Functioning and management of European beech ecosystems
By: Rainer Brumme, Partap K. Khanna, editors
Series: Ecological studies -- v. 208
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Berlin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 499
ISBN-13: 9783642003394; 9783642003400
Subjects: Buchenwald; Ecology; Soil ecology; Ecosystem management; Forest soils; European beech; Forest ecology; Forstökologie; Aufsatzsammlung
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: General description of study sites / H. Meesenburg and R. Brumme; title: Climatic condition at three beech forest sites in central Germany / O. Panferov ... [et al.]; title: Soil properties / H. Meesenburg ... [et al.]; title: Changes in C and N contents of soils under beech forests over a period of 35 years / K.J. Meiwes ... [et al.]; title: Vegetation / W. Schmidt; title: Microbial biomass / R. Brumme ... [et al.]; title: Soil fauna / M. Schaefer and J. Schauermann; title: Tree growth, biomass, and elements in tree components of three beech sites / P. Rademacher ... [et al.]; title: Fine root biomass, turnover, and litter production / D. Murach ... [et al.]; title: Phytomass, litter, and net primary production of herbaceous layer / I.-M. Schulze ... [et al.]; title: Biomass and element content of foliage and aboveground litterfall on the three long-term experimental beech sites : dynamics and significance / P.K. Khanna ... [et al.]; title: The role of soil fauna for decomposition of plant residues / M. Schaefer, S. Migge-Kleian, and S. Scheu; title: Nitrogen and carbon transformations / R. Brumme ... [et al.]; title: Fate, transport, and retention of applied ¹⁵N labelled nitrogen in forest soils / R. Brumme ... [et al.]; title: Atmospheric deposition and canopy interactions / H. Meesenburg, J. Eichhorn, and K.J. Meiwes; title: Changes in soil solution chemistry, seepage losses, and input-outpus budgets and three beech forests in response to atmospheric depositions / R. Brumme ... [et al.]; title: Soil respiration / R. Brumme, W. Borken, and J. Prenzel; title: N₂O emission from temperate beech forest soils / R. Brumme and W. Borken; title: Methane uptake by temperate forest soils / W. Borken and R. Brumme; title: Microbial biomass in broad-leaved forest soils / T.-H. Anderson; title: Soil organic carbon and nitrogen in forest soils of Germany / R. Brumme ... [et al.]; title: Management options for European beech forests in relation to changes in C- and N-status as described by the three study sites / N. Bartsch and E. Röhrig; title: Stand, soil, and nutrient factors determining the functioning and management of beech forest ecosystems : a synopsis / R. Brumme and P.K. Khanna.