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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-3763-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-3763-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Cycling and retention of nitrogen in European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) ecosystems under elevated fructification frequency
Rainer Brumme
Soil Science of Tropical and Subtropical Ecosystems, Faculty of Forest
Science and Forest Ecology, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen,
37073 Göttingen, Germany
Department of Environmental Control, Northwest German Forest Research
Institute (NW-FVA), Göttingen, Germany
Joachim Block
Department for Forest Monitoring, Research Institute for
Forest Ecology and Forestry Rhineland-Palatinate (FAWF), Hauptstraße 16,
67705 Trippstadt, Germany
retired
Christoph Schulz
Department of Forest Policy, Counseling and Ownership, Bavarian State
Institute of Forestry (LWF), Freising, Germany
Henning Meesenburg
Department of Environmental Control, Northwest German Forest Research
Institute (NW-FVA), Göttingen, Germany
Uwe Klinck
Department of Environmental Control, Northwest German Forest Research
Institute (NW-FVA), Göttingen, Germany
Markus Wagner
Department of Environmental Control, Northwest German Forest Research
Institute (NW-FVA), Göttingen, Germany
Partap K. Khanna
Soil Science of Temperate and Boreal Ecosystems, Faculty of
Forest Science and Forest Ecology, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen,
37073 Göttingen, Germany
retired
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Short summary
In order to study the fate of litter nitrogen in forest soils, we combined a leaf litterfall exchange experiment using 15N-labeled leaf litter with long-term element budgets at seven European beech sites in Germany. It appears that fructification intensity, which has increased in recent decades, has a distinct impact on N retention in forest soils. Despite reduced nitrogen deposition, about 6 and 10 kg ha−1 of nitrogen were retained annually in the soils and in the forest stands, respectively.
In order to study the fate of litter nitrogen in forest soils, we combined a leaf litterfall...
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