Jan Sevink

TL;DR: It is shown that Andean uplift was crucial for the evolution of Amazonian landscapes and ecosystems, and that current biodiversity patterns are rooted deep in the pre-Quaternary.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the relationship between forest fire and hillslope hydrology in the Selva region of Catalonia over a three year period at sites with a known fire history.

TL;DR: In this article, a survey of plant and soil parameters was carried out in dry dune grasslands along the Dutch coast in the lime and iron-poor Wadden district and initially lime-and iron-rich Renodunaal district, in order to detect differences in nutrient availability related to soil characteristics and potential sensitivity to atmospheric deposition of nitrogen.

TL;DR: A comparative study on the impact of pine plantations on soil and vegetation development was conducted in the Ecuadorian Andes (3000-4000 m), where pine plantations of different ages under different types of management were compared with extensively grazed paramo grassland (the most common former land use) and natural forest as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In this paper, the importance of chemical and physical soil characteristics for carbon stabilization in volcanic ash soils was clarified, where the authors applied selective extraction techniques, performed X-ray diffraction analysis of the clay fraction and estimated pore-size distribution of soils under natural upper montane forest and grassland in the Ecuadorian Andes.