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Bartsch, Norbert

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“…The larger amount of rainfall occurring in large gaps as compared to small gaps may lead to higher nutrient losses by leaching (Arunachalam & Arunachalam 2000). Thus, an increase in the opening size can potentially enhance the leaching of soil nutrients in the gaps (Bartsch 2000, Scharenbroch & Bockheim 2007, Kooch et al 2010. Additionally, larger gaps can receive more solar energy and have higher air and soil temperatures, and lower soil moisture due to higher evaporation than smaller gaps (Muscolo et al 2007(Muscolo et al , 2010.…”

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“…In fact, different tree species in the surrounding canopy have been reported to differently affect the soil chemical characteristics in the gaps (Augusto et al 1998, Hagen-Thorn et al 2004, Sariyildiz et al 2005, Wang & Wang 2007, Vesterdal et al 2008 (Ritter 2005, Muscolo et al 2007, 2010 have demonstrated that the soil compaction due to harvesting activities (e.g., logging machines) may affect the hydrological, physical and chemical properties of the soil, as well as the decomposition and mineralization processes, determining an increase in the surface runoff and nutrient leaching, poor aeration, and low moisture capacity and porosity in the soil (Muscolo et al 2010). Finally, Bartsch (2000) and Scharenbroch & Bockheim (2007) found that gaps had less cations as compared to the surrounding forest stands due to nutrient leaching.…”

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Effect of size and surrounding forest vegetation on chemical properties of soil in forest gaps

Özcan¹,

Gökbulak²

2015

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© iForest -Biogeosciences and Forestry IntroductionForest openings are special habitats differing from the surrounding forest environment and having a significant effect on forage production (Frost & Edinger 1991, Fernald et al. 2009), plant diversity and species composition (Rhoades et al. 2004, Galhidy et al. 2006, Chunyu & Xiuhai 2007, seedling establishment and growth (Muscolo et al. 2010), climatic parameters (Ritter et al. 2005, and soil chemical properties (Chunyu & Xiuhai 2007, Scharenbroch & Bockheim 2007, Thiel & Perakis 2009). Gap size influences especially ambient and soil temperatures, solar radiation, wind speed, and soil moisture. Carlson & Groot (1997) reported that both seasonal average soil temperatures and soil temperature extremes increased as gap size increased and greater temperature extremes occurred in larger openings. Similarly, Fernald et al. (2009) found greater soil moisture, soil and air temperatures in the interspaces than underneath dead and alive tree canopies. Similar results were also reported in other studies (Morecroft et al. 1998, Scharenbroch & Bockheim 2007, Renaud & Rebetez 2009). Soil moisture and temperature affect not only litter decomposition but also other processes occurring in the soil. Muscolo et al. (2010) found that medium-sized gaps had a higher soil temperature and photosynthetically active radiation transmittance, and lower soil moisture than small-sized gaps and organic matter (OM) decayed more rapidly in the medium gap than in the small gap. Indeed, higher soil moisture and temperature conditions can favor the rapid decomposition of litter materials and, hence, the nutrient cycling in the openings.Seedling establishment and plant growth in the forest openings depend not only on the microclimatic conditions within the gaps but also on the distribution of soil nutrients, since the size of the forest gaps has an effect on physical and chemical properties of the soil and on the substrate availability. Chunyu & Xiuhai (2007) found a positive correlations between gap size and both soil bulk density and total N content, while negative relations were found between gap size and water content, OM in litter, and soil NH4 table NH4 + and NO3 -pools, net N mineralization and nitrification rates, and NH4 + and NO3-ion exchange resin (IER) concentrations in the gaps, finding no significant differences between 0.4 and 0.1 ha gaps for most of the studied parameters. Besides gap size, the surrounding forest cover also plays a significant role in the productivity of forest openings by influencing nutrient dynamics in the soils. Chunyu & Xiuhai (2007) found that soil OM content, total N +3 and total K + were greater in the forest gaps than under a Pinus koraiensis canopy. Rhoades et al. (2004) examined the soil properties of forest openings and surrounding forests in Kentucky's Knobs region and reported that soil pH, extractable cations, bulk density, and silt content were higher and extractable P was lower in the openings compared to the forest soils.A number of studies hav...

