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Species composition in 144 sample plots, each 1 m2, in 35-year old pine forest in Åmli municipality in Aust-Agder, S Norway, was recorded. The plots were systematically placed within the 12 blocks in a factorial fertilization experiment [addition of nitrogen (2 levels), magnesium and phosphorus], initiated six years before our analysis was carried out. At each sample plot, 28 explanatory variables were recorded. Results obtained by parallel use of three ordination methods demonstrated existence of one main coenocline from lichen-rich sites to sites rich in mosses and ericaceous species. The coenocline was interpreted by analysis of correlations between plot positions and explanatory variables, and by analysis of spatial structure using geostatistical methods, as a fine-scale moisture complex-gradient. Important correlated variables were: humus depth, tree density and canopy closure, and microtopography.
Small, but significant effects of fertilization by nitrogen and phosphorus on the vegetation was demonstrated and discussed.
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Species composition in 144 sample plots, each 1 m2, in 35-year old pine forest in Åmli municipality in Aust-Agder, S Norway, was recorded. The plots were systematically placed within the 12 blocks in a factorial fertilization experiment [addition of nitrogen (2 levels), magnesium and phosphorus], initiated six years before our analysis was carried out. At each sample plot, 28 explanatory variables were recorded. Results obtained by parallel use of three ordination methods demonstrated existence of one main coenocline from lichen-rich sites to sites rich in mosses and ericaceous species. The coenocline was interpreted by analysis of correlations between plot positions and explanatory variables, and by analysis of spatial structure using geostatistical methods, as a fine-scale moisture complex-gradient. Important correlated variables were: humus depth, tree density and canopy closure, and microtopography.
Small, but significant effects of fertilization by nitrogen and phosphorus on the vegetation was demonstrated and discussed.

Fertilization effects and vegetation-environment relationships in a boreal pine forest in Åmli, S Norway

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Species composition in 144 sample plots, each 1 m2, in 35-year old pine forest in Åmli municipality in Aust-Agder, S Norway, was recorded. The plots were...

Fertilization effects and vegetation-environment relationships in a boreal pine forest in Åmli, S Norway

Published Online: Aug 10, 2021

Page range: 1 - 1

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/som-1998-0001

Keywords
Boreal pine forest, CCA, DCA, Ecology, Environment, Fertilization, Gradient, LNMDS, Magnesium, Nitrogen, Norway, Ordination, PCA, Phosphorus, Vegetation

© 1998 A. Skrindo et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Fertilization effects and vegetation-environment relationships in a boreal pine forest in Åmli, S Norway

Published Online: Aug 10, 2021

Page range: 1 - 1

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/som-1998-0001

KeywordsBoreal pine forest, CCA, DCA, Ecology, Environment, Fertilization, Gradient, LNMDS, Magnesium, Nitrogen, Norway, Ordination, PCA, Phosphorus, Vegetation

© 1998 A. Skrindo et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Boreal pine forest, CCA, DCA, Ecology, Environment, Fertilization, Gradient, LNMDS, Magnesium, Nitrogen, Norway, Ordination, PCA, Phosphorus, Vegetation