Modelling soil carbon sequestration of intensively monitored forest plots in Europe by three different approaches

Dijkstra, Janet P. Mol; Reinds, G.J.; Kros, Hans; Berg, Björn; Vries, Wim de

doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2008.09.011

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“…Increased supplies of plant available N from deposition may stimulate tree growth and litter fall and result in increased biomass production and, consequently, additional C sequestration [186][187][188] as, for example, in a fragmented landscape with a higher forest edge density. This elevated forest productivity has been hypothesized to increase soil organic C stocks by increasing the C input to the soil and by reducing the decomposition of soil organic matter.…”

Section: Global Servicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ecosystem Services from Small Forest Patches in Agricultural Landscapes

Decocq¹,

Andrieu²,

Brunet³

et al. 2016

Curr Forestry Rep

108

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In Europe, like in many temperate lowlands worldwide, forest has a long history of fragmentation and land use change. In many places, forest landscapes consist of patches of different quality, age, size and isolation, embedded in a more or less intensively managed agricultural matrix. As potential biodiversity islets, small forest patches (SFP) may deliver several crucial ecosystem services to human society, but they receive little attention compared to large, relatively intact forest patches. Beyond their role as a biodiversity reservoir, SFP provide important in situ services such as timber and wild food (game, edible plants and mushrooms) production. At the landscape scale, SFP may enhance the crop production via physical (obstacle against wind and floods) and biological (sources of pollinators and natural enemies) regulation, but may, on the other hand, also be involved in the spread of infectious diseases. Depending on their geographic location, SFP can also greatly influence the water cycle and contribute to supply high-quality water to agriculture and people. Globally, SFP are important carbon sinks and are involved in nutrient cycles, thus play a role in climate change mitigation. Cultural services are more related to landscape values than to SFP per se, but the latter may contribute to the construction of community identity. We conclude that SFP, as local biodiversity hotspots in degraded landscapes, have the potential to deliver a wide range of ecosystem services and may even be crucial for the ecological intensification of agroecosystems. There is thus an urgent need to increase our knowledge about the relationships between biodiversity and ecosystem services delivered by these SFP in agricultural landscapes.

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Section: Global Servicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ecosystem Services from Small Forest Patches in Agricultural Landscapes

Decocq¹,

Andrieu²,

Brunet³

et al. 2016

Curr Forestry Rep

108

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“…This offers many options for integrated evaluations of soil data with other temporal assessments on the same plots such as crown condition, foliar chemistry, or tree growth, allowing in-depth analyses with mechanistic models (e.g. van der Salm et al 2007;Reinds et al 2008;Jochheim et al 2009;Mol Dijkstra et al 2009) in order to better understand cause-effect relationships in forest processes and responses to environmental impacts (Lorenz and Fischer 2013).…”

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The Level II aggregated forest soil condition database links soil physicochemical and hydraulic properties with long-term observations of forest condition in Europe

Fleck

Cools

Vos

et al. 2016

Annals of Forest Science

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Key message Aggregated, consolidated, and derived soil physicochemical data of 286 ICP Forests Level II plots were completed with soil hydraulic properties for integrated use with forest monitoring data. Database access should be requested at http://icp-forests.net . Metadata associated available at https://metadata-afs.nancy.inra.fr/geonetwork/apps/georchestra/?uuid=153e599e-6624-4e2b-b862-8124386ea9cd&hl=eng Context The ICP Forests database is one of the most comprehensive forest ecosystem datasets in Europe and contains the accumulated results of more than two decades of harmonised forest monitoring all over Europe. Aims The aim of this paper is to share knowledge on the ICP Forests Level II soil data for broader use among forest scientists. Methods After standard analysis, quality checks, aggregation, and calculation of derived variables (e.g. nutrient stocks, base saturation, C:N ratio, and water retention parameters), data have been gathered into a static database (AFSCDB.LII.2.2), which will be updated to new versions as soon as new measurements become available. Results The database provides a basis for the combined evaluation of up to 130 unique soil variables of 286 plots with dynamic data on tree growth, ground vegetation, foliar chemistry, crown condition, tree phenology, leaf area index, ozone injury, litterfall, soil solution chemistry, deposition, ambient air quality, and meteorological data assessed on the same plots. Conclusion The unprecedented comprehensiveness and level of detail in this newly aggregated database may overcome existing restrictions so far impeding the realisation of large-scale forest ecosystem studies in Europe.

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“…Available forest simulators provide a large array of outputs, ranging from growing stock and yield related variables to quantification of important ecosystem services, such as carbon sequestration in biomass and soil, water recharge, etc. (García Quijano et al, 2005;Mol Dijkstra et al, 2009;Gilliams et al, 2005) but are not capable of generating the whole indicator set required by SFM standards. Nevertheless every model is able to generate at least a few indicators covering one or more sustainability principles (e.g.…”

Section: Addressing Trade-offs Between Forest Ecosystem Services Withmentioning

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Simulation tools for decision support to adaptive forest management in Europe

Muys

Hynynen²,

Palahí

et al. 2010

For. syst.

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In forest management there is a tendency towards measuring more cost-effective and simulating more. In this context the development of reliable, user friendly forest simulators has become economically relevant. The objective of this perspective paper is to highlight the recent trends in forest simulation and to identify the remaining challenges to make forest simulation a reliable tool for forest policy and management.Experiences with forest simulators for various purposes in different geographical contexts illustrate how the important challenges of forest decision support can be addressed through flexible customization for different end-user categories, offering spatially explicit approaches at the landscape scale, and integrating empirical and mechanistic models in hybrid and bayesian simulation approaches.Recent development trends in forest simulation for decision support are mainly related to the ever increasing calculation speed and capacity of computers, facilitating the development of robust tools with comfortable user interface and realistic functions and options. Another trend is the combination of simulation tools with optimization and choice algorithms fading away the difference between simulators and decision support systems.The remaining challenges are basically in the high expectations of stakeholders concerning the ability of simulators to predict a range of outcomes in terms of ecosystem services and sustainability indicators, as well as the quality of their outcome in terms of output credibility to stakeholders. Need for accepted and realistic model validation and verification methods preferably using empirical data is crucial in this matter.Key words: multi-objective forest planning; forest model; simulator; decision support system; climate change. ResumenHerramientas de simulación para el apoyo de toma de decisiones en la gestión forestal adaptativa en Europa En la planificación de la gestión forestal existe la tendencia a medir menos y similar más. En este contexto, el desarrollo de simuladores forestales es económicamente relevante para el gestor. El objetivo de este artículo es el de discutir y enfatizar tendencias en el ámbito de la simulación forestal e identificar retos importantes para que la simulación forestal sea una herramienta fiable en el proceso decisorio de la planificación forestal y en el de desarrollo de *

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Modelling soil carbon sequestration of intensively monitored forest plots in Europe by three different approaches

Cited by 31 publications

References 65 publications

Ecosystem Services from Small Forest Patches in Agricultural Landscapes

Ecosystem Services from Small Forest Patches in Agricultural Landscapes

The Level II aggregated forest soil condition database links soil physicochemical and hydraulic properties with long-term observations of forest condition in Europe

Simulation tools for decision support to adaptive forest management in Europe

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