Effects of beech (Fagus sylvatica), ash (Fraxinus excelsior) and lime (Tilia spec.) on soil chemical properties in a mixed deciduous forest

Plant and Soil

Volumn 352, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 389-403

  Langenbruch, Christina ^a   Helfrich, Mirjam ^b   Flessa, Heinz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b THÜNEN INSTITUTE OF CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Broadleaved tree species; Leaf litter; Nutrient stocks; Soil acidification

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ALUMINUM; ASH; CALCIUM; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS TREE; DOMINANCE; ION; LIGNIN; LITTERFALL; MAGNESIUM; MIXED FOREST; PH; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

GERMANY;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR; TILIA; TILIA CORDATA; TILIA PLATYPHYLLOS;

EID: 84858008176     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-1004-7     Document Type: Article

References (57)

1. Alriksson A, Eriksson HM (1998) Variations in mineral nutrient and C distribution in the soil and vegetation compartments of five temperate tree species in NE Sweden. For Ecol Manage 108: 261-273.
2. Augusto L, Bonnaud P, Ranger J (1998) Impact of tree species on forest soil acidification. For Ecol Manage 105: 67-78.
3. Augusto L, Ranger J, Binkley D, Rothe A (2002) Impact of several common tree species of European temperate forests on soil fertility. Ann For Sci 59: 233-253.
4. Augusto L, Dupouey JL, Ranger J (2003) Effects of tree species on understory vegetation and environmental conditions in temperate forests. Ann For Sci 60: 823-831.
5. Barbier S, Balandier P, Gosselin F (2009) Influence of several tree traits on rainfall partitioning in temperate and boreal forests: a review. Ann For Sci 66: 602.
6. Berg B (2000) Litter decomposition and organic matter turnover in northern forest soils. For Ecol Manage 133: 13-22.
7. Berger TW, Inselsbacher E, Mutsch F, Pfeffer M (2009a) Nutrient cycling and soil leaching in eighteen pure and mixed stands of beech (Fagus sylvatica) and spruce (Picea abies). For Ecol Manage 258: 2578-2592.
8. Berger TW, Untersteiner H, Toplitzer M, Neubauer C (2009b) Nutrient fluxes in pure and mixed stands of spruce (Picea abies) and beech (Fagus sylvatica). Plant Soil 322: 317-342.
9. Binkley D, Giardina C (1998) Why do tree species affect soils? The warp and woof of tree-soil interactions. Biogeochemistry 42: 89-106.
10. Bittner S, Talkner U, Krämer I et al (2010) Modeling stand water budgets of mixed temperate broad-leaved forest stands by considering variations in species specific drought response. Agr Forest Meteorol 150: 1347-1357.
11. Bredemeier M, Matzner E, Ulrich B (1990) Internal and external proton lead to forest soils in Northern Germany. J Environ Qual 19: 469-477.
12. Brinkmann K, Blaschke L, Polle A (2002) Comparison of different methods for lignin determination as a basis for calibration of near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy and implications of lignoproteins. J Chem Ecol 28: 2483-2501.
13. Calvaruso C, N'Dira V, Turpault MP (2011) Impact of common European tree species and Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii [Mirb.] Franco) on the physiochemical properties of the rhizosphere. Plant Soil 342: 469-480.
14. Dijkstra FA (2003) Calcium mineralization in the forest floor and surface soil beneath different tree species in the northeastern US. For Ecol Manage 175: 185-194.
15. Falkengren-Grerup U (1989) Effect of stemflow on beech forest soils and vegetation in southern Sweden. J Appl Ecol 26: 341-352.
16. Ferrari JB, Sugita S (1996) A spatially explicit model of leaf litter fall in hemlock-hardwood forests. Can J For Res 26: 1905-1913.
17. Finzi AC, Breemen NV, Canham CD (1998) Canopy tree-soil interactions within temperate forests: species effects on soil carbon and nitrogen. Ecol Appl 8: 440-446.
