Northern Europe supports large soil organic carbon ( SOC ) pools and has been subjected to high frequency of land‐use changes during the past decades. However, this region has not been well represented in previous large‐scale syntheses of land‐use change effects on SOC , especially regarding effects of afforestation. Therefore, we conducted a meta‐analysis of SOC stock change following afforestation in Northern Europe. Respons...

Soil organic carbon (SOC) pools in forest floors and mineral soil to a depth of 100 cm were determined in 234 well‐drained Nordic forest soils from latitude 55–68?‚??°‐N, and longitude 6–28?‚??°‐E. The data were compiled in a database of Nordic forest soils, from literature, and sources of validated data the authors had access to. The SOC pool increased with both mean annual temperature (MAT) and mean annual precipitation (MAP...