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1999

Sammendrag

Undersøkelsene tok sikte på å undersøke virkningen av barklag i forskjellige tykkelser på eldre furutrær og av et 5 cm dekklag av råslam på unge planter, i begge tilfeller på næringsfattig, sedimentær jord. Slameffekten sammenlignes med effekten av fullgjødsel D. Registreringene dekker 19-24 vekstsesonger. Resultatene viste at det kan legges ut opptil 80 cm bark uten å skade trærne. Barklag med tykkelser på 40-80 cm ga størst vekstøkning, som startet 6-7 år etter utlegging. Det var i en periode tre ganger så rask vekst i barkruter som i ruten uten bark. Råslam ble brukt for å bedre vekstforholdene etter skogbrann på næringsfattig mark og ga en vedvarende rask vekst gjennom registreringsperioden. Plantehøyden økte 2,5 ganger i forhold til ubehandlet rute. Til tross for at vekstforholdene opprinnelig var dårligere, var veksten større i slamruten enn i ruter som var intensivt gjødslet med fullgjødsel i perioden 1983-1988. Det var liten påvirkning fra slamlaget på konsentrasjonen av andre grunnstoffer enn makronæringsstoffer i plantenes nåler, og det skjedde liten anrikning i utfellingslaget under slamdekningen. Gjødsling med fullgjødsel økte elgbeitingen på forsøksplanter.

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A field experiment was carried out to test the hypothesis that treatment of Norway spruce trees with the Ips typographus-transmitted blue-stain fungus Ceratocystis polonica enhances tree resistance to later mass attack by this bark beetle. Twenty-five mature trees were pre-treated by inoculating a non-lethal dose of the fungus into the bark, while 18 trees served as untreated controls. Three and a half weeks after treatment a bark beetle attack was initiated by attaching dispensers with I. typographus pheromone to the tree trunks. A significantly larger proportion (67%) of the control trees than of the pre-treated trees (36%) were killed by the beetle attack. The result is discussed in relation to recent results regarding defence mechanisms in Norway spruce trees.

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Age trends of phenotypic, environmental, and additive genetic variance and heritability were estimated for overall density and its components earlywood and latewood densities and latewood proportion. The objective was to acquire information for both individual and cumulated rings from ring number 3 to 12 counted from the pith. Age-age correlations were calculated for cumulated density traits only. The wood density data were obtained with X-ray analysis of increment cores from 47 open-pollinated families of Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.). The families had earlywood and latewood with significant differences in density for individual and cumulated rings and consequently for overall density. The latewood proportion had significant family variation for cumulated rings but not for all individual rings. Large fluctuations in environmental variance caused fluctuations in heritability estimates for successive rings. A strong decrease in environmental variance for all cumulated traits, especially from ring 3 to 5, resulted in a steady increase in heritability estimates. The latewood density had the highest heritability estimates and latewood proportion the lowest for both individual and cumulated rings. Overall density and the cumulated components at cambial age 12 showed strong genetic correlations with their respective traits at all younger ages.

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Arthothelillm lirellans and A. orbilliferum are reported new to Scandinavia. Both species were found in Hordaland, western Norway. Their ecology and European distribution are discussed, and distribution maps presented.

Sammendrag

Within the framework of the Programme for Terrestrial Monitoring (TOV), soil water has been collected from four monitoring plots in 1998 (Fig. 1). Three of the plots are located in birch forest, and one (Solhomfjell) is located in spruce forest. Height above sea level, annual precipitation and growing season temperature show significant variation between plots. Bilberry or bilberry-crowberry are the main vegetation types.Results from 1998 are reported and compared with results from preceeding years. On all plots soil water has been sampled from three soil depths (except Gutulia); the organic layer, the upper and the lower part of the mineral soil (5, 15 and 40 cm soil depth, respectively).The chemical composition of the soil water depends largely on the chemistry of the soil and the amount and quality of the precipitation. The soil chemistry in humic layer and from 5-15 cm depth in the mineral soil is shown in Table 1 and 2, respectively. The concentrations of some of the main elements in soil water from 1998 are shown in Table 3.The pH in soil water increases usually with soil depth. The annual variations in pH from 1991 to 1998, are shown in Figure 2. In Lund there has been a slight decrease in pH in these years, although continous measurements are lacking at 5 cm. Figure 2 also show the same tendencies for Ca2 as for pH in Lund.There is greater annual variation in concentrations of Ca2 and other element in the humic layer than mineral layers. Also other nutrients, such as Mg2 and K, were found with the highest concentrations in the organic soil layer and decreased with increasing soil depth.The concentrations of SO42- were in 1998 below 1 mg/l and only with a few exceptions larger than 1 from 1991 to 1998 (Fig.3). SO42- generally show a decreasing trend in that period. Total Al were lower than 1.0 mg/l for most of the samples. The amount of inorganic Al, which is known to be toxic for plant roots at certain concentrations was first time measuered on the plots in 1998. However, the values were small, well below 1.0 mg/l.That were simular to results from The Forest Monitoring Programme in Norway (OPS) which shows that the concentration of inorganic Al varies between plots and soil depths. Here, however, at some plots there were concentrations of inorganic Al up to 2.0-3.4 mg/l. Results from experiments with Norway spruce seedlings (Picea abies) in nutrient solution show slight decline of the roots at concentrations of unorganic Al at 2.0 mg/l (Eldhuset pers. comm.). This may suggest that even if the concentration of unorganic Al at the TOV-plots were below 1.0 mg/l, there could be periods with higher concentrations that could have effected the plant roots.The concentration of Cl- varied greatly between the plots (Fig. 3), due to the deposition of sea salts. The plot in Gutulia had minimal variation between years and Cl- concentrations were always below 1.0 mg/l. In contrast, the plot in Lund had both the highest concentrations of Cl- and the highest seasonal and annual variation. The between layer differences were usually small each year.Analyses of precipitation show that Lund has the highest supply of acidity, Mg2, SO42-, Na and Cl- of all plots (Trseth og Man 1997). Even if the supply of N also is highest in Lund, soil water from all plots has shown low amounts of N (mostly at detection levels for NH4 and NO3, Table 3) throughout the monitoring period. This may be explained by the low content of plant available nitrogen in Norwegian soils, and plant uptake would minimize any leaching.At present these results give no indication of forest decline in Lund despite decreasing pH and concentration of Ca2 in the soil water. At present it is not possible to confirm that the changes observed in pH and Ca2 are caused by long range air pollution. They may also be due to natural variations in the chemical composition of soil water. It is recommended to continue the soil water monitoring.