/pdf/ecosystems-their-properties-goods-and-services-s3a98obedp.pdf

Ecosystems, their properties, goods and services

http://academic.oup.com/auk/article-pdf/104/4/794/30081688/auk0794.pdf

An atlas of past and Present Pollen Maps for Europe: 0-13000 Years Ago

https://edoc.unibas.ch/31702/4/Panagos_Meusburger_Ballabio_Borrelli_Alewell_2014_Soil_erodibility_in_Europe.pdf

Soil erodibility in Europe: A high-resolution dataset based on LUCAS

European ash (Fraxinus excelsior) dieback - a conservation biology challenge.

Mapping topsoil physical properties at European scale using the LUCAS database

The response of forest ecosystems to increased atmospheric CO2 is constrained by nutrient availability. It is thus crucial to account for nutrient limitation when studying the forest response to climate change. The objectives of this study were to describe the nutritional status of the main European tree species, to identify growth-limiting nutrients and to assess changes in tree nutrition during the past two decades. We analysed the foliar nutrition data collected during 1992-2009 on the intensive forest monitoring plots of the ICP Forests programme. Of the 22 significant temporal trends that were observed in foliar nutrient concentrations, 20 were decreasing and two were increasing. Some of these trends were alarming, among which the foliar P concentration in F. sylvatica, Q. Petraea and P. sylvestris that significantly deteriorated during 1992-2009. In Q. Petraea and P. sylvestris, the decrease in foliar P concentration was more pronounced on plots with low foliar P status, meaning that trees with latent P deficiency could become deficient in the near future. Increased tree productivity, possibly resulting from high N deposition and from the global increase in atmospheric CO2, has led to higher nutrient demand by trees. As the soil nutrient supply was not always sufficient to meet the demands of faster growing trees, this could partly explain the deterioration of tree mineral nutrition. The results suggest that when evaluating forest carbon storage capacity and when planning to reduce CO2 emissions by increasing use of wood biomass for bioenergy, it is crucial that nutrient limitations for forest growth are considered.

Peter Roskams

Papers

Tree mineral nutrition is deteriorating in Europe.

Part IV Visual assessment of crown condition and damaging agents

Impact of declining atmospheric deposition on forest soil solution chemistry in Flanders, Belgium

Forest condition in Europe: 2007 technical report of ICP Forests

Impact of decreasing throughfall depositions on soil solution chemistry at coniferous monitoring sites in northern Belgium