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This chapter is a contribution to understanding soil processes occurring as the result of reforestation of previous pasturelands in the mountains. It aimed to compare the properties of humus horizons developed under two different species planted on an abounded pasture in the Jaworzynka Valley: larch and mountain pine. We determined the composition of humus fractions in ecto- and endohumus horizons under the larch forest, the mountain pine shrubs, and the meadow.
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Wasak, K., Drewnik, M. (2013). Properties of Soil Organic Matter in Abounded Pastureland: A Case Study from the Jaworzynka Valley in the Tatra Mountains, Poland. In: Xu, J., Wu, J., He, Y. (eds) Functions of Natural Organic Matter in Changing Environment. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5634-2_36
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