Modeling of nitrogen dynamics in an Austrian alpine forest ecosystem on calcareous soils: A scenario-based risk assessment under changing environmental conditions

TheScientificWorldJournal

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 159-165

  Herman, Friedl ^a   Smidt, Stefan ^a   Butterbach Bahl, Klaus ^b   Englisch, Michael ^a   Gebetsroither, Ernst ^c   Jandl, Robert ^a   Katzensteiner, Klaus ^d   Lexer, Manfred ^d   Strebl, Friederike ^c   Zechmeister Boltenstern, Sophie ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE FOR FORESTS   (Austria)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c ARC SEIBERSDORF RESEARCH GMBH   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Austrian limestone alps; Global change; Greenhouse gas emissions; Nitrate leaching; Nitrogen dynamics; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; AUSTRIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECOMPOSITION; DENITRIFICATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLUID BALANCE; FOREST; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MINERALIZATION; NITRATE LEACHING; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN BALANCE; NITROGEN CYCLING; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; NITROGEN DYNAMICS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WATERSHED;

ATMOSPHERE; AUSTRIA; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN; OXIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; TREES;

EID: 34247255322     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2007.9     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (23)

1. Erisman, J.W., Grennfelt, P., and Sutton, M. (2001) Nitrogen emission and deposition: the European perspective. TheScientificWorldJOURNAL 1, 879-896.
2. Posch, M., Hettelingh, J.P., and Mayerhofer, P. (2001) Past and future exceedances of nitrogen critical loads in Europe. TheScientificWorldJOURNAL 1(Suppl 2), 945-952.
3. World Health Organization (2000) Air Quality Guidelines for Europe. 2nd ed. WHO Regional Publications, European Series, No. 91.
4. www.tirol.gv.at/themen/umwelt/luft/luftreinhaltung
5. Knoflacher, M. and Loibl, W. (1998) Calculation and mapping of Critical Loads for protons and nitrogen on forest ecosystems in the Northern Tyrolean Limestone Alps. Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. Spec No 1, 75-80.
6. Kalina, M., Stopper, S., Zambo, E., and Puxbaum, H. (2002) Altitude-dependent wet, dry and occult deposition in an Alpine region (Achenkirch, Austria, 920m - 1758m a.s.l.). Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. Int. Spec No 2, 16-22.
7. www.zamg.ac.at/
8. Leitgeb, E. and Englisch, M. (2006) Klimawandel - standörtliche Rahmenbedingungen für die Forstwirtschaft. BFW-Praxisinformation 10, Seite 9-11. www.waldwissen.net/themen/waldoekologie/boden_standortkunde/ bfw_standort_klima_2006_DE
9. Lexer, M. and Hönninger, M.J. (2001) A modified 3D-patch model for spatially explicit simulation of vegetation composition in heterogenous landscapes. For. Ecol. Manage. 144, 43-65.
10. Herman, F., Smidt, S., Englisch, M., Gärtner, M., Jandl, R., Mutsch, F., and Gattermayr, W. (2002) Nitrogen fluxes on an intensive investigation plot in the North Tyrolean Limestone Alps. Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. Int. Spec No 2, 3-9.
11. Herman, F., Smidt, S., Englisch, M., Feichtinger, F., Gerzabek, M., Haberhauer, G., Jandl, R., Kalina, M., and Zechmeister-Boltenstern, S. (2002b) Investigations of nitrogen fluxes and pools on a limestone site in the Alps. Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. Int. Spec No 2, 46-52.
12. Härtel, E., Zechmeister-Boltenstern, S., and Gerzabek, M. (2002) Gaseous nitrogen losses from a forest site in the North Tyrolean Limestone Alps. Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. Int. Spec No 2, 23-30.
13. Feichtinger, F., Smidt, S., and Klaghofer, E. (2002) Water and nitrate fluxes at a forest site in the North Tyrolean Limestone Alps. Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. Int. Spec No 2, 31-36.
14. Jandl, R., Spögler, H., Simunek, J., and Heng, L.K. (2002) Simulation of soil hydrology and establishment of a nitrogen budget of a mountain forest. Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. Int. Spec No 2, 42-45.
15. 2O and NO emissions from forest soils. 1. Model development. J. Geophys Res. 105, 4369-4384.
16. 2O and NO emissions from forest soils. 2. Sensitivity analysis and validation. J. Geophys. Res. 105, 4385-4398.
17. Federer, C.A. (1995) Brook 90 - A Simulation Model for Evaporation, Soil, Water, and Streamflow. Version 3.1. Durham, NH.
18. Simunek, J., Sejna, M., and van Genuchten, M.T. (1998) The Hydrus-1D Software Package for Simulating the One-Dimensional Movement of Water, Heat, and Multiple Solutes in Variably Saturated Media, Research Report IGWMC-TPS 70. Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO.
19. Van Genuchten, M.T. (1980) A closed-form equation for predicting the hydraulic conductivity of unsaturated soils. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 44, 892-898.
20. Lexer, M., Englisch, M., Gebetsroither, E., Gerzabek, M., Härtel, E., Herman, F., Hobbie, E., Jandl, R., Katzensteiner, K., Smidt, S., Strebl, F., and Zechmeister, S. (2003) Modellierung des N-Haushaltes in einem Waldökosystem in den Nordtiroler Kalkalpen und szenariobasierte Risikobewertung unter veränderlichen Umweltbedingungen. 3. Zwischenbericht. GZ 56.810/34-VA2b/2000.
21. Forrester, J. (1961) Industrial Dynamics. Pegasus Communications. Waltham, MA.
22. Currie, W.S., Nadelhoffer, K.J., and Aber, J.D. (1999) Soil detrital processes controlling the movement of 15N tracers to forest vegetation. Ecol. Appl. 9, 87-102.
23. Umweltbundesamt (2006) Emissionstrends 1990-2003. Berichte Wien.