{"id":7063,"date":"2026-09-30T16:30:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T14:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/?p=7063"},"modified":"2026-09-28T16:24:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T14:24:48","slug":"quality-and-quantity-of-topsoil-organic-matter-in-monospecific-and-mixed-pine-forests-pinus-sylvestris-l-and-p-pinaster-aiton-role-of-overstory-and-understory-vegetation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/2026\/09\/30\/quality-and-quantity-of-topsoil-organic-matter-in-monospecific-and-mixed-pine-forests-pinus-sylvestris-l-and-p-pinaster-aiton-role-of-overstory-and-understory-vegetation\/","title":{"rendered":"Quality and quantity of topsoil organic matter in monospecific and mixed pine forests (Pinus sylvestris L. and P. pinaster Aiton): role of overstory and understory vegetation"},"content":{"rendered":"<script type='text\/javascript' src='https:\/\/d1bxh8uas1mnw7.cloudfront.net\/assets\/embed.js'><\/script><p><span style=\"color: #0d5c06;font-size: 10pt\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/09\/13595_2026_1352_Fig1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7065 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/09\/13595_2026_1352_Fig1-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/09\/13595_2026_1352_Fig1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/09\/13595_2026_1352_Fig1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/09\/13595_2026_1352_Fig1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/09\/13595_2026_1352_Fig1-640x360.png 640w, https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/09\/13595_2026_1352_Fig1.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Research paper<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Key message<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Divergent patterns of small-scale topsoil organic matter (OM) indicators were identified in mixed vs. monospecific pine forests: tree species identity drives OM quantity, while the C\/N ratio is additionally shaped by both overstory and understory diversity. The greater diversity of litter inputs in mixed stands likely accounts for their higher topsoil quality.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keywords<br \/>\n<\/strong>Mixed vs. monospecific pine forests; Small scale; Scots pine; Maritime pine; Topsoil TOC and C\/N; Understory alpha richness<\/p>\n<div class='altmetric-embed' data-badge-type='donut' data-doi='10.1186\/s13595-026-01352-8'  style='float: right; ' ><\/div>\n<p><strong>Publication<br \/>\n<\/strong>L\u00f3pez-Marcos, D., Turri\u00f3n, MB., Garc\u00eda-Duro, J. et al. Quality and quantity of topsoil organic matter in monospecific and mixed pine forests (Pinus sylvestris L. and P. pinaster Aiton): role of overstory and understory vegetation. Annals of Forest Science 83, 35 (2026). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s13595-026-01352-8\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s13595-026-01352-8<\/a><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n<strong>Handling editor<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/strong>Erwin Dreyer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research paper Key message Divergent patterns of small-scale topsoil organic matter (OM) indicators were identified in mixed vs. monospecific pine forests: tree species identity drives OM quantity, while the C\/N ratio is additionally shaped by both overstory and understory diversity. The greater diversity of litter inputs in mixed stands likely accounts for their higher topsoil [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":240,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,109,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article-type","category-open-access","category-research-paper","cat-14-id","cat-109-id","cat-15-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/240"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7063"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7066,"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7063\/revisions\/7066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}