Forest Development

Content.- 1 Forest succession and water resources: soil hydrology and ecosystem water turnover in early, mid and late stages of a 300-yr-long chronosequence on sandy soil.- 1.1 Introduction.- 1.2 Methods.- 1.3 Water resources during forest succession.- 1.4 Changes in soil hydrology.- 1.5 Changes in ecosystem water turnover.- 1.6 Discussion.- References.- 2 Environmental impacts on forest ecosystems.- 2.1 Manipulation of nutrient and water input of a Norway spruce ecosystem.- 2.2 Effects of nutrient and water supply on growth and seed production of a Norway spruce stand.- 2.3 Vitality and nutrient level of Norway spruce trees under changed environmental conditions.- 3 Effects of management practices on ecosystem processes in European beech forests.- 3.1 Effects of group selection and liming on nutrient cycling in an European beech forest on acidic soil.- 3.2 Canopy disintegration and effects on element budgets in a nitrogen-saturated beech stand.- 4 Forest restoration on degraded sites.- 4.1 Amelioration of an acid forest soil by surface and subsurface liming and fertiliser application.- 4.2 Effects of soil amelioration on growth and nutrient supply of different tree species.- 4.3 Agricultural herbs as auxiliary plants in stand establishment.

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"The book presents 9 papers from 16 German scientists on several aspects of forest development. ... The main contribution of the book is to gather a number of long-term case studies ... ." (Nathalie Bréda, Annals of Forest Science, Issue 5, 2003)