Project

Changes in bioavailability of phosphorus following afforestation of agricultural land

Acronym

3E004508

Code

3E04508T

Duration

01 October 2008 → 30 September 2015

Funding

Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund, Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)

Promotor

Kris Verheyen

Research disciplines

Natural sciences
- Plant biology
- Soil sciences, challenges and pollution
Agricultural and food sciences
- Agriculture, land and farm management
- Forestry sciences

Keywords

forest age afforestation tree species effect agricultural landuse phosphorus fractions

Project description

Afforestation of agricultural land is of current interest in Flanders (North Belgium) and Europe. The main objective of this research proposal is to study the tree-species dependent long-term changes in P fractions after afforesting agricultural land. The study will deliver a statistical model that predicts relationships between the P bioavailability and the proportion between different soil P fractions as a function of forest age and tree species.