Responses of forest ecosystems in Europe to decreasing nitrogen deposition

A Schmitz, TGM Sanders, A Bolte, F Bussotti… - Environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Average nitrogen (N) deposition across Europe has declined since the 1990s. This resulted
in decreased N inputs to forest ecosystems especially in Central and Western Europe where …

Forest soils—what's their peculiarity?

K Wilpert - Soil Systems, 2022 - mdpi.com
Mankind expects from forests and forest soils benefits like pure drinking water, space for
recreation, habitats for nature-near biocenoses and the production of timber as unrivaled …

Increasing atmospheric CO2 concentrations correlate with declining nutritional status of European forests

J Penuelas, M Fernández-Martínez… - Communications …, 2020 - nature.com
The drivers of global change, including increases in atmospheric CO2 concentrations, N and
S deposition, and climate change, likely affect the nutritional status of forests. Here we show …

The response of soil solution chemistry in European forests to decreasing acid deposition

J Johnson, E Graf Pannatier, S Carnicelli… - Global change …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Acid deposition arising from sulphur (S) and nitrogen (N) emissions from fossil fuel
combustion and agriculture has contributed to the acidification of terrestrial ecosystems in …

Long-term changes (1990–2015) in the atmospheric deposition and runoff water chemistry of sulphate, inorganic nitrogen and acidity for forested catchments in …

J Vuorenmaa, A Augustaitis, B Beudert… - Science of the total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The international Long-Term Ecological Research Network (ILTER) encompasses
hundreds of long-term research/monitoring sites located in a wide array of ecosystems that …

Simulating tree growth response to climate change in structurally diverse oak and beech forests

L De Wergifosse, F André, H Goosse, A Boczon… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study aimed to simulate oak and beech forest growth under various scenarios of climate
change and to evaluate how the forest response depends on site properties and particularly …

[HTML][HTML] The sustainability of timber and biomass harvest in perspective of forest nutrient uptake and nutrient stocks

MAE Vos, J den Ouden, M Hoosbeek, M Valtera… - Forest Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The sustainability of tree harvest is questioned since harvest results in increased nutrient
losses which may reduce nutrient stocks in forest soils, particularly in forests on acidified and …

Long-term sulphate and inorganic nitrogen mass balance budgets in European ICP Integrated Monitoring catchments (1990–2012)

J Vuorenmaa, A Augustaitis, B Beudert, N Clarke… - Ecological …, 2017 - Elsevier
Empirical evidence based on integrated environmental monitoring including physical,
chemical and biological variables is essential for evaluating the ecosystem benefits of costly …

Long-term changes of ecosystem services at Solling, Germany: Recovery from acidification, but increasing nitrogen saturation?

H Meesenburg, B Ahrends, S Fleck, M Wagner… - Ecological …, 2016 - Elsevier
Time series of values of ingenious parameters indicating ecosystem services from European
beech and Norway spruce ecosystems at Solling, Germany, were evaluated with respect to …

Total deposition of nitrogen in Swiss forests: Comparison of assessment methods and evaluation of changes over two decades

A Thimonier, Z Kosonen, S Braun, B Rihm… - Atmospheric …, 2019 - Elsevier
Atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition in terrestrial ecosystems is difficult to quantify,
especially in forests. In this study, we compared three approaches for determining the wet …