Climatic and air pollution gradient studies on coniferous trees health status, needles wettability and chemical characteristics

Staszewski, Tomasz; Łukasik, Włodzimierz; Godzik, S.; Szdzuj, J.; Uziębło, Aldona Katarzyna

doi:10.1016/s0045-6535(97)10145-x

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“…A specific minimum amount of all nutrients is necessary for the healthy development and growth of forest trees. The uptake of nutrients is influenced not only by natural conditions but also by anthropogenic activities (acid precipitation, timber harvesting, reclamation, liming, fertilization and so on) (De Visser et al 1994;Innes 1995;Tichý 1996;Staszewski et al 1998;GrØnflaten et al 2005). The knowledge of spruce stand nutrition is important for the study of the production and health state of stands and for the assessment of reclamation measures in forest stands.…”

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The effect of liming on the mineral nutrition of the mountain Norway spruce (Picea abies L.) forest

Kulhavý¹,

Marková²,

Drápelová³

et al. 2009

J. For. Sci.

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Mineral nutrition represents the uptake, transport, metabolism and utilization of nutrients by the forest stand. These processes influence all physiological functions of trees. A specific minimum amount of all nutrients is necessary for the healthy development and growth of forest trees. The uptake of nutrients is influenced not only by natural conditions but also by anthropogenic activities. During the period of 2000-2005 the mineral nutrition of mountain Norway spruce stands was studied at the study site Bílý Kříž (Moravian-Silesian Beskids Mts., Czech Republic). Research was carried out in a spruce stand that was limed in the past years (in 1983, 1985 and 1987) and in a spruce stand that was not limed in order to compare the liming effect on the mineral nutrition of spruce stands. A positive liming effect was detected in the calcium, magnesium and phosphorus nutrition because their contents in current needles were higher on the limed plots. No liming effect was determined in the nitrogen, potassium and microelement (Fe, Mn, Cu, Zn, Al) content in current needles. Sufficient nutrition of spruce stands only with calcium was recorded on all studied plots.

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The effect of liming on the mineral nutrition of the mountain Norway spruce (Picea abies L.) forest

Kulhavý¹,

Marková²,

Drápelová³

et al. 2009

J. For. Sci.

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“…Growth of conifers can presumably be inhibited due to the alkalisation of the leaf surfaces and soil (Brandt and Rhoades, 1973). The effect of dust is revealed in the physiological functions of trees, as a result of which changes occur in plant morphology and in erosion of needle wax, expressed as high defoliation levels, changes in the measurements and mass of needles and shoots, radial increment of the stem and falling vitality of the organism though damage usually does not result in the death of the plant (Jiang et al, 1997;Staszewski et al, 1998;Trimbacher and Weiss, 1999;Zubareva et al, 1999). Vitality and fertility of forest trees are affected and is manifested in reduced growth, seed set, and seed germination rate, leading to economic loss and diminished forest regeneration (Longauer et al, 2001).…”

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Changes in the canopies of Pinus sylvestris and Picea abies under alkaline dust impact in the industrial region of Northeast Estonia

Ots

Indriksons

Varnagirytė–Kabašinskiene³

et al. 2011

Forest Ecology and Management

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“…In this study, observed values of CA for poplars before ozone treatments agreed well with values reported in the literature (Brewer & Smith, 1997; Paoletti et al. , 1998), and observed CA values for P. menziesii were consistent with data reported for other conifers (73° to 113°; Barnes & Brown, 1990; Staszewski et al. , 1998).…”

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Ozone exposure affects leaf wettability and tree water balance

Schreuder¹,

Hove

Brewer

2001

New Phytologist

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Summary• Relatively little is known about the influences of growing-season background ozone (O 3 ) concentrations on leaf cuticles and foliar water loss.• Using fumigation chambers, leaf wettability and foliar water loss were studied in two poplar species, Populus nigra and P. euramericana , and a conifer, Pseudotsuga menziesii , under three O 3 regimes; control (approx. 1 ppbv O 3 ), urban O 3 exposure (13 -41 ppbv O 3 ), and montane O 3 exposure (30 -45 ppbv O 3 ).• Urban O 3 exposure delayed a decrease in droplet contact angles over time in Populus leaves by 2 -4 wk, and decreased droplet contact angles of P. menziesii foliage. Ozone exposure increased foliar water loss and minimal conductance to water vapour for P. euramericana, but not P. nigra and P. menziesii . Both Populus species had lower photosynthetic biomass in O 3 treatments, due to production of fewer new leaves, premature leaf abscission and decreased leaf size ( P. euramericana only). Leaf abscission was preceded by foliar injury symptoms characteristic of O 3 exposure.• Results suggest that exposure to [O 3 ] common during the growing season can increase water loss in Populus saplings, but this effect might be offset by decreased foliar biomass. Importantly, responses were highly species specific in a given O 3 treatment.

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Climatic and air pollution gradient studies on coniferous trees health status, needles wettability and chemical characteristics

Cited by 11 publications

References 4 publications

The effect of liming on the mineral nutrition of the mountain Norway spruce (Picea abies L.) forest

The effect of liming on the mineral nutrition of the mountain Norway spruce (Picea abies L.) forest

Changes in the canopies of Pinus sylvestris and Picea abies under alkaline dust impact in the industrial region of Northeast Estonia

Ozone exposure affects leaf wettability and tree water balance

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