Functioning and Management of European Beech Ecosystems - Brumme, Rainer; Khanna, Partap K.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2009)
Description of Long-term Observation Sites -- General Description of Study Sites -- Climatic Condition at Three Beech Forest Sites in Central Germany -- Soil Properties -- Changes in C and N Contents of Soils Under Beech Forests over a Period of 35 Years -- Vegetation -- Microbial Biomass -- Soil Fauna -- Ecosystem Processes -- Tree Growth, Biomass, and Elements in Tree Components of Three Beech Sites -- Fine Root Biomass, Turnover and Litter Production -- Phytomass, Litter and Net Primary Production of Herbaceous Layer -- Biomass and Element Content of Foliage and Aboveground Litterfall on the Three Long-Term Experimental Beech Sites: Dynamics and Significance -- The Role of Soil Fauna for Decomposition of Plant Residues -- Nitrogen and Carbon Transformations -- Fate, Transport, and Retention of Applied 15N Labelled Nitrogen in Forest Soils -- Atmospheric Deposition and Canopy Interactions -- Changes in Soil Solution Chemistry, Seepage Losses, and Input-Output Budgets at Three Beech Forests in Response to Atmospheric Depositions -- Soil Respiration -- N2O Emission from Temperate Beech Forest Soils -- Methane Uptake by Temperate Forest Soils -- Forest Management and Regional Scale Issues Concerning C and N -- Microbial Biomass in Broad-Leaved Forest Soils -- Soil Organic Carbon and Nitrogen in Forest Soils of Germany -- Management Options for European Beech Forests in Relation to Changes in C- and N-Status as Described by the Three Study Sites -- Synthesis -- Stand, Soil and Nutrient Factors Determining the Functioning and Management of Beech Forest Ecosystems: A Synopsis -- Erratum.
Keywords: Plant ecology; Trees; Forestry; Ecosystems; Forestry management; Climate change; Plant Ecology; Tree Biology; Forestry; Ecosystems; Forestry Management; Climate Change