Basal Area Growth of Sugar Maple in Relation to Acid Deposition, Stand Health, and Soil Nutrients

Duchesne, Louis; Ouimet, Rock; Houle, Daniel

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“…In our study, F. sylvatica maintains steady mean mature BAI at the HFL and CFA, comparable with mature tree AVI in P. rubens in the study reported by LeBlanc et al (1992). However, in many species BAI continues to increase with age in mature trees (Phipps & Whiton, 1988;LeBlanc, 1990a, b;Duchesne et al, 2002Duchesne et al, , 2003Fekedulegn et al, 2003;Muzika et al, 2004) in some cases showing no evidence of the reduction in slope that LeBlanc (1990a, b) associates with canopy closure.…”

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“…BAI series for dominant and codominant trees in mature stands typically show a period of early growth suppression (suppression phase) before a rapid increase in annual basal area growth (release phase). BAI may continue to increase in mature healthy mature trees (Phipps & Whiton, 1988;LeBlanc, 1990a, b;Duchesne et al, 2002Duchesne et al, , 2003Fekedulegn et al, 2003;Muzika et al, 2004), or stabilize (LeBlanc et al, 1992), but it does not show a decreasing trend until trees begin to senesce (LeBlanc, 1990a;Duchesne et al, 2002Duchesne et al, , 2003. During the suppression and release phases, growth is strongly affected by variation in light levels and is thus not easily compared between trees.…”

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Rapid climate change‐related growth decline at the southern range edge of Fagus sylvatica

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Studies on Fagus sylvatica show that growth in populations toward the southern limit of this species' distribution is limited strongly by drought. Warming temperatures in the Mediterranean region are expected to exacerbate drought where they are not accompanied by increases in precipitation. We studied levels of annual growth in mature F. sylvatica trees over the last half-century in the Montseny Mountains in Catalonia (northeast Spain). Our results show significantly lower growth of mature trees at the lower limit of this species' distribution when compared with trees at higher altitudes. Growth at the lower Fagus limit is characterized by a rapid recent decline starting in approximately 1975. By 2003, growth of mature trees had fallen by 49% when compared with predecline levels. This is not an age-related phenomenon, nor is it seen in comparable populations at higher altitudes. Analysis of climate-growth relationships suggests that the observed decline in growth is a result of warming temperatures and that, as precipitation in the region has not increased, precipitation is now insufficient to ameliorate the negative effects of increased temperatures on tree growth. As the climateresponse of the studied forest is comparable with that of F. sylvatica forests in other southern European regions, it is possible that this growth decline is a more widespread phenomenon. Warming temperatures may lead to a rapid decline in the growth of rangeedge populations and a consequent retreat of the species distribution in southern Europe. Assessment of long-term growth trends across the southern range edge of F. sylvatica therefore merits further attention.

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Rapid climate change‐related growth decline at the southern range edge of Fagus sylvatica

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“…The area of concern for sugar maples is based on study sites in north central Pennsylvania (LYNCH et al 2000) and regional studies (MITCHELL et al 1994). Forest soil acidification effects have also been reported in Ontario (WATMOUGH 2002;WATMOUGH, DILLON 2003) and Quebec (DUCHESNE et al 2002;PEART et al 1992), Canada. The Valley of Mexico area shown is located within the Mexico City Air Basin (FENN et al 2002) sites significantly improved sugar maple survival, crown vigor, tree growth, and seed production, whereas, black cherry and American beech were unaffected by the treatment (LONG et al 1997).…”

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“…Resampling of forest soils in northwestern Pennsylvania shows an increase in soil acidity of 0.78 and 0.23 pH units in the O and A horizons after 36 years (DROHAN, SHARPE 1997). The high mortality rates and reduced vigor reported for sugar maples experienced in northern Pennsylvania and Quebec, Canada over the last decade has been linked to cation depletion from those soils (DUCHESNE et al 2002;LONG et al 1997;HORSLEY et al 2000;MOORE et al 2000;DROHAN et al 2002).…”

