Land use effects on soil organic carbon sequestration in calcareous Leptosols in former pastureland – a case study from the Tatra Mountains (Poland)

Wasak, K.; Drewnik, M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/se-6-1103-2015

Articles | Volume 6, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/se-6-1103-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/se-6-1103-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 6, issue 4

Research article

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07 Oct 2015

Research article |

| 07 Oct 2015

Land use effects on soil organic carbon sequestration in calcareous Leptosols in former pastureland – a case study from the Tatra Mountains (Poland)

K. Wasak and M. Drewnik

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RC C621: 'the paper is a good scientific contribution', Artemi Cerdà, 07 May 2015
- AC C650: 'response to the opinion and comments', Marek Drewnik, 13 May 2015
RC C729: 'Interactive comment on “Land use effects on soil organic carbon sequestration in calcareous leptosols in former pastureland – a case study from the Tatra Mountains (Poland)” by K. Wasak and M. Drewnik', Anonymous Referee #2, 09 Jun 2015
- AC C809: 'response to the opinion', Marek Drewnik, 19 Jun 2015

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The paper shows soil organic carbon sequestration (SOC) rates in calcareous shallow soils in reforested areas in the Tatra Mts., with a particular focus on the different forms of organic matter (OM) storage. Fifty years after the conversion of pastureland to grassland, the emergence of dwarf pine shrub, larch forest, the development of genetic soil horizons as well as SOC sequestration and the occurrence of OM forms in soil, are related to plant community.