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Chlorophyll-nutrient relationships identify nutritionally caused decline in Picea abies stands

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Oren, R; Werk, KS; Buchmann, N; Zimmermann, R
Published in: Canadian Journal of Forest Research
January 1, 1993

Increasing needle chlorosis at a declining Norway spruce site in NE Bavaria, Germany, as well as in other declining stands in S Germany, was associated with a decrease in the concentrations of both chlorophyll a and b, and, to a lesser extent, of carotenoids. Needle chlorosis related more to a decrease in the chlorophyll concentration than to a decrease in the ratio of total chlorophyll to carotenoids. In forests growing on relatively acidified soils, concentrations of both chlorophyll a and b, and of carotenoids in chlorotic needles were related to only to foliar Mg concentration. In forests growing on more alkaline soils, chlorophyll concentration increased with K and P concentrations and decreased with Ca and Mg concentrations. Green needles from a declining site in Bavaria were also compared with those from a nearby healthy site. The chlorophyll concentrations in needles increased more at the healthy site than at the declining site during the growing season and with increasing needle age as predicted by a nutritional disharmony model. Use of foliar chlorophyll and nutrient analyses of needles representing a range in severity of chlorosis is proposed as a quick method of identifying the soil processes which, in some areas, cause forest decline. -Authors

Duke Scholars

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Canadian Journal of Forest Research

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ISSN

0045-5067

Publication Date

January 1, 1993

Volume

23

Issue

6

Start / End Page

1187 / 1195

Related Subject Headings

  • Forestry
  • 41 Environmental sciences
  • 37 Earth sciences
  • 30 Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences
  • 07 Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences
  • 05 Environmental Sciences
  • 04 Earth Sciences
 

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Oren, R., Werk, K. S., Buchmann, N., & Zimmermann, R. (1993). Chlorophyll-nutrient relationships identify nutritionally caused decline in Picea abies stands. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 23(6), 1187–1195. https://doi.org/10.1139/x93-150
Oren, R., K. S. Werk, N. Buchmann, and R. Zimmermann. “Chlorophyll-nutrient relationships identify nutritionally caused decline in Picea abies stands.” Canadian Journal of Forest Research 23, no. 6 (January 1, 1993): 1187–95. https://doi.org/10.1139/x93-150.
Oren R, Werk KS, Buchmann N, Zimmermann R. Chlorophyll-nutrient relationships identify nutritionally caused decline in Picea abies stands. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 1993 Jan 1;23(6):1187–95.
Oren, R., et al. “Chlorophyll-nutrient relationships identify nutritionally caused decline in Picea abies stands.” Canadian Journal of Forest Research, vol. 23, no. 6, Jan. 1993, pp. 1187–95. Scopus, doi:10.1139/x93-150.
Oren R, Werk KS, Buchmann N, Zimmermann R. Chlorophyll-nutrient relationships identify nutritionally caused decline in Picea abies stands. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 1993 Jan 1;23(6):1187–1195.

Published In

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

DOI

ISSN

0045-5067

Publication Date

January 1, 1993

Volume

23

Issue

6

Start / End Page

1187 / 1195

Related Subject Headings

  • Forestry
  • 41 Environmental sciences
  • 37 Earth sciences
  • 30 Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences
  • 07 Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences
  • 05 Environmental Sciences
  • 04 Earth Sciences