Spruce site Sko: General data								

Date	April-2000							
								
Site	Skogaby; SW-Sweden							
Tree species	Picea abies							
								
Contact person								
Name	Prof. Tryggve Persson							
Organisation	Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences							
	Department of Ecology and Environmental Research 							
Adress	P.O. Box 7072							
City	S-750 07 Uppsala							
Country	Sweden							
Phone	46 18 672448							
Fax	46 18 673430							
E-mail	Tryggve.Persson@eom.slu.se							
								
								
Site data								
Coordinates	lat. 56o33'; long. 13o13'; alt. 95-115 m above m.s.l.							
Type of stand	Norway spruce (Picea abies) planted in 1966 with seedlings of Polish origin. 							
History	Earlier land use: Calluna heath land until 1913; then Pinus sylvestris was planted							
	P. sylvestris cut and replaced by Picea abies in 1966.							
Site situation	Slightly undulating area with a gentle slope towards W and SW.							
	Site with 30 plots: each 45x45 m. 4 control plots (for CANIF) at a maximum distance 							
	of 500 m.							
Vegetation	Forest mosses covering appr. 50% of the area. Deschampsia flexuosa occurring in gaps							

Bud break date	May 15-31							
Leaf fall date	Whole year							



References
Alavi G 2000. Soil moisture and leaching data – site Skogaby. CD-ROM-Data base. 
In: Schulze E-D (ed.) Carbon and nitrogen cycling in European Forest Ecosystems. Ecological Studies 142. Springer; Berlin Heidelberg New York

Barrett K and Berge E (eds) 1996.Transboundary air pollution in Europe. MSC-W Status Report 1996.
EMEP/MSC-W: Report 1/96. Norwegian Meteorological Institute. Oslo. Norway.

Bauer G 1997. Stickstoffhaushalt und Wachstum von Fichten- und Buchenwaeldern entlang eines europaeischen
Nord-Sued-Transektes. PhD thesis Universitaet Bayreuth. Germany.

Bauer G Schulze E-D and Mund M 1997. Nutrient content and concentrations in relation to growth of Picea abies
and Fagus sylvatica along a European transect. Tree Physiology 17: 777-786.

Berge E (ed) 1997. Transboundary air pollution in Europe. MSC-W Status Report 1997.
EMEP/MSC-W: Report 1/97. Norwegian Meteorological Institute. Oslo. Norway.

Bergholm J 2000. Soil data - soil solution concentrations - wet deposition and throughfall – site Skogaby. CD-ROM-Data base. 
In: Schulze E-D (ed.) Carbon and nitrogen cycling in European Forest Ecosystems. Ecological Studies 142. Springer; Berlin Heidelberg New York

Bergholm J Jansson P-E Johansson U Majdi H Nilsson L-O Persson H Rosengren U and Wiklund K 1995. The Skogaby project - a general description of soil
soil water nutritional and biomass status in crown and roots and climate at the start of the experiment. In: Nilsson L-O Hüttl RF Johansson UT and Mathy P (eds)
Nutrient uptake and cycling in forest ecosystems. Ecosystems Research Report 13. Commission of European Communities

Harrison AF 2000. Soil carbon and nitrogen pool data. CD-ROM-Data base. 
In: Schulze E-D (ed.) Carbon and nitrogen cycling in European Forest Ecosystems. Ecological Studies 142. Springer; Berlin Heidelberg New York

Harrison AF Harkness DD Rowland AP Garnett JS Bacon PJ 2000. Annual carbon and nitrogen fluxes in soils along the European forest transect
determined using 14C-bomb. In: Schulze E-D (ed) 2000. Carbon and nitrogen cycling in European forest ecosystems. Ecological Studies 142: Chapter 11. Springer; Berlin Heidelberg New York.

