Canopy gap impacts on soil organic carbon and nutrient dynamic: a meta-analysis

Key message

The forest canopy gaps, formed by natural or anthropogenic factors, have been found to reduce soil carbon content and increase nutrient availability. The magnitudes of these effects have been observed to increase with gap age and size, and are largely influenced by changes in temperature, precipitation, and solar radiation.

Keywords
Canopy gaps; Soil organic matter; Nutrient cycling; Topsoil properties; Climate effects; Forest ecosystems

Publication
Tong, R., Ji, B., Wang, G.G. et al. Canopy gap impacts on soil organic carbon and nutrient dynamic: a meta-analysis. Annals of Forest Science 81, 12 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13595-024-01224-z

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The datasets generated and/or analyzed during the current study are available in the Figshare repository at https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24038883.v3

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Andreas Bolte

Topical Collection
This article is part of the Topical Collection “Impacts of disturbances on carbon cycling in forest ecosystems“