Alpine Trees in Winter Fog

Snow on the branches.
Fog on the ridge.

The tree holds the frame.
The distance softens it.

#WinterLandscape #AlpineForest #MountainMood

Alpine mountain forests are particularly affected by #ClimateChange. Our university launches the Center for #AlpineForest Management to study impacts and long-term options for protective forests: http://go.tum.de/885204

#ForestManagement #sustainability

📷R. Seidl

Dandan Zhang et al. explored drivers of #MicrobialNecromass carbon and its contribution to #SoilOrganicCarbon along an elevational gradient.

#MontaneEcosystems | #SoilOrganicCarbonDynamics | #EnzymeActivities | #AlpineForest

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf119

❓ Drivers of #MicrobialNecromass carbon (MNC) and its contribution to #SoilOrganicCarbon (SOC) along an elevational gradient

Results:
The rapid decomposition of bacteria necromass C is the main way of MNC loss in wet season in #AlpineForest.

#MontaneEcosystems | #SoilOrganicCarbonDynamics | #EnzymeActivities

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf119

Yong Bao et al. investigated soil dissolved organic matter content, spectroscopic characteristics, molecular traits and their potential drivers in the Hengduan Mountains.

#AlpineForest | #Climates | #VegetationTypes | #LitterTraits | #SoilCarbonDynamics

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf087

Forest types & elevation ➡️ #SoilDissolvedOrganicMatter (DOM) dynamics

Results:
#LitterTraits and soil properties are the predominant regulators of soil DOM mechanism along elevational gradient

#AlpineForest | #Climates | #VegetationTypes | #SoilCarbonDynamics

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf087

【🎉Latest accepted article】
Linking #MicrobialNecromass carbon to #SoilOrganicCarbon: seasonal and elevational patterns and potential drivers in the mountain forest ecosystems of Southwest China

#MontaneEcosystems | #EnzymeActivities | #AlpineForest

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf119

【🎉Latest accepted article】
Forest types predominantly regulate soil dissolved organic matter dynamics along an elevational gradient in the #HengduanMountains

#AlpineForest | #Climates | #VegetationTypes | #LitterTraits | #SoilCarbonDynamics

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf087