Tree-ring element analysis of Korean pine (Pinus koraiensis Sieb. et Zucc.) and Mongolian oak (Quercus mongolica Fisch. ex Turcz.) from Changbai Mountain, north-east China

Chun, Liang; Hui-yi, Huang

doi:10.1007/bf00226588

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“…The size of the sample is in the range of recent dendrochemical investigations (e.g. [6,11,15,16,22,24,26]). …”

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“…Thus, a growing amount of evidence suggests that soil acidification due to atmospheric pollution ("acid rain") leads to decreasing concentrations of calcium and magnesium and increasing concentration of aluminium in the wood [4,8,18,20,22]. However, non-uniform radial concentration profiles in the wood may also result from endogenous mechanisms not related to environmental change [6,9,12,23,29,31,34] and, accordingly, monitoring metal pollution using tree rings composition can be extremely difficult [14]. For instance, radial translocations of elements can occur when essential elements are resorbed from senescing wood at the time of heartwood formation.…”

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Radial variations in wood mineral element concentrations: a comparison of beech and pedunculate oak from the Belgian Ardennes

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-Radial variations in wood mineral element concentrations (N, P, Ca, Mg, K, Mn, Al) were investigated in 5 oak trees (a ring-porous species with typical heartwood) and 5 beech trees (a diffuse-porous to semi-ring porous wood species lacking typical heartwood) growing on an ochreous brown earth in the Belgian Ardennes. Differences in concentration profiles were consistent with the difference in wood structure. Specifically, oak had markedly higher concentrations in sapwood, suggesting that nutrients are actively resorbed from senescing wood rings, resulting in very low elemental concentrations in heartwood. Similarities between the two species, including outwardly decreasing cation concentrations and a recent increase in Al concentration, might be ascribed to a common environmental influence, i.e. soil leaching by acid rain. However, the decrease in Mn concentration in both species is not consistent with a scenario of decreasing soil pH. Alternative explanations are discussed.dendrochemistry / heartwood / sapwood / Fagus sylvatica / Quercus robur / beech / oak / soil acidification Résumé -Variations radiales des concentrations en éléments minéraux du bois : une comparaison entre hêtre et chêne pédonculé en Ardenne belge. Les variations radiales des teneurs en éléments minéraux (N, P, Ca, Mg, K, Mn, Al) ont été mesurées dans 5 chênes (une essence à anneaux poreux et à bois de coeur bien différencié) et 5 hêtres (une essence à porosité diffuse et dépour-vue de bois de coeur bien différencié) croissant sur sol brun ocreux dans le massif ardennais belge. Les différences dans les profils dendrochimiques sont conformes aux différences structurales du bois. Chez le chêne, les concentrations sont nettement plus élevées dans l'aubier, ce qui suggère une résorption active des éléments minéraux au cours du vieillissement des cernes, avec pour consé-quence des concentrations extrêmement faibles dans le bois de coeur. Des convergences entre les deux espèces -notamment une apparente diminution des concentrations en cations (dans le bois de coeur pour le chêne, tout au long de la chronologie pour le hêtre) accompagnée d'une augmentation récente des teneurs en aluminium -pourraient être attribuées à une influence environnementale commune, par exemple une désaturation du sol sous l'influence de pluies acides. Cependant, la diminution des teneurs en manganèse enregistrée chez les deux essences ne conforte pas l'hypothèse d'une acidification du sol. D'autres hypothèses sont discutées. dendrochimie / bois de coeur / aubier / Fagus sylvatica / Quercus robur / hêtre / chêne / acidification du sol

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“…The size of the sample is in the range of recent dendrochemical investigations (e.g. [6,11,15,16,22,24,26]). …”

Section: Samplingmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Radial variations in wood mineral element concentrations: a comparison of beech and pedunculate oak from the Belgian Ardennes

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“…An inversion of these trends occurs later, with an impoverishment of nutrients in the soil and a decrease in growth. There- McLaughlin, 1984, 1986;Guyette and McGinnes, 1987;Elling et al, 1989) as well as in broadleaved species (McClenahen et al, 1989), including oaks (Chun and Hui-yi, 1992;De Visser, 1992). The relationship between the chemical composition of any ring and that of the soil during the year when this ring was formed is probably closest for Al than for the macronutrients.…”

