Forest Development Succession, Environmental Stress and Forest Management ; Case Studies ; with 50 Tables

Content.- 1 Forest succession and water resources: soil hydrology and ecosystem water turnover in early, mid and late stages of a 300-yr-long chronosequence on sandy soil.- 1.1 Introduction.- 1.2 Methods.- 1.2.1 Study sites.- 1.2.2 Hydrological methods.- 1.3 Water resources during forest succession.- 1.4 Changes in soil hydrology.- 1.4.1 Soil physical properties.- 1.4.2 Soil water content.- 1.4.3 Soil matric potential.- 1.5 Changes in ecosystem water turnover.- 1.5.1 Canopy interception, throughfall and stemflow.- 1.5.2 Stand evapotranspiration.- 1.5.3 Water turnover in the organic layers.- 1.5.4 Drainage and ecosystem water balance.- 1.6 Discussion.- References.- 2 Environmental impacts on forest ecosystems.- 2.1 Manipulation of nutrient and water input of a Norway spruce ecosystem.- A. Dohrenbusch, M. Bredemeier, N. Lamersdorf.- 2.1.1 Introduction and objectives.- 2.1.2 Materials.- 2.1.3 Methods.- References.- 2.2 Effects of nutrient and water supply on growth and seed production of a Norway spruce stand.- A. Dohrenbusch, S. Jaehne, A. C. Meyer.- 2.2.1 Introduction.- 2.2.2 Material and Methods.- 2.2.3 Results.- 2.2.4 Discussion.- References.- 2.3 Vitality and nutrient level of Norway spruce trees under changed environmental conditions.- A. Dohrenbusch, S. Jaehne, H. W. Fritz.- 2.3.1 Material and Methods.- 2.3.2 Results.- 2.3.3 Discussion.- References.- 3 Effects of management practices on ecosystem processes in European beech forests.- 3.1 Effects of group selection and liming on nutrient cycling in an European beech forest on acidic soil.- N. Bartsch, J. Bauhus, T. Vor.- 3.1.1 Introduction.- 3.1.2 Study area.- 3.1.3 Experimental design and methods.- 3.1.4 Microclima and soil water.- 3.1.5 Nutrient storage in ground vegetation and beech regeneration.- 3.1.6 Litter fall.- 3.1.7 Soil fauna.- 3.1.8 Mineralization.- 3.1.9 Element fluxes in precipitation.- 3.1.10 Soil solution.- 3.1.11 Input-output budgets.- 3.1.12 Nitrogen standing stocks and fluxes.- 3.1.13 Conclusions.- References.- 3.2 Canopy disintegration and effects on element budgets in a nitrogen-saturated beech stand.- J. Godt.- 3.2.1 Introduction.- 3.2.2 Objectives.- 3.2.3 Methods and site description.- 3.2.4 Results.- 3.2.5 Discussion.- References.- 4 Forest restoration on degraded sites.- 4.1 Amelioration of an acid forest soil by surface and subsurface liming and fertiliser application.- K. J. Meiwes.- 4.1.1 Introduction.- 4.1.2 Materials and methods.- 4.1.3 Results and discussion.- 4.1.4. Practical implications.- 4.1.5. Conclusions.- References.- 4.2 Effects of soil amelioration on growth and nutrient supply of different tree species.- A. Dohrenbusch, J. Kumke, G. Mackenthun.- 4.2.1 Introduction.- 4.2.2 Methods and material.- 4.2.3 Results.- 4.2.4 Discussion.- 4.2.5 Conclusions.- References.- 4.3 Agricultural herbs as auxiliary plants in stand establishment.- A. Roloff, J. Linke.- 4.3.1 Introduction.- 4.3.2 Forest community and trial plots.- 4.3.3 Methods.- 4.3.4 Results.- 4.3.5 Conclusions.- References.