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rural landscapes. Environ Sci Policy 9:317–321
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disturbed alpine ecosystems. Plant Soil 324:91–102
Pohl M, Stroude R, Buttler A, Rixen C (2011) Functional traits and root morphology of alpine
plants. Ann Bot-London 108:537–548
Pucheta E, Bonamici I, Cabido M, Díaz S (2004) Below-ground biomass and productivity of a
grazed site and a neighbouring ungrazed exclosure in a grassland in central Argentina. Austral
Ecol 29:201–208
Rasse DP, Rumpel C, Dignac MF (2005) Is soil carbon mostly root carbon? Mechanisms for a
specific stabilisation. Plant Soil 269:341–356
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developing actions plans. IUCN
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periodic prescribed burnings with grazing: impact on vegetation. In: Trabaud L, Prodon R
(eds) Fire and biological processes. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, pp 325–337
Rosset M, Montani M, Tanner M, Fuhrer J (2001) Effects of abandonment on the energy balance
and evapotranspiration of wet subalpine grassland. Agr Ecosyst Environ 86:277–286
Roura-Pascual N, Pons P, Etienne M, Lambert B (2005) Transformation of a rural landscape in the
Eastern Pyrenees between 1953 and 2000. Mt Res Dev 25:252–261
Ruess RW, Hendrick RL, Bryant JP (1998) Regulation of fine root dynamics by mammalian
browsers in early successional Alaskan taiga forests. Ecology 79:2706–2720
Saccone P, Morin S, Baptist F, Bonneville JM, Colace MP, Domine F, Faure M, Geremia R,
Lochet J, Poly F, Lavorel S, Clément JC (2013) The effect of snowpack properties and plant
strategies on litter decomposition during winter in subalpine meadows. Plant Soil 363:215–229
Sanz-Elorza M, Dana ED, Gonzalez A, Sobrino E (2003) Changes in the high-mountain vegetation
of the central Iberian Peninsula as a probable sign of global warming. Ann Bot-London
92:273–280
Schmidt SK, Lipson DA (2004) Microbial growth under the snow: implications for nutrient and
allelochemical availability in temperate soils. Plant Soil 259:1–7
Schuman GE, Reeder JD, Manley JT, Hart RH, Manley WA (1999) Impact of grazing management
on the carbon and nitrogen balance of a mixed-grass rangeland. Ecol Appl 9:65–71
Sebastià MT (2004) Role of topography and soils in grassland structuring at the landscape and
community scales. Basic Appl Ecol 5:331–346
Shaw MR, Harte J (2001) Control of litter decomposition in subalpine meadow-sagebrush steppe
ecotone under climate change. Ecol Appl 11:1206–1223
Six J, Bossuyt H, Degryze S, Denef K (2004) A history of research on the link between (micro)
aggregates, soil biota, and soil organic matter dynamics. Soil Till Res 79:7–31
Smit A, Kooijman AM (2001) Impact of grazing on the input of organic matter and nutrients on
the soil in a grass-encroached Scots pine forest. For Ecol Manag 142:99–107
Smith DL, Johnson L (2004) Vegetation-mediated changes in microclimate reduce soil respiration
as woodlands expand into grasslands. Ecology 85:3348–3361
Smith P (2004) How long before a change in soil organic carbon can be detected? Glob Change
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upper limits. Springer, Dordrecht, pp 37–56
Tasser E, Tappeiner U (2002) Impact of land-use changes on mountain vegetation. Appl Veg Sci
5:173–184
Tasser E, Walde J, Tappeiner U, Teutsch A, Noggler W (2007) Land-use changes and natural
reforestation in the Eastern Central Alps. Agr Ecosyst Environ 118:115–129
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on carbon and nitrogen cycling in grasslands of Southern South America. Glob Change Biol
12:1267–1284
Plieninger T, Höchtl F, Spek T (2006) Traditional land-use and nature conservation in European
