Functioning and Management of European Beech Ecosystems /
Brumme, Rainer.
Functioning and Management of European Beech Ecosystems / edited by Rainer Brumme, Partap K. Khanna. - recurso en línea. - Ecological Studies, 208 0070-8356 ; .
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Description of Long-term Observation Sites -- General Description of Study Sites -- Climatic Condition at Three Beech Forest Sites in Central Germany -- Soil Properties -- Changes in C and N Contents of Soils Under Beech Forests over a Period of 35 Years -- Vegetation -- Microbial Biomass -- Soil Fauna -- Ecosystem Processes -- Tree Growth, Biomass, and Elements in Tree Components of Three Beech Sites -- Fine Root Biomass, Turnover and Litter Production -- Phytomass, Litter and Net Primary Production of Herbaceous Layer -- Biomass and Element Content of Foliage and Aboveground Litterfall on the Three Long-Term Experimental Beech Sites: Dynamics and Significance -- The Role of Soil Fauna for Decomposition of Plant Residues -- Nitrogen and Carbon Transformations -- Fate, Transport, and Retention of Applied 15N Labelled Nitrogen in Forest Soils -- Atmospheric Deposition and Canopy Interactions -- Changes in Soil Solution Chemistry, Seepage Losses, and Input–Output Budgets at Three Beech Forests in Response to Atmospheric Depositions -- Soil Respiration -- N2O Emission from Temperate Beech Forest Soils -- Methane Uptake by Temperate Forest Soils -- Forest Management and Regional Scale Issues Concerning C and N -- Microbial Biomass in Broad-Leaved Forest Soils -- Soil Organic Carbon and Nitrogen in Forest Soils of Germany -- Management Options for European Beech Forests in Relation to Changes in C- and N-Status as Described by the Three Study Sites -- Synthesis -- Stand, Soil and Nutrient Factors Determining the Functioning and Management of Beech Forest Ecosystems: A Synopsis -- Erratum.
This volume compiles the results of long-term observations of site properties and ecosystem processes for three beech forests. Representing a spectrum of common beech forest sites in Central Europe, they receive similar atmospheric inputs and are growing under similar climatic conditions, but differ in their soil acidity. Significant differences were observed in the diversity and activities of fauna and microbes in these soils, which was the major driving variable for the nutrient cycling processes, growth patterns, greenhouse gas emissions and the C and N sequestration in these forests. Differences in N and C contents and cycling among the three beech sites represented three phases (quasi steady–state, accumulation and degradation) as described by ecosystem theory on the functioning and historical development of the N dynamic of other 50 European ecosystems. Various implications for the future management of these and similar beech sites are discussed.
9783642003400
10.1007/b82392 doi
SD1-668
Functioning and Management of European Beech Ecosystems / edited by Rainer Brumme, Partap K. Khanna. - recurso en línea. - Ecological Studies, 208 0070-8356 ; .
Springer eBooks
Description of Long-term Observation Sites -- General Description of Study Sites -- Climatic Condition at Three Beech Forest Sites in Central Germany -- Soil Properties -- Changes in C and N Contents of Soils Under Beech Forests over a Period of 35 Years -- Vegetation -- Microbial Biomass -- Soil Fauna -- Ecosystem Processes -- Tree Growth, Biomass, and Elements in Tree Components of Three Beech Sites -- Fine Root Biomass, Turnover and Litter Production -- Phytomass, Litter and Net Primary Production of Herbaceous Layer -- Biomass and Element Content of Foliage and Aboveground Litterfall on the Three Long-Term Experimental Beech Sites: Dynamics and Significance -- The Role of Soil Fauna for Decomposition of Plant Residues -- Nitrogen and Carbon Transformations -- Fate, Transport, and Retention of Applied 15N Labelled Nitrogen in Forest Soils -- Atmospheric Deposition and Canopy Interactions -- Changes in Soil Solution Chemistry, Seepage Losses, and Input–Output Budgets at Three Beech Forests in Response to Atmospheric Depositions -- Soil Respiration -- N2O Emission from Temperate Beech Forest Soils -- Methane Uptake by Temperate Forest Soils -- Forest Management and Regional Scale Issues Concerning C and N -- Microbial Biomass in Broad-Leaved Forest Soils -- Soil Organic Carbon and Nitrogen in Forest Soils of Germany -- Management Options for European Beech Forests in Relation to Changes in C- and N-Status as Described by the Three Study Sites -- Synthesis -- Stand, Soil and Nutrient Factors Determining the Functioning and Management of Beech Forest Ecosystems: A Synopsis -- Erratum.
This volume compiles the results of long-term observations of site properties and ecosystem processes for three beech forests. Representing a spectrum of common beech forest sites in Central Europe, they receive similar atmospheric inputs and are growing under similar climatic conditions, but differ in their soil acidity. Significant differences were observed in the diversity and activities of fauna and microbes in these soils, which was the major driving variable for the nutrient cycling processes, growth patterns, greenhouse gas emissions and the C and N sequestration in these forests. Differences in N and C contents and cycling among the three beech sites represented three phases (quasi steady–state, accumulation and degradation) as described by ecosystem theory on the functioning and historical development of the N dynamic of other 50 European ecosystems. Various implications for the future management of these and similar beech sites are discussed.
9783642003400
10.1007/b82392 doi
SD1-668