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TreesBEEs - Trees as biogeomorphic ecosystem engineers - biological weathering, initial soil production and hillslope relief formation caused by tree roots, rhizospheric bacteria, and mycorrhizal fungi

2019/33/B/ST10/01009

Keywords:

tree roots biomechanical weathering biochemical weathering soil bacteria mycorrhizal fungi biogeomorphology dendrogeomorphology pedobiology microbiology geomycology

Descriptors:

  • ST10_7: Geomorphology, cryosphere, global and regional changes of the Earth's landscape
  • ST10_14: Soil science, soil pollution
  • ST10_4: Geochemistry, biogeochemistry

Panel:

ST10 - Earth sciences: Earth system science, atmospheric sciences, climatology, geochemistry, geodesy, geoecology, geophysics, physical geography, geoinformatics, planetary geology, pedology, mining, chemical and physical oceanology, environmental protection

Host institution :

Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr hab. Łukasz Pawlik 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 12

Call: OPUS 17 - announced on 2019-03-15

Amount awarded: 624 898 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2020-02-27

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2024-02-26

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

Project status: Project settled

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (10)
  1. Impact of trees and forests on the Devonian landscape and weathering processes with implications to the global Earth's system properties - a critical review
    Authors:
    Łukasz Pawlik, Brian Buma, Pavel Samonil, Jiri Kvacek, Anna Gałązka, Petr Kohout
    Academic press:
    Earth-Science Reviews (rok: 2020, tom: 205, strony: ), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.earscirev.2020.103200 - link to the publication
  2. Fungal genetic biodiversity and their metabolic activity as an indicator of potential biological weathering and soil formation – towards a better understanding of Earth system dynamics
    Authors:
    Anna Gałązka, Anna Marzec-Grządziel, Jarosław Grządziel, Milan Varsadiya, Łukasz Pawlik
    Academic press:
    Ecological Indicators (rok: 2022, tom: 141, strony: ), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.109136 - link to the publication
  3. High-resolution soil sampling reveals the pattern of biological weathering and soil formation under trees
    Authors:
    Łukasz Pawlik, Anna Gałązka, Piotr Gruba, Anna Marzec-Grządziel, Krzysztof Szopa, Dawid Kupka, Brian Buma, Pavel Samonil
    Academic press:
    Science of the Total Environment (rok: 2024, tom: 941, strony: 0), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.173725 - link to the publication
  4. Impact of trees and forests on the Devonian landscape and weathering processes with implications to the global Earth's system properties - a critical review
    Authors:
    Łukasz Pawlik, Brian Buma, Pavel Samonil, Jiri Kvacek, Anna Gałązka, Petr Kohout
    Academic press:
    Earth-Science Reviews (rok: 2020, tom: 205, strony: ), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.earscirev.2020.103200 - link to the publication
  5. Fungal genetic biodiversity and their metabolic activity as an indicator of potential biological weathering and soil formation – towards a better understanding of Earth system dynamics
    Authors:
    Anna Gałązka, Anna Marzec-Grządziel, Jarosław Grządziel, Milan Varsadiya, Łukasz Pawlik
    Academic press:
    Ecological Indicators (rok: 2022, tom: 141, strony: ), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.109136 - link to the publication
  6. Weathering and soil production under trees growing on sandstones – a way to understand shaping the Earth surface by vascular plants
    Authors:
    Łukasz Pawlik, Piotr Gruba, Anna Gałązka, Anna Marzec-Grządziel, Dawid Kupka, Krzysztof Szopa, Brian Buma, Pavel Samonil
    Academic press:
    Geoderma (rok: 2023, ), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Submitted
  7. Evaluation of the hillslope fine-scale morphology under forest cover with pit-mound topography - integration of geomorphometry, geophysical methods, and soil features
    Authors:
    Łukasz Pawlik, Marek Kasprzak, Dariusz Ignatiuk, Tadeusz Głowacki, Wojciech Milczarek, Joanna Kajdas
    Academic press:
    Geomorphology (rok: 2024, tom: 460, strony: 0), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.geomorph.2024.109283 - link to the publication
  8. Weathering and soil production under trees growing on sandstones - the role of tree roots in soil formation
    Authors:
    Łukasz Pawlik, Piotr Gruba, Anna Gałązka, Anna Marzec-Grządziel, Dawid Kupka, Krzysztof Szopa, Brian Buma, Pavel Samonil
    Academic press:
    Science of the Total Environment (rok: 2023, tom: 902, strony: 166002), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166002 - link to the publication
  9. Impact of trees and forests on the Devonian landscape and weathering processes with implications to the global Earth's system properties - a critical review
    Authors:
    Łukasz Pawlik, Brian Buma, Pavel Samonil, Jiri Kvacek, Anna Gałązka, Petr Kohout
    Academic press:
    Earth-Science Reviews (rok: 2020, tom: 205, strony: ), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.earscirev.2020.103200 - link to the publication
  10. Fungal genetic biodiversity and their metabolic activity as an indicator of potential biological weathering and soil formation – towards a better understanding of Earth system dynamics
    Authors:
    Anna Gałązka, Anna Marzec-Grządziel, Jarosław Grządziel, Milan Varsadiya, Łukasz Pawlik
    Academic press:
    Ecological Indicators (rok: 2022, tom: 141, strony: ), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.109136 - link to the publication