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Soil Carbon Accumulation in Old-Growth Forests

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Old-Growth Forests

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This chapter investigates the effect of forest age on soil carbon storage, clarifying if old-growth forests still store soil carbon despite the ecological theory that old-growth forests are carbon neutral. In the first section, a general overview of carbon storage is given, and key areas where forest age could affect carbon storage are described. In the second section, the existing literature is reviewed, elaborating the effect of these factors on carbon storage in old-growth forests. Finally a case study of a temperate broadleaf forest site is given. The results demonstrate that old-growth forests are still able to store carbon in the soil; however, litter quality, i.e. acid-generating conifer needles, may also negatively influence soil carbon storage. Most interestingly, the amount of stored carbon depends strongly on the methods applied. Chronosequence approaches generally gain only a few grams of carbon per year and square metre, whereas repeated sampling yields several tens of grams.

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We gratefully acknowledge the help of Martina Mund and Marion Schrumpf from MPI-BGC, Jena, for fruitful discussions and for their help with the compilation of the literature database on soil carbon sequestration rates.

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    Gerd Gleixner

  2. Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, 100164, 07701, Jena, Germany

    Cindy Tefs & Alexander Telz

  3. University of Rostock, Faculty for Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Landscape Ecology and Site Evaluation, Justus von Liebig Weg 6, 18059, Rostock, Germany

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  4. Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, Institute of Forest and Environmental Policy, Section Forest History, Tennenbacher Str. 4, 79106, Freiburg, i. Br., Germany

    Matthias Hammer & Uwe E. Schmidt

  5. Organismic Biogeochemistry Group, Max-Planck-Institute for Biogeochemistry, Hans-Knöll-Straße 10, 07745, Jena, Germany

    Christian Wirth & Angela Nueske

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    Gleixner, G. et al. (2009). Soil Carbon Accumulation in Old-Growth Forests. In: Wirth, C., Gleixner, G., Heimann, M. (eds) Old-Growth Forests. Ecological Studies, vol 207. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-92706-8_11

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