scholarly journals Patterns of mast fruiting of common beech, sessile and common oak, Norway spruce and Scots pine in Central and Northern Europe

2016 ◽  
Vol 363 ◽  
pp. 237-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anita Nussbaumer ◽  
Peter Waldner ◽  
Sophia Etzold ◽  
Arthur Gessler ◽  
Sue Benham ◽  
...  
2014 ◽  
Vol 25 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 14-23
Author(s):  
Y. I. Chykailo ◽  
I. M. Voloshin

In the article, the eco-geochemical analysis of flora on roadside areas of highway M-10 Lviv-Krakovets is made. In the foliage of following tree species Common hornbeam (Carpinus betulus L.), English oak (Quercus robur L.), Common beech (Fagus sylvatica L.), Common ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.), Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.), Norway spruce (Picea abies L.), using atomic-absorption methods, there were revealed such heavy metals as Pb, Zn, Co, Cu, Ni, Mo, Cr, Mn, V, Ba, Sr, Zr, Fe, Ti, Sn. The analysis of literary sources by Voloshyn, Sobechko, Bessonova and ours investigations reveals that in different areas the content of heavy metals (HM) in the foliage of tree species differs significantly. In addition, it has been investigated the content of chemicals in the foliage of roadside trees along highway Lviv-Krakovets and compared with world clarke indices. Content of Pb, Zn, Mn, V in the foliage of roadside trees is lower than showing of world clarkes, what is caused by characteristics of parent rocks. Elements that exceed world clarkes are Ba, Cu, Ni, Mo, Sr, Ti, Zr and Cr, their content in foliage of tree species varies from 1,2 to 16,7 mg/kg of dry weight. In the article, the accumulation coefficients are calculated. These coefficients confirm accumulation of car pollutants in roadsides and adjoining areas. There is made an investigation of general biological and discrete (by root surface and foliage surface) absorption of 15 chemical elements and as a result several species, which have the highest accumulation coefficients, are set apart. In the foliage of roadside tree species, the general biological absorption coefficients (GBAC) of technogenic (road) pollutants are counted. It has been determined that the maximum GBAC values immanent to Ni and Ва are 10,1 and 3,5 correspondingly (Common hornbeam), Cu – 7,7, Mn – 2,7 and Мо – 1,4 (English oak) and Sr – 1,4 (Common ash). According to the content and distribution of heavy metals in the foliage of roadside trees, it was build the descending rows according to intensity of HM absorption by different tree species. It has been counted the intensity with what tree species absorb road pollutants, Pb absorbs Common ash, Scots pine, Zn, Co, Cr, Sr – Common ash; Ni, Ba – Common hornbeam; Cu, Mo, Mn, V, Zr – English oak; Fe, Ti – Norway spruce. It has been counted the discrete (areal and root) absorption of HM by tree species. It is known from literary sources that foliage does not accumulate Pb by areal way, that is why the value of this HM is considered as constants and according to certain methodological ways is counted areal and root absorption. The discrete biological absorption coefficients (DBAC) of technogenic (road) pollutants by different tree species in roadsides are different. Deciduous tree species in contrast to pinophyta, by areal way accumulate Mо – 0,33 (Common hornbeam) – 0,95 (English oak), partially V – 0,17 (English oak), Zn – 0,14 (Norway spruce). DBAC Со in foliage of tree species varies from 0,33 (English oak) to 0,73 (Common beech), Cu – 0,52 (Scots pine) – 0,99 (English oak, Common hornbeam), Ni – 0,23 (Scots pine) – 0,99 (Common hornbeam, English oak, Common beech, Norway spruce), Mn – 0,61 (Common ash) – 0,98 (English oak, Norway spruce), Ва – 0,43 (Common hornbeam) – 0,92 (English oak, Norway spruce), Sr – 0,64 (Common hornbeam) – 0,94 (English oak, Norway spruce). The most actively foliage absorbs Cu, Ni, Mn, Со (in 100 % of samples); partially  –  Ba, Sr (80 %); Mo (40 %); V і Zn (20 і 10 %). It has been proposed several tree species for forest plantation, which have the highest biological absorption. The highest intensity of general biological absorption of HM have English oak, Common hornbeam, Common ash, Common beech, Norway spruce, which absorbs Ni, Cu, Ba, Mn, Sr, Mo, Co, Fe, and this considerably reduce pollution in roadsides and adjoining areas.


Trees ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 557-569 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Zang ◽  
Hans Pretzsch ◽  
Andreas Rothe

2021 ◽  
Vol 492 ◽  
pp. 119214
Author(s):  
Harri Mäkinen ◽  
Helena M. Henttonen ◽  
Ulrich Kohnle ◽  
Christian Kuehne ◽  
Pekka Nöjd ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 481 ◽  
pp. 118727
Author(s):  
Alex Appiah Mensah ◽  
Emma Holmström ◽  
Hans Petersson ◽  
Kenneth Nyström ◽  
Euan G. Mason ◽  
...  

Forests ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 943
Author(s):  
Katri Nissinen ◽  
Virpi Virjamo ◽  
Antti Kilpeläinen ◽  
Veli-Pekka Ikonen ◽  
Laura Pikkarainen ◽  
...  

We studied the growth responses of boreal Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.), Norway spruce (Picea abies L. Karst.) and silver birch (Betula pendula Roth) seedlings to simulated climate warming of an average of 1.3 °C over the growing season in a controlled field experiment in central Finland. We had six replicate plots for elevated and ambient temperature for each tree species. The warming treatment lasted for the conifers for three growing seasons and for the birch two growing seasons. We measured the height and diameter growth of all the seedlings weekly during the growing season. The shoot and root biomass and their ratios were measured annually in one-third of seedlings harvested from each plot in autumn. After two growing seasons, the height, diameter and shoot biomass were 45%, 19% and 41% larger in silver birch seedlings under the warming treatment, but the root biomass was clearly less affected. After three growing seasons, the height, diameter, shoot and root biomass were under a warming treatment 39, 47, 189 and 113% greater in Scots pine, but the root:shoot ratio 29% lower, respectively. The corresponding responses of Norway spruce to warming were clearly smaller (e.g., shoot biomass 46% higher under a warming treatment). As a comparison, the relative response of height growth in silver birch was after two growing seasons equal to that measured in Scots pine after three growing seasons. Based on our findings, especially silver birch seedlings, but also Scots pine seedlings benefitted from warming, which should be taken into account in forest regeneration in the future.


2012 ◽  
Vol 32 (6) ◽  
pp. 724-736 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Pumpanen ◽  
J. Heinonsalo ◽  
T. Rasilo ◽  
J. Villemot ◽  
H. Ilvesniemi

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