Nutrient Uptake and Cycling in Forest Ecosystems: Proceedings of the CEC/IUFRO Symposium Nutrient Uptake and Cycling in Forest Ecosystems Halmstad, Sweden, June, 7–10, 1993

Front Matter....Pages I-XI
Front Matter....Pages 1-3
Nutrient uptake and cycling in forest ecosystems — present status and future research directions....Pages 5-13
Plant nutrition and growth: Basic principles....Pages 15-20
Towards an understanding of the relations between tree nutrition, nutrient cycling and environment....Pages 21-27
Front Matter....Pages 29-29
Nutrient supply of forest soils in relation to management and site history....Pages 31-41
Soil nutrient supply in natural and managed forests....Pages 43-53
Nitrogen mineralization and potential nitrification at different depths in acid forest soils....Pages 55-65
Nitrogen supply rate in Scots pine ( Pinus sylvestris L.) forests of contrasting slope aspect....Pages 67-73
Effects of forest fertilization on nitrogen leaching and soil microbial properties in the Northern Calcareous Alps of Austria....Pages 75-81
Does nitrogen availability control rates of litter decomposition in forests?....Pages 83-88
Decomposition and nitrogen dynamics of fine roots of Norway spruce ( Picea abies (L.) Karst) at different sites....Pages 89-94
Quantification of ammonium sorption in acid forest soils by sorption isotherms....Pages 95-101
Soil changes in different age classes of Norway spruce ( Picea abies (L) Karst.) on afforested farmland....Pages 103-110
Front Matter....Pages 111-111
Roots, nutrients and their relationship to spatial patterns....Pages 113-123
Measurements of abundances of 15 N and 13 C as tools in retrospective studies of N balances and water stress in forests: A discussion of preliminary results....Pages 125-133
Monitoring uptake and contents of Mg, Ca and K in Norway spruce as influenced by pH and Al, using microprobe analysis and stable isotope labelling....Pages 135-150
Effects of ammonium sulphate application on the chemistry of bulk soil, rhizosphere, fine roots and fine-root distribution in a Picea abies (L.) Karst. stand....Pages 151-160
Root distribution in a Norway spruce ( Picea abies (L.) Karst.) stand subjected to drought and ammonium-sulphate application....Pages 161-165
Fine-root vitality in a Norway spruce stand subjected to various nutrient supplies....Pages 167-172
Effects of aluminium on growth and root reactions of phosphorus stressed Betula pendula seedlings....Pages 173-178
Response of understorey vegetation and Scots pine root systems to fertilization at multiple deficiency stress....Pages 179-185
Front Matter....Pages 111-111
Replacement of nutrient losses caused by acidification of a beech forest soil and its effects on transplanted field-layer species....Pages 187-193
Distribution of nutrients and phytotoxic metal ions in the soil and in two forest floor plant species of a beech ( Fagus sylvatica L.) stand....Pages 195-202
Front Matter....Pages 203-203
Growth and shoot: root ratio of seedlings in relation to nutrient availability....Pages 205-214
Development of root biomass in an Eucalyptus globulus plantation under different water and nutrient regimes....Pages 215-223
The influence of stand development on nutrient demand, growth and allocation....Pages 225-232
Xylem sap composition: A tool for investigating mineral uptake and cycling in adult spruce....Pages 233-241
A new hypothesis to explain allocation of dry matter between mycorrhizal fungi and pine seedlings in relation to nutrient supply....Pages 243-248
An attempt to predict long-term effects of atmospheric nitrogen deposition on the yield of Norway spruce stands ( Picea abies (L.) Karst.) in southwestern Sweden....Pages 249-254
Seasonal development of the photosynthetic performance of Norway spruce ( Picea abies [L.] Karst.) under magnesium deficiency....Pages 255-261
Relationship between net photosynthesis and nitrogen in Scots pine: Seasonal variation in seedlings and shoots....Pages 263-270
Forest floor accumulation, nutrition and productivity of Pinus patula in the Usutu Forest, Swaziland....Pages 271-278
Effect of nitrogen on growth and water relations of radiata pine families....Pages 279-285
Effects of water and nutrient supply on amount and on nutrient concentration of litterfall and forest floor litter in Eucalyptus globulus plantations....Pages 287-295
Nutrient content in Quercus ilex canopies: Seasonal and spatial variation within a catchment....Pages 297-304
Concentrations of nutritional and trace elements in needles of Norway spruce ( Picea abies [L.] Karst.) as functions of the needle age class....Pages 305-312
Effect of P supply upon seasonal growth and internal cycling of P in Sitka spruce ( Picea sitchensis (Bong.)Carr.) seedlings....Pages 313-317
