Aboveground carbon and nutrient distributions are hardly associated with canopy position for trees in temperate forests on poor and acidified sandy soils

Vos, Marleen A.E.; Boer, Dieke de; Vries, Wim de; Ouden, J. den; Sterck, Frank J.

doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2022.120731

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“…Generally, the reductions presented in this study across nutrients were in line with the literature, except for the 50% higher K throughfall and 50% lower Mg throughfall underneath, respectively, Scots pine and Douglas fir compared to similar stands in 1990 (Van Ek and Draaijers, 1994). These differences might be related to the canopy uptake of Mg in Scots pine (Table 3.1, Table S3.3-S3.4) and the low K content in needles of Douglas fir (Vos et al, 2023b), reducing canopy leaching due to lower soil fertility (Nordén, 1991).…”

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confidence: 89%

“…This elevated P deposition in the growing season contradicts expectations, as P is usually actively taken up by the canopy in oligotrophic ecosystems (Helmisaari and Mälkönen, 1989;Gordon et al, 2000;Houcai et al, 2021). Canopy leaching of P, a potential contributor to up to 67% of the total P deposition estimate (Duchesne et al, 2001;Talkner et al, 2010;Sohrt et al, 2019), is unlikely due to its peak in the autumn (Sohrt et al, 2019) and its correlation with foliar P content (Zhang et al, 2022), which exhibited signs of deficiency in the studied stands (Vos et al, 2023b). We, therefore, argue that the elevated P deposition during the growing season is more likely attributed to a notable contribution from sources such as pollen or local polluters, such as agricultural sources (Van Ek and Draaijers, 1994;Allen et al, 2010;Kopáček et al, 2011;Tipping et al, 2014).…”

Section: Seasonal Variations In Total Depositionmentioning

confidence: 81%

“…Chapter 2 been harvested at different intensities in February 2019, which resulted in four ¼-ha plots within the same stand: an unharvested control (~0% canopy openness), a high-thinning (~25% canopy openness), a shelterwood (~75% canopy openness) and a clearcut (100% canopy openness) (Vos et al, 2023a;Vos et al, 2023b). The different harvest intensities allow to test the method for quantifying bulk deposition and throughfall including the effect of organic substances on the performance of the IER-method.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…(2023a) and (Vos et al, 2023b). In each subplot, 7 deposition samplers were installed in March 2020 (28 samplers per forest stand).…”

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Impacts of harvesting practices on nutrient balances of forests under high nitrogen deposition

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Webster et al., 2022). Therefore, to increase the reliability of the forest nutrient budget, it is of high importance to better quantify and understand post-harvest nutrient dynamics in relation to forest management practices, and account for possible effects of species and soil type. The effects of tree species and of forest management practices, including harvest intensity, harvest method, and post-harvest soil preparation which all affect the nutrient budget (Akselsson et al., 2007b;Piirainen et al., 2007;Thiffault et al., 2011;Egnell, 2017), are discussed in detail below. The influence of tree species on forest nutrient budgetsTree species can strongly influence the forest nutrient budget as tree species vary in the nutrient concentrations of their tissues, their total aboveground biomass and, therefore, in their nutrient stocks that will be exported by harvest (

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Section: Harvest Intensity Effects Differs Between Nutrientssupporting

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Section: Seasonal Variations In Total Depositionmentioning

confidence: 81%

Section: Field Testsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…(2023a) and (Vos et al, 2023b). In each subplot, 7 deposition samplers were installed in March 2020 (28 samplers per forest stand).…”

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Impacts of harvesting practices on nutrient balances of forests under high nitrogen deposition

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“…To evaluate the accuracy of the IER-method to quantify bulk deposition and throughfall, a field study was caried out in the Netherlands (GPS 52.015745, 5.759924) in which we collected paired observations of bulk deposition and throughfall using water samples (referred to as the water-method) and the IER-method. The chosen field site consisted of a mature stand of European beech (Fagus sylvatica) which has been harvested at different intensities in February 2019, which resulted in four ¼-ha plots within the same stand: an unharvested control (~0% canopy openness), a high-thinning (~25% canopy openness), a shelterwood (~75% canopy openness) and a clearcut (100% canopy openness) (Vos et al, 2023a;Vos et al, 2023b). The different harvest intensities allow to test the method for quantifying bulk deposition and throughfall including the effect of organic substances on the performance of the IER-method.…”