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“…Species involved were conifers (Robitaille, 1981;Baes and McLaughlin, 1984;Guyette and McGinnes, 1987;Guyette et al, 1991;Zayed et al, 1992) as well as broadleaved species (Vroblesky and Yanosky, 1990;Stewart et al, 1991) including oaks (Herrmann et al, 1978; Kardell and Larsson, 1978;Queirolo et al, 1990;Yanosky and Vroblesky, 1992); ii) fertilization (McClenahen et al, 1989;Kashuba, 1992); iii) acidification of the soil, generally ascribed to atmospheric deposition (Meisch et al, 1986;Arp and Manasc, 1988; Ragsdale and Berish, 1988;Scherbatskoy and Matusiewicz, 1988;Bondietti et al, 1989; Bondietti and McLaughlin, 1992 (Okada et al, 1988;Frelich et al, 1989;De Visser, 1992). Some macronutrients are often partly remobilized from older annual rings and transferred towards younger and more active parts of the wood (Ogner and Bjor, 1988;Häsänen and Huttunen, 1989;Peterson and Anderson, 1990;Chun and Hui-yi, 1992;De Visser, 1992). Translocation mainly affects the sapwood, and therefore the mineral content of a given ring is likely to vary with time as long as it is part of the sapwood.…”

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Element analysis of tree rings in pedunculate oak heartwood: an indicator of historical trends in the soil chemistry, related to atmospheric deposition

1996

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Summary — When investigating historical alterations of the soil chemistry, it could be interesting to determine the mineral content of the successive annual tree rings. The study reported here aimed at verifying this assumption. Oak heartwood was selected in order to minimize the disturbance due to element translocations in the wood. This study was carried out in a forest included in a floristic and edaphic survey performed earlier throughout northeast France. Xylem cores were extracted from the boles of five over 60-year-old pedunculate oaks in each of 68 plots. The analysis showed on average an increase in nitrogen and aluminum, a decrease in phosphorus, potassium and magnesium, and no change for calcium, in the rings corresponding to the last 30 years of the heartwood . These results are consistent with those of the floristic and edaphic survey, which had shown an increase in nitrogen and a trend towards acidification in most of the soils between 1970 and 1990, mainly due to atmospheric deposition (Thimonier et al, 1992

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“…In particular, higher concentrations of specific mineral elements in heartwood compared to sapwood have been reported [52,63]. Furthermore, the difference in concentration between heartwood and sapwood may depend on element, species and life-form (Gymnosperms vs. Angiosperms) [13,54,56,57], making generalisations difficult. Clearly, our knowledge of nutrient resorption from senescing wood lags far behind that of nutrient resorption from leaves [15,25,37].…”

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Mineral nutrient concentrations in sapwood and heartwood: a literature review

2002

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-Patterns in mineral nutrient concentrations in sapwood and heartwood are investigated from published data for N, P, K, Ca and Mg in 22 species of Gymnosperms and 71 species of Angiosperms. The average value of heartwood/sapwood concentration ratio is element-specific, increasing in the following order: P (0.36) < N (0.76) < K (0.78) < Mg (1.20) = Ca (1.25). Concentrations of P, N and K are mostly lower in heartwood compared to sapwood. Large variation exists in the concentration pattern of Ca and Mg, whose functional significance is unclear. A phylogenetic pattern is confirmed, Gymnosperms having lower mineral nutrient concentrations in wood compared to Angiosperms, most strikingly so for N, K and Mg in sapwood. Heartwood and sapwood concentrations are positively correlated across species, and species with nutrient-poor sapwood have disproportionately poorer heartwood. The results are discussed in relation to the hypothesis that mineral nutrients are recycled from senescing sapwood.

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Tree-ring element analysis of Korean pine (Pinus koraiensis Sieb. et Zucc.) and Mongolian oak (Quercus mongolica Fisch. ex Turcz.) from Changbai Mountain, north-east China

Cited by 22 publications

References 19 publications

Radial variations in wood mineral element concentrations: a comparison of beech and pedunculate oak from the Belgian Ardennes

Radial variations in wood mineral element concentrations: a comparison of beech and pedunculate oak from the Belgian Ardennes

Element analysis of tree rings in pedunculate oak heartwood: an indicator of historical trends in the soil chemistry, related to atmospheric deposition

Mineral nutrient concentrations in sapwood and heartwood: a literature review

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