Lars Vesterdal

TL;DR: In this article, the experimental evidence for long-term carbon (C) sequestration in soils as consequence of specific forest management strategies was reviewed, and the effects of harvesting, thinning, fertilization application, drainage, tree species selection, and control of natural disturbances on soil C dynamics were analyzed.

TL;DR: In this article, carbon response functions (CRFs) were derived to model the temporal dynamic of soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks after five different LUC types (mean soil depth of 30±6cm).

TL;DR: In this article, the authors studied forest floor and mineral soil carbon and nitrogen under six common European tree species in a common garden design replicated at six sites in Denmark and found that the influence of tree species was most pronounced in the forest floor, where C and N contents increased in the order ash, maple, lime, beech and oak.

TL;DR: The ongoing redistribution of mineral soil C in the young stands and the higher soil C contents in the ∼200-year-old afforested stand suggest that nutrient-rich afforestation soils may become greater sinks for C in long term.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors reviewed and synthesized current knowledge of tree species effects on soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks in temperate and boreal forests based on common garden, retrospective paired stand and retrospective single-tree studies.