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Testing Ion Exchange Resin for quantifying bulk and throughfall deposition of macro and micro-elements on forests

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de Vries,

Veen

et al. 2024

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Abstract. Atmospheric deposition is a major nutrient influx in ecosystems and high anthropogenic deposition may disrupt ecosystem functioning. Quantification of the deposition flux is required to understand the impact of such anthropogenic pollution. However, current methods to measure nutrient deposition are costly, labor intensive and potentially inaccurate. Ion Exchange Resin (IER) appears a promising cost-and labor-effective method. The IER-method is potentially suited for deposition measurements on coarse time scales and for areas with little rainfall and/or low elemental concentrations. The accuracy of the IER-method is, however, hardly classified beyond nitrogen. We tested the IER-method for bulk deposition and throughfall measurements of macro and micro-elements, assessing resin adsorption capacity, recovery efficiency, and field behavior. We show that IER is able to adsorb 100 % of Ca, Cu, Fe, K, Mg, Mn, P, S, Zn and NO3 and >96 % of P and Na. Loading the resin beyond the capacity resulted mainly in losses of Na, P, NH4 while losses of Ca, Cu, Fe, Mg, Mn and Zn were hardly detected. Heat (40 °C), drought and frost (-15 °C) reduced the adsorption of P by 25 %. Recovery was close to 100 % for NH4 and NO3 using KCl (1 or 2M) while high (83–93 %) recoveries of Ca, Cu, Fe, K, Mg, Mn and S were found using HCl as an extractant (2–4M). We found good agreement between the conventional and the IER-method for field conditions. Overall, IER is a powerful tool for the measurement of atmospheric deposition of a broad range of elements as the measurements showed high accuracy. The IER-method has therefore the potential to expand current monitoring networks and increase the number of sampling sites.

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Nutrient Accumulation in Silver Birch (Betula pendula Roth) Biomass in a Lignite Mining Area

Rustowska,

Jonczak,

Pędziwiatr

2024

Water Air Soil Pollut

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The influence of lignite mining on vegetation constitutes a key issue due to the role of plants in restoring and maintaining the ecological balance of ecosystems. In this context, the identification of its impact on the functioning of silver birch (Betula pendula Roth) as a species often colonizing disturbed habitats takes on particular importance. Therefore, we aimed to determine the changes in nutrient content in silver birch overgrowing a spoil heap and in the vicinity of a fly ash settling pond and power plant. For this purpose, plant tissues (fine and coarse roots, stemwood, bark, coarse and fine branches, leaves) and soil samples (0–10, 10–20, 20–40, 20–40 cm deep) were examined. The basic soil characteristics were determined, along with the N, P, K, Ca, Mg, S, Fe, Mn, Cu, and Zn contents of the soil and plant samples. The soils varied in terms of soil pH and were poor in total organic carbon and other elements. The plant nutrient content varied strongly across the analyzed tissues, with the leaves usually containing the most and the stemwood the least nutrients. Statistical analysis indicated significant differences between the control vs spoil heap (particularly in Mn, S, and Mg) and the stand close to the settling pond (particularly in Ca, Mn, P, K, and S). We found that the chemical properties of the spoil heap and fly ash originating from the lignite mining operations are likely factors influencing nutrient accumulation in silver birch trees.

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Aboveground carbon and nutrient distributions are hardly associated with canopy position for trees in temperate forests on poor and acidified sandy soils

Cited by 6 publications

References 111 publications

Impacts of harvesting practices on nutrient balances of forests under high nitrogen deposition

Impacts of harvesting practices on nutrient balances of forests under high nitrogen deposition

Testing Ion Exchange Resin for quantifying bulk and throughfall deposition of macro and micro-elements on forests

Nutrient Accumulation in Silver Birch (Betula pendula Roth) Biomass in a Lignite Mining Area

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