Abstract
Input/Output-budgets of ions in forests yield important ecological information. They represent an integrating assessment of the net effect of all the exceedingly complex matter turnover reactions in an ecosytem.
The first budget studies of forests are still less than 30 years old. However, during these decades, the number of such studies has ever increased. The available data background allows now for the differentiation of some very basic and important I/O-budget types with respect to current focuses of interest in forest ecosystem research. These focuses may be cited under the topics acidification, N-eutrophication and climate change effects.
Basic I/O-scenarios for Central European forests are developed, in relation to the key variables deposition regime and soil chemical state. Data from case studies are presented to illustrate the budget type differentiation. It is concluded that an excellent use of budget type differentiations could be made in regional assessments of biogeochemical element transfer and ecosystem trend.
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Bredemeier, M., Ulrich, B. (1992). Input/Output-Analysis of Ions in Forest Ecosystems. 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_21
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