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“…Studies in New Hampshire (LIKENS et al 1996;BAILEY et al 1996), the Catskill Mountains in New York (LAWRENCE et al 1999), West Virginia (ADAMS 1999), North Carolina (KNOEPP, SWANK 1994), South Carolina (MARKEWITZ et al 1998), Ontario, Canada (WATMOUGH 2002;WATMOUGH, DILLON 2003), and Quebec, Canada (DUCHESNE et al 2002) have documented nutrient base cation (e.g. Ca, Mg, K and others) depletion in soils due to acid deposition and forest regrowth.…”

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Status of soil acidification in North America

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Forest soil acidification and depletion of nutrient cations have been reported for several forested regions in North America, predominantly in the eastern United States, including the northeast and in the central Appalachians, but also in parts of southeastern Canada and the southern U.S. Continuing regional inputs of nitrogen and sulfur are of concern because of leaching of base cations, increased availability of soil Al, and the accumulation and ultimate transmission of acidity from forest soils to streams. Losses of calcium from forest soils and forested watersheds have now been documented as a sensitive early indicator and a functionally significant response to acid deposition for a wide range of forest soils in North America. For red spruce, a clear link has been established between acidic deposition, alterations in calcium and aluminum supplies and increased sensitivity to winter injury. Cation depletion appears to contribute to sugar maple decline on some soils, specifically the high mortality rates observed in northern Pennsylvania over the last decade. While responses to liming have not been systematically examined in North America, in a study in Pennsylvania, restoring basic cations through liming increased basal area growth of sugar maple and levels of calcium and magnesium in soil and foliage. In the San Bernardino Mountains in southern California near the west coast, the pH of the A horizon has declined by at least 2 pH units (to pH 4.0–4.3) over the past 30 years, with no detrimental effects on bole growth; presumably, because of the Mediterranean climate, base cation pools are still high and not limiting for plant growth.

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Recovery from chronic and snowmelt acidification: Long‐term trends in stream and soil water chemistry at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, New Hampshire, USA

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Atmospheric acid deposition of sulfate and nitrate has declined markedly in the northeastern United States due to emissions controls. We investigated long-term trends in soil water (1984-2011) and stream water (1982-2011) chemistry along an elevation gradient of a forested watershed to evaluate the progress of recovery of drainage waters from acidic deposition at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, USA. We found slowed losses of base cations from soil and decreased mobilization of dissolved inorganic aluminum. Stream water pH at the watershed outlet increased at a rate of 0.01 units yr À1 , and the acid neutralizing capacity (ANC) gained 0.88 μeq L À1 yr À1 . Dissolved organic carbon generally decreased in stream water and soil solutions, contrary to trends observed at many North American and European sites. We compared whole-year hydrochemical trends with those during snowmelt, which is the highest-flow and lowest ANC period of the year, indicative of episodic acidification. Stream water during snowmelt had long-term trends of increasing ANC and pH at a rate very similar to the whole-year record, with closely related steady decreases in sulfate. A more rapid decline in stream water nitrate during snowmelt compared with the whole-year trend may be due, in part, to the marked decrease in atmospheric nitrate deposition during the last decade. The similarity between the whole-year trends and those of the snowmelt period is an important finding that demonstrates a consistency between recovery from chronic acidification during base flow and abatement of snowmelt acidification. FUSS ET AL.

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Basal Area Growth of Sugar Maple in Relation to Acid Deposition, Stand Health, and Soil Nutrients

Cited by 151 publications

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Rapid climate change‐related growth decline at the southern range edge of Fagus sylvatica

Rapid climate change‐related growth decline at the southern range edge of Fagus sylvatica

Status of soil acidification in North America

Recovery from chronic and snowmelt acidification: Long‐term trends in stream and soil water chemistry at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, New Hampshire, USA

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