Subtitle:

Pine litter fall and decay rates along N-S transect ; Patterns of pine ecosystem response to climate on a boreal-temperate transect

Contributor:

Polish Academy of Sciences. Institute of Ecology

Publisher:

Polish Academy of Sciences. Institute of Ecology. Publishing Office

Place of publishing:

Dziekanów Leśny

Description:

Pages 553-555, 2 pages of plates : illustrations ; 27 cm ; Bibliographical references (page 555)

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Abstract:

The response of pine ecosystems to changing latitude and thermoclimate in Central/Northern Europe was investigated through the measurements of rates of two ecosystem processes: organic matter (litter) production and decomposition. Studies were carried out at nine sites of pine and mixed pine forests placed along the N-S transect of about 2000 km crossing Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. Warmer climates were observed with movement to southern sites; the coefficient of determination (R2) between annual long-term temperature and latitude was at the level of 0.99. The rates of change of both processes were compared in terms of relative increment per 1°C of long-term temperature and per -1° of latitude, and expressed in %. Litter production responds stronger to the southward change of climate: the fall of litter is 18-19% greater per +1°C of average annual temperature and by 8% greater per each -1° of latitude, compared to the decomposition process, which was accelerated at the rate of 9-l2% per 1°C and 4-5% per -1° of latitude. These results are summarized by the statement that in pine ecosystems the OM Production Sub-system is more sensitive to change of climate than the Sub-system of OM Decay, which is more conservative.

References:

Breymeyer A. 2003a - Pine ecosystem response to warming along North-South climatic transect in Europe: Presentation of research project - Pol. J. Ecol. 51 , 4: 403-411.
Breymeyer A. 2003b - Processes of litter fall and decomposition: boreal-temperate transect studies ofpine ecosystems - Pol. J. Ecol. 51 , 4: 529-543.
Degórski M. 2003 - Morpholithological genesis and soil properties of the pine forest ecosystems in relation to the North-South transect in Europe - Pol. J. Ecol. 51,4: 441-459.
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Nagel L. M., Vucetich J. A., Reed D. D., Mroz G. D., Parn H. 2003 - Woody biomass and annual production across a latitudinal gradient in northern Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) forests. - Pol. J. Ecol. 51,4:471-479

Relation:

Polish Journal of Ecology

Volume:

51

Issue:

4

Start page:

553

End page:

555

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Resource Identifier:

oai:rcin.org.pl:117569

Source:

MiIZ PAN, call no. P.2840 ; click here to follow the link

Language:

eng

Language of abstract:

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution BY 3.0 PL license

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. [CC BY 3.0 PL] May be used within the scope specified in Creative Commons Attribution BY 3.0 PL license, full text available at: ; -

Digitizing institution:

Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Library of the Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Projects co-financed by:

Operational Program Digital Poland, 2014-2020, Measure 2.3: Digital accessibility and usefulness of public sector information; funds from the European Regional Development Fund and national co-financing from the state budget.

Access:

Open