Nutrient Cycling In Forest Ecosystems

Author : Robert G. Qualls
Publisher : MDPI
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2020-12-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783039368006

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Nutrient Cycling in Forest Ecosystems by Robert G. Qualls Pdf

The long-term productivity of forest ecosystems depends on the cycling of nutrients. The effect of carbon dioxide fertilization on forest productivity may ultimately be limited by the rate of nutrient cycling. Contemporary and future disturbances such as climatic warming, N-deposition, deforestation, short rotation sylviculture, fire (both wild and controlled), and the invasion of exotic species all place strains on the integrity of ecosystem nutrient cycling. Global differences in climate, soils, and species make it difficult to extrapolate even a single important study worldwide. Despite advances in the understanding of nutrient cycling and carbon production in forests, many questions remain. The chapters in this volume reflect many contemporary research priorities. The thirteen studies in this volume are arranged in the following subject groups: • N and P resorption from foliage worldwide, along chronosequences and along elevation gradients; • Litter production and decomposition; • N and P stoichiometry as affected by N deposition, geographic gradients, species changes, and ecosystem restoration; • Effects of N and P addition on understory biomass, litter, and soil; • Effects of burning on soil nutrients; • Effects of N addition on soil fauna.

Author : Carl F. Jordan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1985-11-20
Category : Science
ISBN : MINN:31951000313607X

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Nutrient Cycling in Tropical Forest Ecosystems by Carl F. Jordan Pdf

Brings together much of the recent literature on nutrient cycling due to conversion of forests to croplands, pastures, and plantation forests. It explains why nutrients are often very critical in tropical humid ecosystems and discusses principles that can guide land managers to conserve nutrients and sustain productivity.

Author : Dale W. Johnson,Steven E. Lindberg
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 726 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781461228066

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Atmospheric Deposition and Forest Nutrient Cycling by Dale W. Johnson,Steven E. Lindberg Pdf

Over the past decade there has been considerable interest in the effects of atmospheric deposition on forest ecosystems. This volume summarizes the results of the Integrated Forest Study (IFS), one of the most comprehensive research programs conducted. It involved intensive measurements of deposition and nutrient cycling at seventeen diverse forested sites in the United States, Canada, and Norway. The IFS is unique as an applied research project in its complete, ecosystem-level evaluation of nutrient budgets, including significant inputs, outputs, and internal fluxes. It is also noteworthy as a more basic investigation of ecosystem nutrient cycling because of its incorporation of state-of-the-art methods, such as quantifying dry and cloud water deposition. Most significantly, the IFS data was used to test several general hypotheses regarding atmospheric deposition and its effects. The data sets also allow for far-reaching conclusions because all sites were monitored over the same period using comparable instruments and standardized protocols.

Author : Scott X. Chang,Xiangyang Sun
Publisher : MDPI
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2018-04-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783038423843

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Nutrient Cycling and Plant Nutrition in Forest Ecosystems by Scott X. Chang,Xiangyang Sun Pdf

This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Urban and Periurban Forest Diversity and Ecosystem Services" that was published in Forests

Author : Robert G. Qualls
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 303936801X

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Nutrient Cycling in Forest Ecosystems by Robert G. Qualls Pdf

The long-term productivity of forest ecosystems depends on the cycling of nutrients. The effect of carbon dioxide fertilization on forest productivity may ultimately be limited by the rate of nutrient cycling. Contemporary and future disturbances such as climatic warming, N-deposition, deforestation, short rotation sylviculture, fire (both wild and controlled), and the invasion of exotic species all place strains on the integrity of ecosystem nutrient cycling. Global differences in climate, soils, and species make it difficult to extrapolate even a single important study worldwide. Despite advances in the understanding of nutrient cycling and carbon production in forests, many questions remain. The chapters in this volume reflect many contemporary research priorities. The thirteen studies in this volume are arranged in the following subject groups: • N and P resorption from foliage worldwide, along chronosequences and along elevation gradients; • Litter production and decomposition; • N and P stoichiometry as affected by N deposition, geographic gradients, species changes, and ecosystem restoration; • Effects of N and P addition on understory biomass, litter, and soil; • Effects of burning on soil nutrients; • Effects of N addition on soil fauna.

Author : L.O. Nilsson,Reinhard F. Hüttl,U.T. Johansson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 660 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789401104555

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Nutrient Uptake and Cycling in Forest Ecosystems by L.O. Nilsson,Reinhard F. Hüttl,U.T. Johansson Pdf

From the research results and discussions presented in this book it becomes clear that a profound understanding of the various interrelationships of the nutritional aspects allows the implementation of specific management strategies to improve stability and productivity of forest ecosystems. In particular the effects of environmental changes as related to the impacts of air pollution, global change and land use on nutrient uptake and cycling processes in forest ecosystems are dealt with in detail. The book is divided into six main issues and each topic contains reviews as well as selected results of recent studies.

