Relationship between norway spruce status and soil water base cations/aluminum rations in the Czech republic

0170611 - UEK-B 20013078 RIV NL eng J - Journal Article
Hruška, J. - Cudlín, Pavel - Krám, P.
Relationship between norway spruce status and soil water base cations/aluminum rations in the Czech republic.
Water, Air, and Soil Pollution. Roč. 130, - (2001), s. 983-988. ISSN 0049-6979. E-ISSN 1573-2932
R&D Projects: GA ČR GA206/94/0832
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z6087904
Keywords : BC/Al molar ratio * norway spruce * crown structure
Subject RIV: GK - Forestry
Impact factor: 0.772, year: 2001

There is a concern that soil acidification by acidic deposition, along with the resulting depletion of the labile pool of nutrient cations (e.g. Ca, Mg) and enhanced leaching of Al from soil may contribute to forest dieback. The molar ratios of Ca/Al or (Ca+Mg+K)/Al in the soil solution have been widely used as criterion for risk of tree damage due acidification. Soil water chemistry and crown structure transformation of Norway spruce were observed at 16 forest plots within the Czech Republic with the following results: parameters, expressing degradation processes in the crown (defoliation of primary structure), regeneration processes (percentage of secondary shoots) or synthetic stages of crown structure transformation showed high correlation with soil water (Ca+Mg+K)/Al ratio in organic horizons.
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