rural landscapes. Environ Sci Policy 9:317–321
Pohl M, Alig D, Körner C, Rixen C (2009) Higher plant diversity enhances soil stability in
disturbed alpine ecosystems. Plant Soil 324:91–102
Pohl M, Stroude R, Buttler A, Rixen C (2011) Functional traits and root morphology of alpine
plants. Ann Bot-London 108:537–548
Pucheta E, Bonamici I, Cabido M, Díaz S (2004) Below-ground biomass and productivity of a
grazed site and a neighbouring ungrazed exclosure in a grassland in central Argentina. Austral
Ecol 29:201–208
Rasse DP, Rumpel C, Dignac MF (2005) Is soil carbon mostly root carbon? Mechanisms for a
specific stabilisation. Plant Soil 269:341–356
Regato P, Salman R (2008) Mediterranean mountains in a changing world: guidelines for
developing actions plans. IUCN
Rigolot E, Lambert B, Pons P, Prodon R (2002) Management of a mountain rangeland combining
periodic prescribed burnings with grazing: impact on vegetation. In: Trabaud L, Prodon R
(eds) Fire and biological processes. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, pp 325–337
Rosset M, Montani M, Tanner M, Fuhrer J (2001) Effects of abandonment on the energy balance
and evapotranspiration of wet subalpine grassland. Agr Ecosyst Environ 86:277–286
Roura-Pascual N, Pons P, Etienne M, Lambert B (2005) Transformation of a rural landscape in the
Eastern Pyrenees between 1953 and 2000. Mt Res Dev 25:252–261
Ruess RW, Hendrick RL, Bryant JP (1998) Regulation of fine root dynamics by mammalian
browsers in early successional Alaskan taiga forests. Ecology 79:2706–2720
Saccone P, Morin S, Baptist F, Bonneville JM, Colace MP, Domine F, Faure M, Geremia R,
Lochet J, Poly F, Lavorel S, Clément JC (2013) The effect of snowpack properties and plant
strategies on litter decomposition during winter in subalpine meadows. Plant Soil 363:215–229
Sanz-Elorza M, Dana ED, Gonzalez A, Sobrino E (2003) Changes in the high-mountain vegetation
of the central Iberian Peninsula as a probable sign of global warming. Ann Bot-London
92:273–280
Schmidt SK, Lipson DA (2004) Microbial growth under the snow: implications for nutrient and
allelochemical availability in temperate soils. Plant Soil 259:1–7
Schuman GE, Reeder JD, Manley JT, Hart RH, Manley WA (1999) Impact of grazing management
on the carbon and nitrogen balance of a mixed-grass rangeland. Ecol Appl 9:65–71
Sebastià MT (2004) Role of topography and soils in grassland structuring at the landscape and
community scales. Basic Appl Ecol 5:331–346
Shaw MR, Harte J (2001) Control of litter decomposition in subalpine meadow-sagebrush steppe
ecotone under climate change. Ecol Appl 11:1206–1223
Six J, Bossuyt H, Degryze S, Denef K (2004) A history of research on the link between (micro)
aggregates, soil biota, and soil organic matter dynamics. Soil Till Res 79:7–31
Smit A, Kooijman AM (2001) Impact of grazing on the input of organic matter and nutrients on
the soil in a grass-encroached Scots pine forest. For Ecol Manag 142:99–107
Smith DL, Johnson L (2004) Vegetation-mediated changes in microclimate reduce soil respiration
as woodlands expand into grasslands. Ecology 85:3348–3361
Smith P (2004) How long before a change in soil organic carbon can be detected? Glob Change
Biol 10:1–6
Stöhr D (2007) Soils—heterogeneous at a Microscale. In: Wieser G, Tausz M (eds) Trees at the
upper limits. Springer, Dordrecht, pp 37–56
Tasser E, Tappeiner U (2002) Impact of land-use changes on mountain vegetation. Appl Veg Sci
5:173–184
Tasser E, Walde J, Tappeiner U, Teutsch A, Noggler W (2007) Land-use changes and natural
reforestation in the Eastern Central Alps. Agr Ecosyst Environ 118:115–129
9 Are Soil Carbon Stocks in Mountain Grasslands …
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