Nutrition of silver fir (Abies alba Mill) growing at the upper limit of its occurrence in the Šumava National Park and Protected Landscape Area

Novotný, Radek; Černý, D.; Šrámek, Vít

doi:10.17221/87/2009-jfs

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“…These values are in the range of nitrogen concentration found by other authours. In Šumava where silver fir has been also reintroduced, N concentration ranged from 0.95% to 2.15% (mean -1.39%) [6]. The concentration in the range of 1.1% to 1.25% were found in Germany and Slovakia [8,9].…”

Section: The Content Of -Micro and -Macro Elements In Leaves And Soilmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…It was found that needles taken from weakened firs contain less K than the vital ones [10]. K content in silver fir needles from Bohemian Forest ranged from 0.3% to 1.1% [6]. In other investigations the mean K content in needles varied from 0.6% (Slovakia) to 0.8% (Poland) [9] and in Germany, the mean value in the fir needles was found to be 0.77% [8,11].…”

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“…resistance to frost) [6]. It was found that needles taken from weakened firs contain less K than the vital ones [10].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…4). The higher Mg concentration in fir needles (0.15% to 0.19%) was found in the mountains of Poland and Slovakia [6,9]. The problem of Mg in forest ecosystems was studied e.g.…”

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“…An attempt was also made to compare the ability of both plant species to accumulate elements of anthropogenic origin (Pb, Cd, Zn, S). The accumulation of elements in a foliage of bilberry has been widely used in environmental monitoring [2][3][4][5] but information on the use of fir needles as a bioindicator of anthropogenic emissions is very scarce [6,7].…”

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Mineral status of plants and soil in silver fir stands of the Silesian and Żywiec Beskidy (Western Carpathians)

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Abstract. For last decades the Silesian and Żywiec Beskidy have been affected by different types of anthropopression. Up to the nineties of the 20th century, forests of the area were affected by a high level of air pollutants transported mainly from the Upper Silesian and Ostrava industrial regions. From 2004 intensive felling and skidding works in declining forest stands combined with their reconstruction have been carried out. Among different species silver fir has been introduced on a large scale. In the paper the results of investigation of plants and soil carried out 7 sites located in Beskidy Mountains (49°41'6"N, 19°1'48"E) are presented. Contents of K, Mg, Ca and N in needles of silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) and leaves of bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus L.) were determined which was accompanied by a chemical characteristics of forest topsoil from the same sites. Moreover, in both environment compartments, the concentration of S, Pb, Cd, and Zn was also determined to assess the level of anthropopression in individual sites. In general, the obtained results show relatively good mineral status of plants. Some disturbances in the ratios of elements in plants were found in sites located near the Polish and Czech border. In plants and soil in these sites an elevated level of heavy metals was found which testifies the transboundary transport of air pollutants. The bilberry seems to be a better bioindicator of heavy metal pollution than silver fir.

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Section: The Content Of -Micro and -Macro Elements In Leaves And Soilmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…resistance to frost) [6]. It was found that needles taken from weakened firs contain less K than the vital ones [10].…”

Section: The Content Of -Micro and -Macro Elements In Leaves And Soilmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…4). The higher Mg concentration in fir needles (0.15% to 0.19%) was found in the mountains of Poland and Slovakia [6,9]. The problem of Mg in forest ecosystems was studied e.g.…”

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Mineral status of plants and soil in silver fir stands of the Silesian and Żywiec Beskidy (Western Carpathians)

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Derivation of threshold values for the sulfur nutritional status of European silver fir from a cumulative concentration distribution

Göttlein

2023

J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci.

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For European silver fir (Abies alba (Mill)), reliable threshold values for the sulfur nutritional status are not available. Because European silver fir is an important coniferous tree species in Central Europe and due to the fact that by reduced S emissions, S is becoming a more and more critical nutrient this knowledge gap should be closed. From the interpretation of the cumulative distribution of sulfur concentrations in first‐year needles, the respective threshold values for the range of normal nutrition as well as the threshold for deficiency could be derived. When knowing these thresholds also the range of harmonic nutrition, which is the range for the optimal relation of two nutrients, could be calculated. As compared to the very few literature data available and compared to the respective values of the two most important European conifers Norway spruce (Picea abies) and Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris), the values derived for S nutrition of European silver fir are very reasonable. With respect to the S nutritional thresholds, European silver fir is very close to the values of the other two conifers, whereas the harmonic range of S in relation to N is a bit shifted to higher values indicating that European silver fir has a slightly higher demand for S (in relation to N). There is a certain time lag between the reduction of SO2 emissions in Europe and the reduction of S concentrations in needles, suggesting that S stored in the soil during periods of high emissions is relevant for S nutrition of trees for a longer period of time.

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Soil fungal diversity and biological activity as indicators of fertilization strategies in a forest ecosystem after spruce disintegration in the Karpaty Mountains

Małek

Ważny

Błońska

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Science of The Total Environment

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Nutrition of silver fir (Abies alba Mill) growing at the upper limit of its occurrence in the Šumava National Park and Protected Landscape Area

Cited by 7 publications

References 11 publications

Mineral status of plants and soil in silver fir stands of the Silesian and Żywiec Beskidy (Western Carpathians)

Mineral status of plants and soil in silver fir stands of the Silesian and Żywiec Beskidy (Western Carpathians)

Derivation of threshold values for the sulfur nutritional status of European silver fir from a cumulative concentration distribution

Soil fungal diversity and biological activity as indicators of fertilization strategies in a forest ecosystem after spruce disintegration in the Karpaty Mountains

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