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1999
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O. Janne Kjønaas Anne Camilla Bergkvist Arne Olav StuanesSammendrag
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Per Holm Nygaard Torbjørn ØdegaardSammendrag
Vegetation data were collected in 1931, 1961 and 1991 from permanent plots in a boreo-nemoral forest 20 km north of Oslo in southern Norway. Major changes were found in the vegetation composition during 60 years. The main changes were a reduction in the frequency and frequency of joint occurrence of species like Calluna vulgaris, Vaccinium uliginosum, Trientalis europaea, Maianthemum bifolium, Melampyrum pratense, Cornus suecica, Andromeda polifolia, Eriophorum vaginatum, Vaccinium oxycoccus, Pleurozium schreberi, Hylocomium splendens, Ptilium crista-castrensis, Dicranum fuscescens and Ptilidium ciliare. The observed changes were interpreted as induced by internal processes e.g., a long-term change from paludified forest to mesic forest. In particular the growth of Picea abies seems in particular to be a main driving force. The dominance of Picea abies and Vaccinium myrtillus appears to have made the conditions more unfavourable to other species. A doubling of the living stem biomass of P.abies during the last 67 years shows that this old-growth forest has not reached a steady state. Species like Deschampsia flexuosa and Molinia caerulea did not increase in frequency as has been demonstrated in response to nitrogen deposition elsewhere in northern Europe. The results of this study indicate that protection from logging has promoted the reduction of species in the field layer and bottom layer. This study questions if monitoring of forest vegetation should be restricted to protected forests as is the practice in Scandinavia today. We recommend that areas with some kind of selective cutting are also used for monitoring of forest vegetation
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Jan Mulder E. Matzner J.F. Gallardo Edward TippingSammendrag
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Jørund RolstadSammendrag
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Knute J. Nadelhoffer Bridget A. Emmett Per Gundersen O. Janne Kjønaas Chris J. Koopmans Patrick Schleppi Albert Tietema Richard Frederic WrightSammendrag
Humans have altered global nitrogen cycling such that more atmospheric N2 is being converted (\"fixed\") into biologically reactive forms by anthropogenic activities than by all natural processes combined. In particular, nitrogen oxides emitted during fuel combustion and ammonia volatilized as a result of intensive agriculture have increased atmospheric nitrogen inputs (mostly NO3 and NH4) to temperate forests in the Northern Hemisphere.Because tree growth in northern temperate regions is typically nitrogen-limited, increased nitrogen deposition could have the effect of attenuating rising atmospheric CO2 by stimulating the accumulation of forest biomass. Forest inventories indicate that the carbon contents of northern forests have increased concurrently with nitrogen deposition since the 1950s. In addition, variations in atmospheric CO2 indicate a globally significant carbon sink in northern mid-latitude forest regions. It is unclear, however, whether elevated nitrogen deposition or other factors are the primary cause of carbon sequestration in northern forests. Here we use evidence from 15N-tracer studies in nine forests to show that elevated nitrogen deposition is unlikely to be a major contributor to the putative CO2 sink in forested northern temperature regions.
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D. LindgrenSammendrag
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O. Janne KjønaasSammendrag
Mixtures of cation and anion exchange resins are used as part of the resin core technique to determine nitrogen transformation in forest soils as they adsorb the NH4-N and NO3-N from soil solution percolating through the incubated soil cores. In the field, the exchange resins may be subjected to a variety of conditions, involving drying, rehydration, freezing, and thawing. This paper examines how these processes affect adsorption of NH4-N and NO3-N and the stability of the resins. Lab tests were performed on the anion resin Amberlite IRA-93, the cationresin Amberlite IR-120, and a mixture of IRA-93 and IR-120, and the commercially-mixed bed resin Amberlite MB1. The background content of NO3-N and NH4-N on the resins was large and highly variable between different batches of resins in spite of a 2 M NaCl pre-rinse. The IR-120 cation resin that was subjected to 48 hours air-drying contained significantly less NH4-N than the most resins, while the drying of the IRA-93 anion resin caused a significant release of NO3-N from resins with no N addition. Although the variation was large, the mixed bed resin MB1 indicated a release of NH4-N, which supports results from long term in situ deployments. A reduced adsorption of NO3-N was found on the IRA-93 anion resins and the MB1 mixed bed resins that were dried prior to N addition while the dry IR-120 cation resins adsorbed significantly less NH4-N than the control resin. No effect of freezing the thawing efficiency was observed on resin stability or N adsorption efficiency. Sufficient blanks that have been subjected to similar moisture changes are necessary in N limited systems with low levels of avialable NH4-N and NO3-N.
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Gunnar HaugSammendrag
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M. Lavoie Peder GjerdrumSammendrag
The aim of this study has been to investigate the effects of high temperature drying on the equilibrium moisture content, to verify the presence of hysteresis and to screen the effects of high temperature on timber quality. Further, we wanted to utilise the laboratory kiln at Forestia Sokna in a pilot project, to learn more about the experimental possibilities connected to this equipment. The hypothesis was that the equilibrium moisture content will decrease as the drying temperature increase. Five series of twelve spruce wood samples each were prepared to verify this hypothesis: air-dried (green samples), moist samples for desorption and dry samples for adsorption for the ordinary-progressive (72 C) and for the high temperature kilns (115 C). The tension has been measured to compare the timber quality between ordinary-progressive and high temperature kilns. The conclusion is that there was too much stochastic noise to verify the initial hypothesis. Consequently it was impossible to confirm the presence of hysteresis. There are interesting observations to make in further research on how fast the equilibrium moisture content is reached according to the drying temperature. This experiment has been accomplished using Norway spruce, and further research should include Scots pine or other coniferous species.