Effects of organic–mineral soil mixtures and increasing temperature on the respiration of coniferous raw humus material

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Abstract
A marked stimulation of the decomposition of L, F, and H layers of a podzol organic horizon was found when these materials were mixed with mineral soil from the B horizon. However, decomposition was much more enhanced by increasing the temperature of these materials. The potential benefits of forest plantation site preparation by deeply mixing the surface organic horizon with underlying mineral soil are discussed.