Long-term risk assessment of uprooting and stem breakage under drought conditions and at high N deposition in beech and Norway spruce

Braun, Sabine; Rihm, Beat; Tresch, Simon; Schindler, Christian

doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2023.109669

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“…The most obvious effect on biodiversity is the reduction in wood-inhabiting species [3]. A balanced nutrient mass balance is important for the resistance and resilience of the forest to external factors such as drought stress, wind, or insect calamities [11]. For the resilience of forest ecosystems, nutrient sustainability, or the maintenance of soil fertility after wood use, is an important aspect.…”

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Does Soil Acidification Matter? Nutrient Sustainability of Timber Harvesting in Forests on Selected Soils Developed in Sediments of the Early vs. Late Pleistocene

Zimmermann,

Kurz,

Thrippleton

et al. 2024

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With this study, our aim was to estimate the nutrient fluxes relevant for assessing nutrient sustainability as accurately as possible and to calculate nutrient balances for alternative forest management scenarios. Furthermore, we tested whether mapping units from existing geologic maps can serve as a basis for forest practitioners to estimate nutrient sustainability or whether more detailed data are needed. Positive fluxes include deposition and weathering, while negative fluxes include losses due to leaching and nutrient removal through timber harvesting in the balance. Weathering and leachate losses were modeled with a geochemical model. The SwissStandSim model was used to simulate the biomass growth under different harvesting and silvicultural strategies, allowing for sustainability to be assessed for each nutrient at a given intensity of use. This assessment was made per rotation period based on two criteria: (i) nutrient supply and (ii) total stocking volume. As a result, it can be noted that the accurate estimation of individual fluxes is essential for assessing the sustainability of forestry practices and that it needs detailed site-specific data. Various influencing factors turned out to be important, particularly the assumed depth of the root zone.

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“…It is not only the timber harvest that influences sustainability, but also the persistently high nitrogen deposition with an increasing importance for soil acidification and nutrient leaching [10]. This also has far-reaching consequences for forest ecosystems, as well as its resistance and resilience to drought and disturbances [11].…”

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Does Soil Acidification Matter? Nutrient Sustainability of Timber Harvesting in Forests on Selected Soils Developed in Sediments of the Early vs. Late Pleistocene

Zimmermann,

Kurz,

Thrippleton

et al. 2024

Forests

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Sustainable development: Evaluation and forecasting of Norway spruce production and growing stock in Slovakia in the context of bioeconomy

Moravčík,

Dzian,

Paluš

et al. 2024

Central European Forestry Journal

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The paper deals with the identification of the long-term potential of forest stands with the prevailing Norway spruce representation and the elaboration of a forecast of the development of spruce growing stock and felling possibilities until 2050. The analysis of historical data has confirmed a decrease in the area of spruce by 13.2% since 2010 and its growing stock by 16.4% over the same period. These developments indicate a reduction in felling possibilities in the coming decades. The evaluation of spruce felling since 2012 showed that the planned felling volume was exceeded by 11.3 mil. m3, i.e. annually at average by 1.25 mil. m3. This exceeding was caused by incidental felling, which accounted for an average of 84% of total felling. The forecast of spruce growing stock and felling until 2050 was derived differently for two scenarios based on the development of growing stock and actual cutting percentages in the decade 2012–2020 (scenario A) and cutting percentages according to planned felling (scenario B). In the case of scenario A, there would be a significant reduction in spruce growing stock from the current volume of 114.8 mil. m3 by 36% in 2040. In the case of scenario B, a decrease in spruce growing stock would be more modest. Ten-year felling volume of spruce under the scenario A forecast will result in the amount of 42.6 mil. m3 (first decennium), 32.0 mil. m3 (second decennium) and 25.7 mil. m3 (third decennium).

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Long-term risk assessment of uprooting and stem breakage under drought conditions and at high N deposition in beech and Norway spruce

Cited by 2 publications

References 70 publications

Does Soil Acidification Matter? Nutrient Sustainability of Timber Harvesting in Forests on Selected Soils Developed in Sediments of the Early vs. Late Pleistocene

Does Soil Acidification Matter? Nutrient Sustainability of Timber Harvesting in Forests on Selected Soils Developed in Sediments of the Early vs. Late Pleistocene

Sustainable development: Evaluation and forecasting of Norway spruce production and growing stock in Slovakia in the context of bioeconomy

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