Deterioration of Norway spruce vitality despite a sharp decline in acid deposition: a long-term integrated perspective

• Published in: Global change biology Vol. 18; no. 2; pp. 711 - 725
• Main Authors: Jonard, Mathieu, Legout, Arnaud, Nicolas, Manuel, Dambrine, Etienne, Nys, Claude, Ulrich, Erwin, van der Perre, Raphaele, Ponette, Quentin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.02.2012; Wiley-Blackwell; Wiley
• Subjects: Acid deposition; Acidification; Aluminum; Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; atmospheric deposition; Biogeochemistry; Biological and medical sciences; crown condition; Drought; Ecological studies; Evergreen trees; foliar nutrition; Forests; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; Leaching; Life Sciences; Nitrogen; Norway spruce; Nutrient cycles; nutrient cycling; Picea abies; Pine trees; Pollutant deposition; Sedimentation & deposition; Soil acidification; Soil chemistry; Soil solution; soil solution chemistry; Sulfur; Synecology; Terrestrial ecosystems; tree vitality; Trees; trend analysis; Acidification; Atmospheric deposition; Vitality; Acid precipitation; tree vitality; Gymnospermae; Tree crown; Tree; Soil solution; Nutrition; Norway spruce; Biogeochemical cycle; Long term; nutrient cycling; crown condition; Soils; soil solution chemistry; Deterioration; Trend analysis; soil acidification; Nutrient; Coniferales; Spermatophyta; Picea abies; foliar nutrition; FOLIAR NUTRIENT STATUS; FRENCH PRIMARY ARDENNES; FOREST ECOSYSTEMS; EUROPEAN BEECH STANDS; SOIL CHEMISTRY; atmospheric deposition; AIR-POLLUTION; BELGIAN ARDENNES; PICEA-ABIES; trend analysis; LEAF-AREA INDEX

Since the late 1970s, several long‐term ecological studies were conducted to better understand the biogeochemical functioning of Norway spruce stands in the Ardennes as these nutrient‐poor ecosystems were subject to high levels of acid deposition and exhibited symptoms of tree health decline. Betwee...