Front Matter....Pages 319-319
Nutrient cycling strategies....Pages 321-326
Nutrient cycling in Pinus sylvestris stands in eastern Finland....Pages 327-336
Aboveground nutrient cycling and forest development on poor sandy soil....Pages 337-343
Effect of tree species and soil properties on nutrient immobilization in the forest floor....Pages 345-352
Front Matter....Pages 319-319
Effects of irrigation and balanced fertilization on nutrient cycling in a Douglas fir stand....Pages 353-363
Effects of airborne sea salts on soil water acidification and leaching of aluminium in different forest ecosystems in Denmark....Pages 365-372
Changes in crown leaching composition induced by a sudden increase in atmospheric deposition. A case study in South-Western Bulgaria....Pages 373-382
Nutrient pools and fluxes of the ground vegetation in coniferous forests due to fertilizing, liming and amelioration....Pages 383-390
Nitrogen cycling and dynamic analysis of man made larch forest ecosystem....Pages 391-397
Evaluation of sulphur cycling in managed forest stands by means of stable S-isotope analysis....Pages 399-404
Stomatal SO 2 uptake and sulfate accumulation in needles of Norway spruce stands ( Picea abies ) in Central Europe....Pages 405-419
Emission of hydrogen sulfide by twigs of coniferes — a comparison of Norway spruce ( Picea abies (L.) Karst.), Scotch pine ( Pinus sylvestris L.) and Blue spruce ( Picea pungens Engelm.)....Pages 421-423
Front Matter....Pages 425-425
Relationships between water, nutrients and productivity in Australian forests: Application to wood production and quality....Pages 427-435
Nutrient balance and P, K, Ca, Mg, S and B accumulation in a Norway spruce stand following ammonium sulphate application, fertigation, irrigation, drought and N-free-fertilisation....Pages 437-446
Effects of forest liming on soil processes....Pages 447-470
Possible interference of fertilization in the natural recovery of a declining sugar maple stand in southern Quebec....Pages 471-480
Revitalization of an alpine protective forest by fertilization....Pages 481-488
Revitalization experiments in magnesium deficient Norway spruce stands in Austria....Pages 489-500
Growth response to different types of NPK-fertilizer in Norway spruce plantations in Western Denmark....Pages 501-504
Effects of Mg(OH) 2 -fertilization on nutrient cycling in a heavily damaged Norway spruce ecosystem (NE Bavaria/FRG)....Pages 505-511
Scarification, fertilization and herbicide treatment effects on planted conifers and soil fertility....Pages 513-522
Availability and mobility of nutrients in acid forest soil treated with fast and slow-release nutrients....Pages 523-531
Front Matter....Pages 533-533
Effects of elevated CO 2 and nitrogen on nutrient uptake in ponderosa pine seedlings....Pages 535-545
Combined effects of CO 2 concentration and nutrient status on the biomass production and nutrient uptake of birch seedlings ( Betula pendula )....Pages 547-553
Front Matter....Pages 533-533
Growth dynamics in a changing environment — long-term observations....Pages 555-561
Soil respiration in a poor upland site of Scots pine stand subjected to elevated temperatures and atmospheric carbon concentration....Pages 563-570
Change in fluxes of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide due to forest drainage of mire sites of different trophy....Pages 571-577
Mechanisms for carbon and nutrient release and retention in beech forest gaps....Pages 579-584
Mechanisms for carbon and nutrient release and retention in beech forest gaps....Pages 585-592
Mechanisms of carbon and nutrient release and retention in beech forest gaps....Pages 593-600
Experimental manipulations of water and nutrient input to a Norway spruce plantation at Klosterhede, Denmark....Pages 601-611
Experimental manipulation of water and nutrient input to a Norway spruce plantation at Klosterhede, Denmark....Pages 613-622
Experimental manipulations of water and nutrient input to a Norway spruce plantation at Klosterhede, Denmark....Pages 623-632
C and N storage in living trees within Finland since 1950s....Pages 633-638
Total deposition and tree canopy internal circulation of nutrients in a strong acid deposition gradient in Sweden, as reflected by throughfall fluxes....Pages 639-647
The influence of tree species on humus quality and nutrient availability on a regional scale (Flanders, Belgium)....Pages 649-660
The effect of clear cutting, waste wood collecting and site preparation on the nutrient leaching to groundwater....Pages 661-670
The nitrogen status of oak stands in northern Germany and its role in oak decline....Pages 671-676
Storage compounds in Populus cuttings in response to two different nitrogen regimes....Pages 677-685
Back Matter....Pages 687-689