18. Guckland A, Jacob M, Flessa H, Thomas FM, Leuschner C (2009) Acidity, nutrient stocks, and organic-matter content in soils of a temperate deciduous forest with different abundance of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.). J Plant Nutr Soil Sci 172: 500-511.
19. Hagen-Thorn A, Callesen I, Armolaitis N (2004) The impact of six European tree species on the chemistry of mineral topsoil in forest plantations on former agricultural land. For Ecol Manage 195: 373-384.
20. Hansen K, Vesterdal L, Schmidt IK et al (2009) Litterfall and nutrient return in five tree species in a common garden experiment. For Ecol Manage 257: 2133-2144.
21. Heinrichs, Brumsack, Loftfield, König (1986) Verbessertes Druckaufschlußsystem für biologische und anorganische Materialien. Z Pflanzenern Bodenk 149: 350-353.
22. Hinsinger P, Gobran G, Gregory PJ, Wenzel WW (2005) Rhizosphere geometry and heterogeneity arising from root-mediated physical and chemical processes. New Phytol 168: 293-303.
23. Holzwarth, Guckland, Flessa (2011) Effects of beech and ash on small scale variation of soil acidity and nutrient stocks in a mixed deciduous forest. J Plant Nutr Soil Sci.
24. Inagaki Y, Miura S, Kohzu A (2004) Effects of forest type and stand age on litterfall quality and soil N dynamics in Shikohu district, southern Japan. For Ecol Manage 202: 107-117.
25. Jacob M, Weland N, Platner C et al (2009) Nutrient release from decomposing leaf litter of temperate deciduous forest trees along a gradient of increasing tree species diversity. Soil Biol Biochem 41: 2122-2130.
26. Jacob M, Viedenz K, Polle A, Thomas FM (2010) Leaf litter decomposition in temperate deciduous forest stands with a decreasing fraction of beech (Fagus sylvatica). Oecologia 164: 1083-1094.
27. Koch AS, Matzner E (1993) Heterogeneity of soil and soil solution chemistry under Norway spruce (Picea abies Kart.) and European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) as influenced by distance from the stem basis. Plant Soil 151: 227-237.
28. König F (1996) Probenvorbereitungs-, Untersuchungs- und Elementbestimmungs-Methoden des Umweltanalytik-Labors der Niedersächsischen Forstlichen Versuchsanstalt und des Zentrallabors II des Forschungszentrums Waldökosysteme. Teil 3: Gerätekurzanleitungen und Gerätekurzanleitungen Datenverarbeitung. Berichte des Forschungszentrums Waldökosysteme der Universität Göttingen, B 48.
29. Kooijman AM, Cammeraat E (2010) Biological control of beech and hornbeam affects species richness via changes in the organic layer, pH and soil moisture characteristics. Funct Ecol 24: 469-477.
30. Krämer I, Hölscher D (2009) Rainfall partitioning along a tree diversity gradient in a deciduous old-growth forest in Central Germany. Ecohydrol 2: 102-114.
31. Lang C (2008) Diversität der Ektomykorrhizen in verschieden artenreichen Laubbaumbeständen im Nationalpark Hainich (Thüringen). Göttinger Forstwissenschaften 1. Dissertation, Georg August Universität Göttingen.
32. Lehmann J (2003) Subsoil root activity in tree-based cropping systems. Plant Soil 255: 319-331.
33. Leuschner C, Hertel D, Schmid I et al (2004) Stand fine root biomass and fine root morphology in old-growth beech forests as a function of precipitation and soil fertility. Plant Soil 258: 43-56.
34. Leuschner C, Meier IC, Hertel D (2006) On the niche breadth of Fagus sylvatica: soil nutrient status in 50 Central European beech stands on a broad range of bedrock types. Ann For Sci 63: 14.
35. Lutzow Mv, Kogel-Knabner I, Ekschmitt K et al (2006) Stabilization of organic matter in temperate soils: mechanisms and their relevance under different soil conditions-a review. Eur J Soil Science 57: 426-445.
36. Mareschal L, Bonnaud P, Turpault MP, Ranger J (2010) Impact of common European tree species on the chemical and physicochemical properties of fine earth: an unusual pattern. Eur J Soil Sci 61: 14-23.
