Functioning and Management of European Beech Ecosystems

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Brumme, Rainer (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Khanna, Partap K. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Σειρά: Ecological Studies, 208
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Ecosystems.; Plant ecology.; Forestry.; Forestry management.; Trees.; Climate change.; Life Sciences.; Plant Ecology.; Tree Biology.; Forestry Management.; Climate Change.

Temperate forests cover large areas of Europe and perform a number of important functions such as the regulation of energy and matter, production of wood and other resources, and conservation of biodiversity and habitats; they also have special signi?cance in social and cultural contexts. Initiated...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Description of Long-term Observation Sites
• General Description of Study Sites
• Climatic Condition at Three Beech Forest Sites in Central Germany
• Soil Properties
• Changes in C and N Contents of Soils Under Beech Forests over a Period of 35 Years
• Vegetation
• Microbial Biomass
• Soil Fauna
• Ecosystem Processes
• Tree Growth, Biomass, and Elements in Tree Components of Three Beech Sites
• Fine Root Biomass, Turnover and Litter Production
• Phytomass, Litter and Net Primary Production of Herbaceous Layer
• Biomass and Element Content of Foliage and Aboveground Litterfall on the Three Long-Term Experimental Beech Sites: Dynamics and Significance
• The Role of Soil Fauna for Decomposition of Plant Residues
• Nitrogen and Carbon Transformations
• Fate, Transport, and Retention of Applied 15N Labelled Nitrogen in Forest Soils
• Atmospheric Deposition and Canopy Interactions
• Changes in Soil Solution Chemistry, Seepage Losses, and Input–Output Budgets at Three Beech Forests in Response to Atmospheric Depositions
• Soil Respiration
• N2O Emission from Temperate Beech Forest Soils
• Methane Uptake by Temperate Forest Soils
• Forest Management and Regional Scale Issues Concerning C and N
• Microbial Biomass in Broad-Leaved Forest Soils
• Soil Organic Carbon and Nitrogen in Forest Soils of Germany
• Management Options for European Beech Forests in Relation to Changes in C- and N-Status as Described by the Three Study Sites
• Synthesis
• Stand, Soil and Nutrient Factors Determining the Functioning and Management of Beech Forest Ecosystems: A Synopsis
• Erratum.