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Deadwood as microbial hotspots in mountain forest soils

2020/39/B/NZ9/00372

Keywords:

decomposition stage enzyme activity forest ecosystem microbiological activity soil organic matter fractions

Descriptors:

  • NZ9_003:

Panel:

NZ9 - Fundamentals of applied life sciences and biotechnology: agricultural, forestry, horticulture, animal production and fishery, food and nutrition sciences, industrial biosciences, environmental biotechnology and remediation

Host institution :

Uniwersytet Rolniczy im. Hugona Kołłątaja w Krakowie, Wydział Leśny

woj. małopolskie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr hab. Ewa Błońska 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 5

Call: OPUS 20 - announced on 2020-09-15

Amount awarded: 550 354 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2021-06-18

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2025-06-17

Project duration:: 48 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project completed

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (8)
  1. Patterns and driving factors of ecological stoichiometry in system of deadwood and soil in mountains forest ecosystem
    Authors:
    Ewa Błońska, Wojciech Piaszczyk, Jarosław Lasota
    Academic press:
    Scientific Reports (rok: 2023, tom: 13, strony: 5676), Wydawca: Springer Nature
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1038/s41598-023-32946-1 - link to the publication
  2. Why deadwood may be as effective as soil for the growth of a new generation of fir in mountain forests
    Authors:
    Ewa Błońska, Marta Kempf, Jarosław Lasota
    Academic press:
    Forest Ecology and Management (rok: 2023, tom: 550, strony: 121511), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.foreco.2023.121511 - link to the publication
  3. Decomposing benefits: Examining the impact of beech deadwood on soil properties and microbial diversity
    Authors:
    Ewa Błońska, Rafał Ważny, Adam Górski, Jarosław Lasota
    Academic press:
    Science of The Total Environment (rok: 2024, tom: 930, strony: 172774), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172774 - link to the publication
  4. How decaying wood affects the accumulation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soil of temperate mountain forest
    Authors:
    Ewa Błońska, Jarosław Lasota
    Academic press:
    Environmental Research (rok: 2023, tom: 223, strony: 115487), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.envres.2023.115487 - link to the publication
  5. The rate of deadwood decomposition processes in tree stand gaps resulting from bark beetle infestation spots in mountain forests
    Authors:
    Ewa Błońska, Adam Górski, Jarosław Lasota
    Academic press:
    Forest Ecosystems (rok: 2024, tom: 11, strony: 100195), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.fecs.2024.100195 - link to the publication
  6. The nutritional status and root development of silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) seedlings growing on decaying deadwood in temperate forest ecosystem
    Authors:
    Ewa Błońska, Jarosław Lasota, Marta Kempf, Ivika Ostonen
    Academic press:
    Scientific Reports (rok: 2023, tom: 13, strony: 16512), Wydawca: Nature Portfolio
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1038/s41598-023-45187-z - link to the publication
  7. Deadwood affects the soil organic matter fractions and enzyme activity of soils in altitude gradient of temperate forests
    Authors:
    Ewa Blońska, Wojciech Prażuch, Jarosław Lasota
    Academic press:
    Forest Ecosystems (rok: 2023, tom: 10, strony: 100115), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.fecs.2023.100115 - link to the publication
  8. Emissions of CO2 from downed logs of different species and the surrounding soil in temperate forest
    Authors:
    Ewa Błońska, Wojciech Piaszczyk, Jarosław Lasota
    Academic press:
    Annals of Forest Research (rok: 2022, tom: 65, strony: 47-56), Wydawca: National Research-Development Institute in Forestry - Bucharest, Romania
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.15287/afr.2022.2386 - link to the publication