Forest & Water Management, Ghent University, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, 9090, Gontrode-Melle, Belgium aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Adriaenssens Sandy Laboratory of Forestry, Department of Forest & Water Management, Ghent University, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, 9090, Gontrode-Melle, Belgium aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Verheyen Kris Laboratory of Forestry, Department of Forest & Water Management, Ghent University, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, 9090, Gontrode-Melle, Belgium aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Ecosystems Springer-Verlag 14/5(2011-08-01), 818-834 1432-9840 14:5<818 2011 14 10021 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer