scholarly journals Relation between soil properties and tree species composition in a Scots pine–Norway spruce stand in southern Finland

Silva Fennica ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Janne Levula ◽  
Hannu Ilvesniemi ◽  
Carl Westman
Keyword(s):  
Species Composition ◽  
Soil Properties ◽  
Norway Spruce ◽  
Scots Pine ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
Tree Species Composition

scholarly journals Investigations of mature Scots pine stands in wind-throw areas in Norway spruce forests in Western Rhodopes

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Milan Barna ◽  
Angel Ferezliev ◽  
Hristo Tsakov ◽  
Ivan Mihál
Keyword(s):  
Norway Spruce ◽  
Scots Pine ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
Natural Regeneration ◽  
Stand Structure ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Pine Forests ◽  
Lignicolous Fungi ◽  
Tree Species Composition ◽  
Forest Stand Structure

AbstractWe investigated the current health condition (defoliation), state of natural regeneration, and mycoflora and phytopathogen-caused attacks in Scots pine forests (Pinus sylvestris L.) planted in the 1960s in areas affected by wind disturbances in the West Rhodope Mountains in Bulgaria. Some damage types (resin outflow and anthropogenic damage) were present to a low extent in the research plots (S – Selishte and PK – Pobit Kamak). Some were missing completely (damage by deer and other animals, the presence of lignicolous fungi and abiotic damage). The most important results of this study were the following: i) the occurrence of the bark beetle pest Tomicus minor Hartig (Coleoptera, Scolytinae) was recorded on average in 4.6 (S) and 2.3 (PK) of fallen shoots under the tree crown within 1 m diameter around the stem; ii) significant damage to tree crowns due to the loss of assimilation organs in Scots pine trees (28% – S and 39% – PK, respectively) was several times higher than that recorded in Norway spruce (Picea abies L.) (10%); iii) tree species composition resulting from natural regeneration showed 95–100% proportion of Norway spruce despite the predominance of Scots pine in the maternal stand. These observations might provide evidence of unsuitable environmental conditions in the studied localities for pine forests on the southern range of the natural P. sylvestris occurrence. Forest management in similar ecological and climatic conditions should aim at significant diversification of the forest stand structure by utilizing tree species suitable for the given ecosystems.

Soil microbial functional activity is governed by a combination of tree species composition and soil properties in temperate forests

2016 ◽  
Vol 100 ◽  
pp. 57-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nahia Gartzia-Bengoetxea ◽  
Ellen Kandeler ◽  
Inazio Martínez de Arano ◽  
Ander Arias-González
Keyword(s):  
Species Composition ◽  
Soil Properties ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
Functional Activity ◽  
Temperate Forests ◽  
Tree Species Composition ◽  
Soil Microbial

Tree species and earthworm effects on soil nutrient distribution and turnover in a northeastern United States common garden

2013 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 180-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
April M. Melvin ◽  
Christine L. Goodale
Keyword(s):  
Soil Properties ◽  
Norway Spruce ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
Sugar Maple ◽  
Common Garden ◽  
Red Oak ◽  
Litter Chemistry ◽  
Nutrient Distribution ◽  
Tree Species Composition ◽  
Earthworm Invasion

Differences in soil nutrients beneath different tree species are often attributed to the impacts of species-level patterns of nutrient uptake and litter chemistry. However, in naturally established forests it is difficult to isolate tree species' influence on soil development from differences in underlying soil properties that can affect tree species establishment. To discern the impacts of tree species on soil properties, we investigated how Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) H. Karst.), red oak (Quercus rubra L.), and sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marshall) influence the distribution of carbon, nitrogen, and calcium in a 67-year-old common garden. We expected these species would produce foliar litter with contrasting chemistry, resulting in corresponding variation in organic matter (OM) turnover and nutrient accumulation in soils. Instead, we found that forest floor mean residence time correlated negatively with earthworm density and did not correlate with any measurement of litter chemistry. Red oak exhibited the fastest OM turnover and highest earthworm densities and Norway spruce showed the greatest OM accumulation and fewest earthworms. These findings suggest that future changes in earthworm invasion and forest tree species composition may have strong implications for ecosystem nutrient cycling and retention.

scholarly journals Effects of Acacia plantation on tree species composition, soil properties, mineralization and microclimating in grassland of Mt. Makiling, Philippines

2007 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 71-89
Author(s):  
Yong Kwon Lee ◽  
Don Koo Lee ◽  
Su Young Woo ◽  
Pil Sun Park
Keyword(s):  
Species Composition ◽  
Soil Properties ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
Acacia Mangium ◽  
Imperata Cylindrica ◽  
Acacia Auriculiformis ◽  
Saccharum Spontaneum ◽  
Con A ◽  
Tree Species Composition

Las actividades de rehabilitación mejoran funcionalmente los ecosistemas degradados a través del cambio positivo de composición de especies, propiedades del suelo, mineralización y microclima. Los cambios en estas condiciones son evaluados en el área de estudio de Mt. Makiling que ha estado protegida contra incendios durante los últimos 12 años. El área se quemó extensamente en 1991 y fue reforestada mediante plantaciones de Acacia mangium y Acacia auriculiformis. Se seleccionó tres sitios de estudio en el año 2003, de los cuales dos fueron plantados con A. mangium y A. auriculiformis, y uno permanecía dominado por Imperata cylindrica y Saccharum spontaneum.

Effects of tree species composition on soil properties and invertebrates in a deciduous forest

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Samaneh Tajik ◽  
Shamsollah Ayoubi ◽  
Jahangir Khajehali ◽  
Shaban Shataee
Keyword(s):  
Species Composition ◽  
Soil Properties ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
Deciduous Forest ◽  
Tree Species Composition

Tree species composition and soil properties in pure and mixed beech-conifer stands drive soil fungal communities

2021 ◽  
Vol 502 ◽  
pp. 119709
Author(s):  
Likulunga Emmanuel Likulunga ◽  
Carmen Alicia Rivera Pérez ◽  
Dominik Schneider ◽  
Rolf Daniel ◽  
Andrea Polle
Keyword(s):  
Species Composition ◽  
Soil Properties ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
Fungal Communities ◽  
Tree Species Composition

Langfristige Entwicklung von zwei Waldgesellschaften im Białowieża-Urwald

2008 ◽  
Vol 159 (4) ◽  
pp. 80-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bogdan Brzeziecki ◽  
Feliks Eugeniusz Bernadzki
Keyword(s):  
Species Composition ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
Stand Structure ◽  
Temporal Dynamics ◽  
Structural Parameters ◽  
Forest Communities ◽  
Natural Forests ◽  
Tree Species Composition ◽  
Strong Trend ◽  
Long Term Study

The results of a long-term study on the natural forest dynamics of two forest communities on one sample plot within the Białowieża National Park in Poland are presented. The two investigated forest communities consist of the Pino-Quercetum and the Tilio-Carpinetum type with the major tree species Pinus sylvestris, Picea abies, Betula sp., Quercus robur, Tilia cordata and Carpinus betulus. The results reveal strong temporal dynamics of both forest communities since 1936 in terms of tree species composition and of general stand structure. The four major tree species Scots pine, birch, English oak and Norway spruce, which were dominant until 1936, have gradually been replaced by lime and hornbeam. At the same time, the analysis of structural parameters indicates a strong trend towards a homogenization of the vertical stand structure. Possible causes for these dynamics may be changes in sylviculture, climate change and atmospheric deposition. Based on the altered tree species composition it can be concluded that a simple ≪copying≫ (mimicking) of the processes taking place in natural forests may not guarantee the conservation of the multifunctional character of the respective forests.

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