caa a22 4500 606217541 CHVBK 20210128101108.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11104-015-2442-4 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11104-015-2442-4 Effects of topography and forest stand dynamics on soil morphology in three natural Picea abies mountain forests [Elektronische Daten] [Martin Valtera, Pavel Šamonil, Miroslav Svoboda, Pavel Janda] Background and aims: Soil evolution in mountain areas is strongly influenced by vegetation and terrain topography. In managed forests, however, relationships of the soil to the environment are modified or masked by human intervention. The objective of our study was to uncover the mutual effects of topographic and forest stand factors on the evolution and variability of soils in natural mountain spruce forests. Methods: Ordination analyses were applied to extensive data on soil morphology, terrain topography and forest stand structure including its disturbance history, collected at three sites in the Carpathians with natural Norway spruce [Picea abies (L.) Karsten] mountain forests, each with areas ≥ 40ha. Results: Slope characteristics were the most important factors explaining the main gradients in the soil data. Soil cover and organic horizons were also highly correlated with the forest stand structure and historical disturbances. Moreover, at one site that had experienced a historical stand-replacing disturbance, the more disturbed plots showed a higher incorporation of organic matter and less pronounced eluviation in the upper mineral soil compared to less disturbed areas. Conclusions: Our results suggest that the long-term shift in pedogenic conditions following a high-severity disturbance may enable the rejuvenation of podzolized soils. Springer International Publishing Switzerland, 2015 Soil formation nationallicence Pedogenic factors nationallicence Disturbance dynamics nationallicence Podzolization nationallicence Soil rejuvenation nationallicence Spatial pattern nationallicence Valtera Martin Department of Forest Ecology, Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, Lidická 25/27, 602 00, Brno, Czech Republic aut Šamonil Pavel Department of Forest Ecology, Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, Lidická 25/27, 602 00, Brno, Czech Republic aut Svoboda Miroslav Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 21, Praha 6 - Suchdol, Czech Republic aut Janda Pavel Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 21, Praha 6 - Suchdol, Czech Republic aut Plant and Soil Springer International Publishing 392/1-2(2015-07-01), 57-69 0032-079X 392:1-2<57 2015 392 11104 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-015-2442-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-015-2442-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Valtera Martin Department of Forest Ecology, Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, Lidická 25/27, 602 00, Brno, Czech Republic aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Šamonil Pavel Department of Forest Ecology, Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, Lidická 25/27, 602 00, Brno, Czech Republic aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Svoboda Miroslav Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 21, Praha 6 - Suchdol, Czech Republic aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Janda Pavel Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 21, Praha 6 - Suchdol, Czech Republic aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Plant and Soil Springer International Publishing 392/1-2(2015-07-01), 57-69 0032-079X 392:1-2<57 2015 392 11104