Mechanisms of Soil Erosion under Forest – The Role of Biological Soil Crusts
Final Report Abstract
Project "MesiCrust" addressed the influence of biological soil crusts and included mosses on soil erosion and soil water fluxes after vegetation disturbances by timber harvesting in a temperate European forest ecosystem. Moss-dominated biological soil crusts were highly abundant in these mesic forest areas and specifically developed on disturbed soil surfaces after human intervention. They played a major role for the protection of forest soils against erosion and affected soil carbon and aggregate stability. Additionally, they showed a fundamental importance for forest soil water fluxes and recharge through their individual traits which is particularly interesting for central European forests in the light of advancing climate change. Here, their influence on silviculture is probably still underestimated. Great potential to mitigate soil loss and degradation from human impact was found in the application of artificial inoculation and restoration of mosses on disturbed soils, for which further research is strongly suggested.
Publications
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How Do Biological Soil Crusts Affect Soil Erosion after Forest Disturbances in Mesic Environments? 4th International Workshop on Biological Soil Crusts - BioCrust4. Brisbane, Australia
Gall C., Nebel M., Quandt D., Scholten T. & Seitz S.
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On the Influence of Biological Soil Crusts on Soil Erosion under Forest. EGU General Assembly 2019, Vienna
Gall C., Nebel M., Quandt D., Scholten T. & Seitz S.
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Soil Erosion in Mesic Forests: How do Biological Soil Crusts affect sediment transport and surface runoff?. Copernicus GmbH.
Gall, Corinna; Nebel, Martin; Quandt, Dietmar; Sauer, Michael; Scholten, Thomas & Seitz, Steffen
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On the effect of different moss species on soil erosion, percolation and carbon relocation. Copernicus GmbH.
Gall, Corinna; Grabherr, Lena; Nebel, Martin; Scholten, Thomas; Thielen, Sonja M. & Seitz, Steffen
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Soil-Moss-Relations: The path of water from dripping to infiltration. Copernicus GmbH.
Thielen, Sonja M.; Gall, Corinna; Nebel, Martin; Scholten, Thomas & Seitz, Steffen
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Water’s path from moss to soil: A multi-methodological study on water absorption and evaporation of soil-moss combinations. Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics, 69(4), 421-435.
Thielen, Sonja M.; Gall, Corinna; Ebner, Martin; Nebel, Martin; Scholten, Thomas & Seitz, Steffen
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A research agenda for nonvascular photoautotrophs under climate change. New Phytologist, 237(5), 1495-1504.
Porada, Philipp; Bader, Maaike Y.; Berdugo, Monica B.; Colesie, Claudia; Ellis, Christopher J.; Giordani, Paolo; Herzschuh, Ulrike; Ma, Yunyao; Launiainen, Samuli; Nascimbene, Juri; Petersen, Imke; Raggio, Quílez José; Rodríguez‐Caballero, Emilio; Rousk, Kathrin; Sancho, Leopoldo G.; Scheidegger, Christoph; Seitz, Steffen; Van Stan John, T.; Veste, Maik ... & Weston, David J.
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Biocrusts: Overlooked hotspots of managed soils in mesic environments. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, 185(6), 745-751.
Gall, Corinna; Ohan, Juliette; Glaser, Karin; Karsten, Ulf; Schloter, Michael; Scholten, Thomas; Schulz, Stefanie; Seitz, Steffen & Kurth, Julia Katharina
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Investigating the effects of bryophytes on carbon cycling in a temperate forest ecosystem from stable isotope composition. Copernicus GmbH.
Gall, Corinna; Maurer, Alexander; Dartsch, Julia; Maas, Delia; Nebel, Martin; Neidhardt, Harald; Oelmann, Yvonne; Scholten, Thomas & Seitz, Steffen
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On the effect of pioneer biocrust communities on soil erosion after disturbances in an European temperate forest ecosystem. World Conference of Soil Sciences (WCSS) 2022, Glasgow - Book of Abstracts
Gall C., Nebel M., Quandt D., Sauer M., Scholten T. & Seitz S.
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Pioneer biocrust communities prevent soil erosion in temperate forests after disturbances. Biogeosciences, 19(13), 3225-3245.
Gall, Corinna; Nebel, Martin; Quandt, Dietmar; Scholten, Thomas & Seitz, Steffen
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On the influence of biological soil crusts and bryophytes on soil erosion and the soil water balance in temperate forests. University of Tübingen - PhD thesis (OA)
Gall C.