37. Meier IC, Leuschner C, Hertel D (2005) Nutrient return with leaf litter fall in Fagus sylvatica forests across a soil fertility gradient. Plant Ecol 177: 99-112.
38. Meinen C, Hertel D, Leuschner C (2009a) Biomass and morphology of fine roots in temperate broad-leaved forests differing in tree species diversity: is there evidence of below-ground overyielding? Oecologia 161: 99-111.
39. Meinen C, Leuschner C, Ryan NT, Hertel D (2009b) No evidence of spatial root system segregation and elevated fine root biomass in multi species temperate broad-leaved forests. Trees 23: 941-950.
40. Melillo JM, Aber JD, Muratore JF (1982) Nitrogen and lignin control of hardwood leaf litter decomposition dynamics. Ecology 63: 621-626.
41. Mölder A, Bernhardt-Römermann M, Schmidt W (2006) Forest ecosystem research in Hainich National Park (Thuringia): first results on flora and vegetation in stands with contrasting tree species diversity. Waldoekologie online 3: 83-99.
42. Morrison IM (1972) A semi-micro method for the determination of lignin and its use in predicting the digestibility of forage crops. J Sci Fd Agric 23: 455-463.
43. Neirynck J, Mirtcheva S, Sioen G, Lust N (2000) Impact of Tilia platyphyllos Scop., Fraxinus excelsior L., Acer pseudoplatanus L., Quercus robur L. and Fagus sylvatica L. on earthworm biomass and physico-chemical properties of a loamy topsoil. For Ecol Manage 133: 275-286.
44. Noble A, Randall P (1999) Alkalinity effects of different tree litters incubated in an acid soil of NSW, Australia. Agrofor Syst 46: 147-160.
45. Nordén U (1994) Influence of tree species on acidification and mineral pools in deciduous forest soils of South Sweden. Water Air Soil Pollut 76: 363-381.
46. Oostra S, Majdi H, Olsson M (2006) Impact of tree species on soil carbon stocks and soil acidity in southern Sweden. Scand J For Res 21: 364-371.
47. Reich PB, Oleksyn J, Modrzynski J et al (2005) Linking litter calcium, earthworms and soil properties: a common garden test with 14 tree species. Ecol Lett 8: 811-818.
48. Rothe A (1997) Einfluß des Baumartenanteils auf Durchwurzelung, Wasserhaushalt, Stoffhaushalt und Zuwachsleistung eines Fichten-Buchen-Mischbestandes am Standort Höglwald, Forstliche Forschungsberichte München.
49. Rothe A, Binkley D (2001) Nutritional interactions in mixed species forests: a synthesis. Can J For Res 31: 1855-1870.
50. Rothe A, Kreutzer K, Küchenhoff H (2002) Influence of tree species composition on soil and soil solution properties in two mixed spruce-beech stands with contrasting history in Southern Germany. Plant Soil 240: 47-56.
51. Sariyildiz T, Anderson J (2005) Variation in the chemical composition of green leaves and leaf litters from three deciduous tree species growing on different soil types. For Ecol Manage 210: 303-319.
52. Schachtschabel P (1957) Die Bestimmung des Manganversorgungsgrades von Böden und seine Beziehung zum Auftreten der Dörrfleckenkrankheit bei Hafer. Z Pflanz, Düngung, Bodenkunde 78: 147-167.
53. Schlichting E, Blume H-P, Stahr K (1995) Bodenkundliches Praktikum: eine Einführung in pedologisches Arbeiten für Ökologen, insbesondere Land- und Forstwirte und für Geowissenschaftler, 2nd edn. Blackwell Wissenschafts-Verlag, Berlin.
54. Staelens J, Nachtergale L, Luyssaert S (2004) Predicting the spacial distribution of leaf litterfall in a mixed deciduous forest. For Sci 50: 836-847.
55. Talkner U, Krämer I, Hölscher D, Beese FO (2010) Deposition and canopy exchange processes in central-German beech forests differing in tree species diversity. Plant Soil 336: 405-420.
56. Vesterdal L, Schmidt I, Callesen I, Nilsson L, Gundersen P (2008) Carbon and nitrogen in forest floor and mineral soil under six common European tree species. For Ecol Manage 255: 35-48.
57. Zanella A, Jabiol B, Ponge J-F et al (2011) European humus forms reference base. http://hal. archives-ouvertes. fr/hal-00541496/. Accessed 1 April 2011.