Majdi H and Persson H 1993. Spatial distribution of fine roots  rhizosphere and bulk-soil chemistry in an acidified 
Picea abies stand. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research 8: 147-155

Majdi H and Persson H 1995. The effect of ammonium sulphate application on the chemistry of bulk soil - rhizosphere -
fine roots and fine root distribution in an acidified Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) stand. Plant and Soil 168-169

Majdi H and Rosengren-Brinck U 1994. Effects of ammonium sulphate application on the rhizosphere - fine-root
and needle chemistry in a Picea abies (L.) Karst. Stand.  Plant and Soil 162: 71-80

Nilsson L-O and Wiklund K 1992. Influence of nutrient and water stress on Norway spruce production in south Sweden
 - the role of air pollutants. Plant and Soil 147: 251-265

Nilsson L-O and Wiklund K 1994. Nitrogen uptake in a Norway spruce stand following ammonium sulphate
application fertigation irrigation drought and nitrogen-free-fertilisation. Plant and Soil 164: 221-229

Nilsson L-O and Wiklund K 1995. Nutrient balance and P K Ca Mg S and B accumulation in a Norway spruce stand 
following ammonium sulphate application fertigation irigation drought and N-free-fertilisation. Plant and Soil 168-169: 437-446

Nilsson L-O 1997. Manipulation of conventional forest management practices to increase forest growth - results
from the Skogaby project. Forest Ecology and Management 91: 53-60

Persson H 2000. Root biomass and root nutrient data. CD-ROM-Data base. 
In: Schulze E-D (ed.) Carbon and nitrogen cycling in European Forest Ecosystems. Ecological Studies 142. Springer; Berlin Heidelberg New York

Persson H Von Fircks Y Majdi H and Nilsson L-O 1995. Root distribution in a Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.)
stand subjected to drought and ammonium-sulphate application. Plant and Soil 168-169: 161-165

Persson T 2000a. Soil characteristic data. CD-ROM-Data base. 
In: Schulze E-D (ed.) Carbon and nitrogen cycling in European Forest Ecosystems. Ecological Studies 142. Springer; Berlin Heidelberg New York

Persson T 2000b. Soil carbon and nitrogen pools data. CD-ROM-Data base. 
In: Schulze E-D (ed.) Carbon and nitrogen cycling in European Forest Ecosystems. Ecological Studies 142. Springer; Berlin Heidelberg New York

Persson T Van Oene H Harrison AF Karlsson P Bauer G Cerny J Coûteaux M-M Dambrine E Högberg P Kjøller A Matteucci G Rudebeck A 
Schulze E-D and Paces T 2000. Experimental sites in the NIPHYS/CANIF project. In: Schulze E-D (ed) 2000. Carbon and nitrogen cycling in European forest ecosystems.
Ecological Studies 142: Chapter 2. Springer; Berlin Heidelberg New York.

Stober Ch George E Persson H 2000. Root growth and response to nitrogen. In: Schulze E-D (ed) 2000. Carbon and nitrogen cycling in European forest ecosystems. 
Ecological Studies 142: Chapter 5. Springer; Berlin Heidelberg New York.

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Uppsala 2000. Climate data – site Skogaby. CD-ROM-Data base. 
In: Schulze E-D (ed.) Carbon and nitrogen cycling in European Forest Ecosystems. Ecological Studies 142. Springer; Berlin Heidelberg New York


Other references relevant to the site (list not complete)
Cienciala E Lindroth A Cermak J Hällgren J-E Kucera J 1994. The effects of water availability on transpiration water potential and growth of Picea abies
during a growing season. Journal of Hydrology 155 (1-2): 57-71

Majdi H and Kangas P 1997. Demography of fine roots in response to nutrient applications in a Norway spruce stand in southwestern Sweden. Ecoscience 41: 199-205

Majdi H and Nylund J-E 1996. Does liquid fertilization affect fine root dynamics and lifespan of mycorrhizal short roots? Plant and Soil 185: 305-309	

Majdi H and Persson H 1995. A study on fine-root dynamics in response to nutrient applications in a Norway spruce stand using the minirhizotron technique.	
Zeitschrift für Pflanzenernährung und Bodenkunde 158: 429-433	

Rosengren-BrinckU Majdi H Asp H and Widell S 1995. Enzyme activities in isolated root plasma membranes from a stand of Norway spruce in relation to 	
nutrient status and ammonium sulphate application. New Phytology 129: 537-546 	
 	
Wiklund K Nilsson L-O and Jacobsson S  1995. Effects of irrigation fertilization and artificial drought on basidioma production in a Norway spruce stand. 	
Canadian Journal of Botany 73: 200-208	
	
Wiklund K Knopka B and Nilsson L-O 1995. Stem form in Norway spruce following improved or deteriorated water and nutrient availability. 	
Scandianavian Journal of Forest Research 10: 326-332	
	
	
	
	
