Environmental Effects of Afforestation in North-Western Europe: From Field Observations to Decision Support (Plant and Vegetation)

TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Introduction: Demand for Afforestation Management in North-Western Europe......Page 10
Carbon Sequestration in Soil and Biomass Following Afforestation: Experiences from Oak and Norway Spruce Chronosequences in Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands......Page 28
Interception and Water Recharge Following Afforestation: Experiences from Oak and Norway Spruce Chronosequences in Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands......Page 61
Nitrogen Deposition and Nitrate Leaching Following Afforestation: Experiences from Oak and Norway Spruce Chronosequences in Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands......Page 86
Modelling the Nitrogen Deposition to Afforested Systems......Page 116
Effects of Light and N Availability in Forests on Plant Species Diversity in the Field Layer: A Plant Ecological and Modelling Approach......Page 136
Modelling the Afforested System: the Forest/Tree Model......Page 156
Modelling the Afforested System: The Soil and Water Compartment......Page 182
Metafore: The Afforest Deposition-Soil-Water-Vegetation Metamodel......Page 210
Support of Decisions on Afforestation in North-Western Europe with the Afforest-sDSS......Page 233
Guidelines for Planning Afforestation of Former Arable Land......Page 254
The Lessons Learned from Afforest – A Synthesis......Page 297
Color Plates......Page 311
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M......Page 320
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