Code
3G065509
Duration
01 January 2009 → 31 December 2014
Funding
Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Agricultural and food sciences
- Forestry sciences
Keywords
tree species
heavy metals
roots
Zn
litter
DOC
Cd
afforestation
soil acidification
mobilization
Project description
Litter decomposition and fine root turnover are important within the mobilization process of metals. Hence, the goal of this project is to quantify the effects of decomposition processes of leaf litter and roots under differen tree species on the mobility of Cd and Zn, by means of the modifications in pH and percent base saturation and the different OC-fractions that will be originated during those decomposition processes