A comparative study of above- and below-ground parameters of healthy and declining young Norway spruce trees in a mountain area affected by air pollution
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00020702%3A_____%2F17%3AN0000109" target="_blank" >RIV/00020702:_____/17:N0000109 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/62156489:43410/17:43909720
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02827581.2016.1249023?journalCode=sfor20" target="_blank" >https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02827581.2016.1249023?journalCode=sfor20</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02827581.2016.1249023" target="_blank" >10.1080/02827581.2016.1249023</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
A comparative study of above- and below-ground parameters of healthy and declining young Norway spruce trees in a mountain area affected by air pollution
Original language description
The aim of this study was to characterize possible connections between above- and below-ground parameters and the decline of Norway spruce trees in the Jeseniky Mountains of the Czech Republic - an area affected both by long-term air pollution and subjected to liming. A part of this study was dedicated to soil analysis, which showed considerable changes in the soil environment and highlighted particularly high concentrations of magnesium and calcium, exceeding optimal limits by as much as 8 and 13 times, respectively. Our results suggest that the decline of evaluated trees is primarily connected to root system development, as we found no differences between evaluated above-ground parameters for either healthy or declining trees. Tree decline related directly to low numbers of skeletal roots, root origin and higher maximal angles between skeletal roots. Declining trees had on average five skeletal roots with maximal angles between them of 173(degrees), indicating poor mechanical stability. Regardless of tree vitality, 93% of all examined root systems were restricted to upper humus horizons with an average rooting depth of 10.2 cm. All evaluated trees showed severe root deformation into tangle, which suggests crucial influence of artificial planting on the architectural development of root systems.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
40102 - Forestry
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2017
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research
ISSN
0282-7581
e-ISSN
1651-1891
Volume of the periodical
32
Issue of the periodical within the volume
6
Country of publishing house
NO - NORWAY
Number of pages
7
Pages from-to
481-487
UT code for WoS article
000405746000004
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-84994175690