Author : David A. Perry,Ram Oren,Stephen C. Hart
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 631 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2008-07-24
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781421412818

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Forest Ecosystems by David A. Perry,Ram Oren,Stephen C. Hart Pdf

2009 Outstanding Academic Title, Choice This acclaimed textbook is the most comprehensive available in the field of forest ecology. Designed for advanced students of forest science, ecology, and environmental studies, it is also an essential reference for forest ecologists, foresters, and land managers. The authors provide an inclusive survey of boreal, temperate, and tropical forests with an emphasis on ecological concepts across scales that range from global to landscape to microscopic. Situating forests in the context of larger landscapes, they reveal the complex patterns and processes observed in tree-dominated habitats. The updated and expanded second edition covers • Conservation • Ecosystem services • Climate change • Vegetation classification • Disturbance • Species interactions • Self-thinning • Genetics • Soil influences • Productivity • Biogeochemical cycling • Mineralization • Effects of herbivory • Ecosystem stability

Author : Petra Marschner,Zdenko Rengel
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2007-05-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783540680277

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Nutrient Cycling in Terrestrial Ecosystems by Petra Marschner,Zdenko Rengel Pdf

This book presents a comprehensive overview of nutrient cycling processes and their importance for plant growth and ecosystem sustainability. The book combines fundamental scientific studies and devised practical approaches. It contains contributions of leading international authorities from various disciplines resulting in multidisciplinary approaches, and all chapters have been carefully reviewed. This volume will support scientists and practitioners alike.

Author : Austin Campbell
Publisher : Murphy & Moore Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2023-09-19
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1639877606

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Forest Ecosystems: Nutrient Uptake and Cycling by Austin Campbell Pdf

Forest ecosystem is a self-sustaining functional unit of nature wherein living organisms interact among themselves and with the surrounding physical environment. It is a type of terrestrial ecosystem. Both biotic and abiotic elements such as soil, trees, insects, animals, birds and humans are a part of the forest ecosystem. There are four major components of a forest ecosystem, namely, productivity, decomposition, energy flow, and nutrient uptake and cycling. Nutrient cycle refers to a system that involves the movement of substances and energy between living organisms and non-living elements of the environment. This happens when plants and animals ingest nutrients present in the soil, which are then released back into the ecosystem after they die and decompose. Nutrient cycling is crucial for meeting the nutrient supply of plants in the forest and increasing productivity of forests. This book unfolds the important aspects of nutrient uptake and cycling in forest ecosystems, which will be crucial to develop a complete understanding of the subject matter. It is a resource guide for experts as well as students.

Author : Scott Chang
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Electronic book
ISBN : 3038423858

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Nutrient Cycling and Plant Nutrition in Forest Ecosystems by Scott Chang Pdf

Author : K. van Cleve,F.S.III. Chapin,P.W. Flanagan,L.A. Viereck,C.T. Dyrness
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781461249023

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Forest Ecosystems in the Alaskan Taiga by K. van Cleve,F.S.III. Chapin,P.W. Flanagan,L.A. Viereck,C.T. Dyrness Pdf

The information presented in this book is the result of combined research efforts of scientists at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, the Institute of Northern Forestry, USDA Forest Service, and the Systems Ecology Research Group, San Diego State University. The objective of the volume is to present a synthetic overview of structure and function of taiga forest ecosystems in interior Alaska. The data base for this work has appeared in earlier published articles including the special issue of the Canadian Journal of Forest Research Volume 13:5 (1983). Stimulus for this book was a conference held in Fairbanks from June 10-14, 1983. The papers presented at the conference were fore runners of the chapters in this book. We invited 19 scientists from North America and England to critique our research and synthesis efforts. Six of these people were asked to write introductory chapters for each section of the book. Formal presentation sessions, combined with field trips to research sites, introduced the invitees to the primary and secondary successional ecosystems with which we were dealing. A major wildfire, only 24 km from the University campus, was contained the week prior to the conference and one field trip provided graphic evidence of fire impact in subarctic forests. The conference conveners regretted that it was not possible to host a similar meeting during synthesis efforts in mid-January.

Author : L. O. Nilsson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39015053939131

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Nutrient Uptake and Cycling in Forest Ecosystems by L. O. Nilsson Pdf

Author : A. F. Harrison,Philip Ineson,O. W. Heal
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Biogeochemical cycles
ISBN : MINN:31951D005133362

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Nutrient Cycling in Terrestrial Ecosystems by A. F. Harrison,Philip Ineson,O. W. Heal Pdf

A source of information for environmental scientists involved in research of the inputs, cycling and losses of nutrients in terrestrial ecosystems. A division has been made into a series of sections, dealing in turn with inputs, losses, turnover and plant uptake

Author : David E. Reichle
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 750 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1981-03-26
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0521225086

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Dynamic Properties of Forest Ecosystems by David E. Reichle Pdf

This volume brings together different 'schools' of ecological investigation of woodlands. After a description of the structure and floristic composition of the research sites, involving a comparison of boreal, temperate, Mediterranean and tropical forest, the study goes on to consider the dynamic aspects of the woodland formation.

Author : Ernst-Detlef Schulze
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642572197

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Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling in European Forest Ecosystems by Ernst-Detlef Schulze Pdf

This volume quantifies carbon storage in managed forest ecosystems not only in biomass, but also in all soil compartments. It investigates the interaction between the carbon and nitrogen cycles by working along a north-south transect through Europe that starts in northern Sweden, passes through a N-deposition maximum in central Europe and ends in Italy. For the first time biogeochemical processes are linked to biodiversity on a large geographic scale and with special focus on soil organisms. The accompanying CD-ROM provides a complete database of all flux, storage and species observations for modellers.