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Effect of size and surrounding forest vegetation on chemical properties of soil in forest gaps

Özcan¹,

Gökbulak²

2015

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“…2c). This is because liming increased the resilience of the system with regard to the disruption of N cycling, because it promoted the establishment of understory vegetation (Bauhus and Bartsch 1995;Bartsch 2000). Thus, liming and associated vegetation growth reduced the NO 3 -N concentrations in the seepage water after canopy opening compared to the unlimed variant, showing that the exclusion of root uptake is a strong disruption to the N cycle (Vitousek et al 1979).…”

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“…Liming can mitigate soil acidification induced by acid deposition, improves the availability of the base cations calcium (Ca) and magnesium (Mg) (Nilsson et al 2001), reduces the exchangeable and soluble aluminum (Al) (Kreutzer 1995;Blette and Newton 1996;Bartsch 2000) and prevents losses of soil organic matter (Nilsson et al 2001). However, some studies (Valeur and Nilsson 1993;Andersson et al 1994Andersson et al , 1999Andersson et al , 2000Erich and Trusty 1997) showed that forest liming causes the increase of leaching of dissolved organic carbon (DOC), dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) and dissolved organic sulfur (DOS) from the mineral soil.…”

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“…Since 1989, some studies have been published from the same forest, focusing on short-and medium-term nutrient cycling (forest floor decomposition, C and N dynamics) (Bauhus and Bartsch 1995;Bauhus et al 2004), fine root growth (Bauhus 1996;Bartsch 1996), soil solution (Bartsch 2000), element release (Bartsch 2000;Vor and Brumme 2002), and coarse and fine woody debris decay (Müller-Using and Bartsch 2009), showing that the combination of canopy opening and liming promoted herbaceous vegetation establishment and did not affect the total C and N pools for soil profiles from the litter layer to 40 cm mineral soil depth, but significantly changed the distribution of soil C and N within the profile, reduced the forest floor mass, enhanced the litter decomposition, changed the humus form from a typical moder to a mull-moder and led to an increase of the abundance of soil fauna; canopy disturbance without liming stimulated the losses of nitrate, cations and nitrous oxide. Now, we focus on the longterm effects of canopy opening and liming on element fluxes in different periods.…”

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Long-term effects of gap creation and lime application on element input and output in a European beech (Fagus sylvaticaL.) forest

Lin

Bartsch

Heinrichs

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Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

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Four gaps of 30 m diameter were cut in a mature European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) forest in 1989. In two of the gaps and their surrounding areas, dolomite lime (3 t ha) was applied. The study was designed to examine the long-term effects of lime application and canopy removal on element input via throughfall and output in seepage water at 80 cm depth in this European beech forest. Throughfall and seepage water were collected in the unlimed gap center, the limed gap center and the undisturbed beech stand in 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996 and 2012. The canopy opening increased the seepage water acidity from 1991 to 1996. The pH values of the seepage water were higher in the limed gaps than in the unlimed gaps during the five study periods. The amount of annual throughfall and of seepage water were higher in the gaps during the study period; in 2012, the annual amounts of seepage water were significantly higher in the gaps than in the closed stand, whereas the input of most elements decreased from 1991 to 2012. The seepage water in the unlimed gaps had higher nitrate nitrogen (NO 3 -N) concentrations, but lower sulfate sulfur (SO 4 -S) concentrations than in the limed gaps in 1991, 1992, 1993 and 1996. The amount of leaching NO 3 -N and SO 4 -S in 2012 was, however, significantly higher in the limed gaps than in the unlimed gaps, while the input of nitrogen (N) and SO 4 -S was significantly lower in the limed gaps than in the closed stand. In general, the annual amounts of element input via throughfall were higher in the closed stand than in the gaps. However, the element output through leaching was much higher in the gap centers than in the closed stand. The net losses of aluminum (Al), calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg) and manganese (Mn) were higher in the unlimed gaps than in the limed gaps and the closed stand in 1991. In 2012, 23 years after liming and canopy opening, the effects of gaps and liming, and the interaction of gap and liming on element leaching, were still significant compared to the untreated stand. Overall, canopy opening reduced N, sulfate, Al, and base cation deposition in the long run. Canopy opening in combination with liming affected the seepage water acidity and the leaching losses of base cations up to 23 years after canopy removal and liming in this European beech forest.

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Effects of management practices on ecosystem processes in European beech forests

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Effect of size and surrounding forest vegetation on chemical properties of soil in forest gaps

Effect of size and surrounding forest vegetation on chemical properties of soil in forest gaps

Long-term effects of gap creation and lime application on element input and output in a European beech (Fagus sylvaticaL.) forest

Effects of management practices on ecosystem processes in European beech forests

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