caa a22 4500 475750918 CHVBK 20180406123523.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1009898622773 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1009898622773 Carbon and nitrogen in soil and vegetation at sites differing in successional age [Elektronische Daten] [C.G. De Kovel, A.(J.).E.M. Van Mierlo, Y.J.O. Wilms, F. Berendse] We studied vegetation and soil development during primary succession in an inland drift sand area in the Netherlands. We compared five sites at which primary succession had started at different moments in the past, respectively 0, 10, 43 and 121 years ago, and a site at which succession had not yet started. In the three younger sites the vegetation was herbaceous, whereas in the two older sites a pine forest had formed. Forest formation was accompanied by the development of an FH-layer in the soil, an increase in the amount of soil organic matter, and an increase in nitrogen mineralisation rate from 1.9 to 18gNm−2yr−1. Soil moisture content also increased, whereas pH showed a steady decrease with site age. The vegetation changed from a herbaceous vegetation dominated by mosses and lichens and the grass species Corynephorus canescens and Festuca ovina towards a pine forest with an understorey vegetation dominated by Deschampsia flexuosa and, at the oldest site, with dwarf shrubs Empetrum nigrum and Vaccinium myrtillus. At the same time the total amounts of carbon and nitrogen of the ecosystem increased, with a relatively stronger increase of the carbon pool. The establishment of trees during succession greatly affects the dynamics of the ecosystem, especially its carbon dynamics. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000 Carbon nationallicence Inland drift sands nationallicence Nitrogen nationallicence Primary succession nationallicence Soil development nationallicence De Kovel C.G. Evolutionary Population Biology, Universiteit Utrecht, Padualaan 8, NL-3584CH Utrecht, The Netherlands aut Van Mierlo A.(J.).E.M. Department of Environmental Sciences, Nature Conservation and Plant Ecology Group, Wageningen Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands aut Wilms Y.J.O. Evolutionary Population Biology, Universiteit Utrecht, Padualaan 8, NL-3584CH Utrecht, The Netherlands aut Berendse F. Department of Environmental Sciences, Nature Conservation and Plant Ecology Group, Wageningen Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands aut Plant Ecology Kluwer Academic Publishers 149/1(2000-07-01), 43-50 1385-0237 149:1<43 2000 149 11258 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009898622773 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009898622773 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- De Kovel C.G. Evolutionary Population Biology, Universiteit Utrecht, Padualaan 8, NL-3584CH Utrecht, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Van Mierlo A.(J.).E.M. Department of Environmental Sciences, Nature Conservation and Plant Ecology Group, Wageningen Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wilms Y.J.O. Evolutionary Population Biology, Universiteit Utrecht, Padualaan 8, NL-3584CH Utrecht, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Berendse F. Department of Environmental Sciences, Nature Conservation and Plant Ecology Group, Wageningen Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Plant Ecology Kluwer Academic Publishers 149/1(2000-07-01), 43-50 1385-0237 149:1<43 2000 149 11258 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer