The goal of the project is to understand soil changes that have resulted from forest growth in Nebraska since ca. 1854.  We examine:

  1. soil morphology (e.g., horizonation, soil structure, pores, etc.)
  2. soil micromorphology
  3. soil physical and chemical properties at multiple sites

Our site observations are compared to similar but non-forested soils in the same area, on similar landscape positions, and on the same parent materials.

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