Soil weathering agents are limited where deep tree roots are removed, even after decades of forest regeneration
Sharon A Billings1, Daniel deB. Richter Jr2, Daniel Hirmas3, Christoph Lehmeier4, Samik Bagchi5, Zachary Scott Brecheisen6, Pamela L Sullivan7, Kyungjin Min8, Emma Hauser9, Rena Stair5 and Rebecca Flournoy5, (1)University of Kansas, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Kansas Biological Survey and Center for Ecological Research, Lawrence, KS, United States, (2)Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, United States, (3)Texas Tech University, Department of Plant and Soil Science, Lubbock, TX, United States, (4)University of Kansas, Lawrence, United States, (5)University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, United States, (6)The University of Oklahoma, Norman, United States, (7)Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, OR, United States, (8)University of California Merced, Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Merced, CA, United States, (9)University of Montana, Department of Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences, Missoula, United States
