Status and Dynamics of Forests in Germany : Results of the National Forest Monitoring

✍ Scribed by Nicole Wellbrock, Andreas Bolte

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 388
• Series: Ecological Studies 237
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book is an open access publication.

Forest ecosystems in Central Europe are changing as a result of anthropogenic influences and changing climate conditions. As such, a large-scale monitoring programme was undertaken in order to understand the influence of site modification, deposition of air pollutants, and climate.

This book presents the scientific findings of this study for Germany, including the major challenges with regard to the future preservation and management of forest ecosystems under environmental change. In addition, it addresses a number of central questions: what are the main factors affecting forest stands and soil integrity? How, and how rapidly, are forest ecosystems changing? How diverse are the changes across Germany? What will be the main risks in sustainable forest management in the future? And how can policy support the development and maintenance of adaptive and resilient forests that provide essential ecosystem services, today and in the future?

Helping readers understand the importance of soils and related ecosystem processes for future sustainable forestry, and sharing essential findings on environmental change and related changes in forest status and dynamics, the book is a valuable resource for researchers and policymakers interested in science-based decisions.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-x
Concept and Methodology of the National Forest Soil Inventory (Nicole Wellbrock, Bernd Ahrends, Rebekka Bögelein, Andreas Bolte, Nadine Eickenscheidt, Erik Grüneberg et al.)....Pages 1-28
Environmental Settings and Their Changes in the Last Decades (Nicole Wellbrock, Nadine Eickenscheidt, Erik Grüneberg, Rebekka Bögelein)....Pages 29-54
Soil Water Budget and Drought Stress (Heike Puhlmann, Paul Schmidt-Walter, Peter Hartmann, Henning Meesenburg, Klaus von Wilpert)....Pages 55-91
Soil Acidification in German Forest Soils (Henning Meesenburg, Winfried Riek, Bernd Ahrends, Nadine Eickenscheidt, Erik Grüneberg, Jan Evers et al.)....Pages 93-121
Nitrogen Status and Dynamics in German Forest Soils (Stefan Fleck, Nadine Eickenscheidt, Bernd Ahrends, Jan Evers, Erik Grüneberg, Daniel Ziche et al.)....Pages 123-166
Carbon Stocks and Carbon Stock Changes in German Forest Soils (Erik Grüneberg, Ingo Schöning, Winfried Riek, Daniel Ziche, Jan Evers)....Pages 167-198
Heavy Metal Stocks and Concentrations in Forest Soils (Jens Utermann, Cihan Tarih Aydın, Norbert Bischoff, Jürgen Böttcher, Nadine Eickenscheidt, Joachim Gehrmann et al.)....Pages 199-229
Occurrence and Spatial Distribution of Selected Organic Substances in Germany’s Forest Soils (Marc Marx, Juliane Ackermann, Simone Schmidt, Jens Utermann, Bernd M. Bussian)....Pages 231-259
Nutritional Status of Major Forest Tree Species in Germany (Ulrike Talkner, Winfried Riek, Inge Dammann, Martin Kohler, Axel Göttlein, Karl Heinz Mellert et al.)....Pages 261-293
Plants as Indicators of Soil Chemical Properties (Hagen S. Fischer, Barbara Michler, Daniel Ziche, Anton Fischer)....Pages 295-309
Spatial Response Patterns in Biotic Reactions of Forest Trees and Their Associations with Environmental Variables in Germany (Nadine Eickenscheidt, Heike Puhlmann, Winfried Riek, Paul Schmidt-Walter, Nicole Augustin, Nicole Wellbrock)....Pages 311-354
Sustainable Use and Development of Forests and Forest Soils: A Resume (Andreas Bolte, Joachim Block, Johannes Eichhorn, Tanja G. M. Sanders, Nicole Wellbrock)....Pages 355-374
Back Matter ....Pages 375-384

✦ Subjects

Life Sciences; Terrestial Ecology; Forestry; Soil Science & Conservation; Sustainable Development; Biogeosciences