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Performance of two Picea abies (L.) Karst. stands at different stages of decline : VI. Nutrient concentration.

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Oren, R; Werk, KS; Schulze, E-D; Meyer, J; Schneider, BU; Schramel, P
Published in: Oecologia
November 1988

A declining Picea abies (L.) Karst. stand produced as much foliage and branches as a healthy stand but less stemwood at a similar leaf area index and climate. Nutrient analyses revealed that most biomass components at the declining site had lower concentrations of calcium and magnesium, but similar nitrogen and potassium (except for lower potassium in younger needles) and higher phosphorus, manganese and aluminum than the respective components at the healthy site. Comparison of these data with the results from studies on the nutrition and growth of P. abies seedlings (Ingestad 1959) led to the conclusion that the healthy stand is in a balanced nutritional state, while trees at the declining stand have only 56% of the foliar magnesium concentration required to permit growth at a rate which could be achieved at their nitrogen status. It appears that acidic deposition, which involves an input of nitrogen and a leaching of cations from the soil, causes an imbalance in the availability of nitrogen and magnesium. Growth is eventually reduced as magnesium becomes limiting.

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Oecologia

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1432-1939

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0029-8549

Publication Date

November 1988

Volume

77

Issue

2

Start / End Page

151 / 162

Related Subject Headings

  • Ecology
  • 3109 Zoology
  • 3104 Evolutionary biology
  • 3103 Ecology
  • 0602 Ecology
 

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Oren, R., Werk, K. S., Schulze, E.-D., Meyer, J., Schneider, B. U., & Schramel, P. (1988). Performance of two Picea abies (L.) Karst. stands at different stages of decline : VI. Nutrient concentration. Oecologia, 77(2), 151–162. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00379181
Oren, R., K. S. Werk, E. -. D. Schulze, J. Meyer, B. U. Schneider, and P. Schramel. “Performance of two Picea abies (L.) Karst. stands at different stages of decline : VI. Nutrient concentration.Oecologia 77, no. 2 (November 1988): 151–62. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00379181.
Oren R, Werk KS, Schulze E-D, Meyer J, Schneider BU, Schramel P. Performance of two Picea abies (L.) Karst. stands at different stages of decline : VI. Nutrient concentration. Oecologia. 1988 Nov;77(2):151–62.
Oren, R., et al. “Performance of two Picea abies (L.) Karst. stands at different stages of decline : VI. Nutrient concentration.Oecologia, vol. 77, no. 2, Nov. 1988, pp. 151–62. Epmc, doi:10.1007/bf00379181.
Oren R, Werk KS, Schulze E-D, Meyer J, Schneider BU, Schramel P. Performance of two Picea abies (L.) Karst. stands at different stages of decline : VI. Nutrient concentration. Oecologia. 1988 Nov;77(2):151–162.
Journal cover image

Published In

Oecologia

DOI

EISSN

1432-1939

ISSN

0029-8549

Publication Date

November 1988

Volume

77

Issue

2

Start / End Page

151 / 162

Related Subject Headings

  • Ecology
  • 3109 Zoology
  • 3104 Evolutionary biology
  • 3103 Ecology
  • 0602 Ecology