Nutrient sustainability in beech forests

With this study, our aim was to estimate the nutrient fluxes relevant for assessing nutrient sustainability as accurately as possible and to calculate nutrient balances for alternative forest management scenarios. Furthermore, we tested whether mapping units from existing geologic maps can serve as a basis for forest practitioners to estimate nutrient sustainability or whether more detailed data is needed. Positive fluxes include deposition and weathering, while negative fluxes include losses due to leaching and nutrient removal through timber harvesting in the balance. Weathering and leachate losses were modeled with a geochemical model. The SwissStandSim model was used to simulate the biomass growth under different harvesting and silvicultural strategies, allowing sustainability to be assessed for each nutrient at a given intensity of use. This assessment was made per rotation period of 100 years based on two criteria: i) nutrient supply; and ii) total stocking volume.

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This work was supported by:
  • BAFU

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Zimmermann, Stephan; Posch, Maximilian; Kurz, Daniel; Mey, Reinhard; Thrippleton, Timothy; Perry, Niál; Schweier, Janine (2024). Nutrient sustainability in beech forests. EnviDat. doi:10.16904/envidat.505.

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DOI 10.16904/envidat.505
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  • Email: stephan.zimmermannfoo(at)wsl.ch ORCID: 0000-0002-8904-9024 Given Name: Stephan Family Name: Zimmermann Affiliation: WSL
  • Email: Poschfoo(at)iiasa.ac.at Given Name: Maximilian Family Name: Posch Affiliation: 4 International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria
  • Email: geo-sciencefoo(at)bluewin.ch Given Name: Daniel Family Name: Kurz Affiliation: EKG Geo-Sience
  • Email: reinhard.meyfoo(at)wsl.ch ORCID: 0000-0003-3702-0366 Given Name: Reinhard Family Name: Mey Affiliation: WSL
  • Email: timothy.thrippletonfoo(at)wsl.ch Given Name: Timothy Family Name: Thrippleton Affiliation: WSL
  • Email: nial.perryfoo(at)wsl.ch Given Name: Niál Family Name: Perry Affiliation: WSL
  • Email: janine.schweierfoo(at)wsl.ch ORCID: 0000-0003-4435-3089 Given Name: Janine Family Name: Schweier Affiliation: WSL
Contact Person Given Name: Stephan Family Name: Zimmermann Email: stephan.zimmermannfoo(at)wsl.ch
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Publication Publisher: EnviDat Year: 2024
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  • Type: Created Date: 2022-04-01 End Date: 2023-05-01
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