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Nitrogen Dynamics in Some Beech Forests as Measure of Resilience to Changes Due to Management Practices and Anthropogenic Impacts

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Beech grows on a variety of soils with wide amplitude in pH, organic matter and N contents. It can tolerate a wide range of environmental and climatic conditions (2). The productivity and resilience to changes due to management practices may thus vary widely between beech forests. Objectives of the present study are to present N data from four beech forests (GW-GoettingerWald, HA-Harste, SO-Solling and WI-Wingst) varying widely in their characteristics and to assess the significance of management practices on N related processes.

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  1. CSIRO Division of Forestry, P.O.Box 4008, Canberra ACT, 2600, Australia

    P. K. Khanna

  2. Nieders. Forstl. Versuchsanstalt, Grätzelstr. 2, D-34, Göttingen, Germany

    K. J. Meiwes

  3. Institut f. Waldbau 1, Büsgenweg 1, D-34, Göttingen, Germany

    J. Bauhus

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  1. European Science Foundation, Strasbourg, France

    A. Teller

  2. Commission of the European Communities, Brussels, Belgium

    P. Mathy

  3. Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Grange-over-Sands, UK

    J. N. R. Jeffers

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Khanna, P.K., Meiwes, K.J., Bauhus, J. (1992). Nitrogen Dynamics in Some Beech Forests as Measure of Resilience to Changes Due to Management Practices and Anthropogenic Impacts. In: Teller, A., Mathy, P., Jeffers, J.N.R. (eds) Responses of Forest Ecosystems to Environmental Changes. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2866-7_106

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