The influence of soil properties and nutrients on conifer forest growth in Sweden, and the first steps in developing a nutrient availability metric

Van Sundert, Kevin; Horemans, Joanna A.; Stendahl, Johan; Vicca, Sara

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-3475-2018

Articles | Volume 15, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-3475-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-3475-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 11

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13 Jun 2018

Research article |

| 13 Jun 2018

The influence of soil properties and nutrients on conifer forest growth in Sweden, and the first steps in developing a nutrient availability metric

Kevin Van Sundert, Joanna A. Horemans, Johan Stendahl, and Sara Vicca

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Nutrient availability regulates terrestrial ecosystem function and global change responses, and thus the capacity to buffer climate change by CO₂ uptake. Large-scale studies allow generalizing on the role of nutrients, but comparing the nutrient status among sites poses a bottleneck. In this study, we adjust a nutrient availability metric for seminatural systems, using Swedish forest data. Future studies should evaluate metric performance outside boreal forests and provide further adjustments.