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Environmental Effects of Afforestation in North-Western Europe

From Field Observations to Decision Support

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Editors:
  1. Gerrit W. Heil

    1. Utrecht University, The Netherlands

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  2. Bart Muys

    1. KU Leuven, Belgium

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  3. Karin Hansen

    1. Forest & Landscape, Hørsholm, Denmark

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  • Impact of afforestation of former agricultural land on multi-stress factors: CO2, H2O, NO3
  • Effects of afforestation on the understory biodiversity
  • Development and application of different process based models
  • GIS-based system for scenario-analysis and decision support (Afforest-DSS)

Part of the book series: Plant and Vegetation (PAVE, volume 1)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VIII
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  2. Introduction: Demand for Afforestation Management in North-western Europe

    • G.W. Heil, K. Hansen, B. Muys, J. Van Orshoven
    Pages 1-18

  3. Carbon Sequestration in Soil and Biomass Following Afforestation: Experiences from Oak and Norway Spruce Chronosequences in Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands

    • L. Vesterdal, L. Rosenqvist, C. Van Der Salm, K. Hansen, B.-J. Groenenberg, M.-B. Johansson
    Pages 19-51

  4. Interception and Water Recharge Following Afforestation: Experiences from Oak and Norway Spruce Chronosequences in Denmark, Sweden and The Netherlands

    • C. Van Der Salm, L. Rosenqvist, L. Vesterdal, K. Hansen, H. Denier Van Der Gon, A. Bleeker et al.
    Pages 53-77

  5. Nitrogen Deposition and Nitrate Leaching Following Afforestation: Experiences from Oak and Norway Spruce Chronosequences in Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands

    • L. Rosenqvist, K. Hansen, L. Vesterdal, H. Denier Van Der Gon, C. Van Der Salm, A. Bleeker et al.
    Pages 79-108

  6. Modelling the Nitrogen Deposition to Afforested Systems

    • A. Bleeker, W.P.A. Van Deursen
    Pages 109-128

  7. Effects of Light and N Availability in Forests on Plant Species Diversity in the Field Layer: A Plant Ecological and Modelling Approach

    • M. Elemans, G.W. Heil
    Pages 129-148

  8. Modelling the Afforested System: The Forest/Tree Model

    • G.W. Heil, W. Van Deursen, M. Elemans, J. Mol, H. Kros
    Pages 149-174

  9. Modelling the Afforested System: The Soil and Water Compartment

    • H. Kros, J. Mol, B.J. Groenenberg, G.J. Reinds, G.W. Heil, W. Van Deursen et al.
    Pages 175-202

  10. Metafore: The Afforest Deposition-Soil-Water-Vegetation Metamodel

    • W. Van Deursen, J. Mol, G.W. Heil, H. Kros
    Pages 203-225

  11. Support of Decisions on Afforestation in North-Western Europe with the AFFOREST-sDSS

    • J. Van Orshoven, S. Gilliams, B. Muys, J. Stendahl, H. Skov-Petersen, W. Van Deursen
    Pages 227-247

  12. Guidelines for Planning Afforestation of Former Arable Land

    • K. Hansen, L. Vesterdal, B. Muys, S. Gilliams, L. Rosenqvist, C. Van Der Salm et al.
    Pages 249-291

  13. The Lessons Learned from Afforest - a Synthesis

    • K. Hansen, B. Muys, G.W. Heil, L. Vesterdal
    Pages 293-306

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 307-320
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About this book

Afforestation of former arable land is currently a common change in land use in many European countries. In addition to wood production, the new forests will provide a variety of environmental services, such as carbon sequestration or improved water quality. At the same time there may be negative impacts, such as reduced groundwater recharge. The contents of the book aims at developed techniques to estimate the environmental impacts, and guidelines and decision support systems (DSS) to enable national and international policy makers, but also forest managers, to maximize the benefits and minimize the adverse effects of afforestation. This book will describe afforestation research and shows the application of the developed decision support system. The results should be applicable throughout northwest Europe and could be extended elsewhere. This book considers three of the most important environmental issues - carbon sequestration in soils and biomass, water surplus and nitrate leaching. The book describes the research to quantify these effects in the field and model them into the future. It will explain how the more detailed models were reduced to "metamodels" suitable for implementation within a real-time management system.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Utrecht University, The Netherlands

    Gerrit W. Heil

  • KU Leuven, Belgium

    Bart Muys

  • Forest & Landscape, Hørsholm, Denmark

    Karin Hansen

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Environmental Effects of Afforestation in North-Western Europe

  • Book Subtitle: From Field Observations to Decision Support

  • Editors: Gerrit W. Heil, Bart Muys, Karin Hansen

  • Series Title: Plant and Vegetation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4568-9

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2007

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-4567-7Published: 06 March 2007

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-0462-3Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-4568-4Published: 03 June 2007

  • Series ISSN: 1875-1318

  • Series E-ISSN: 1875-1326

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 320

  • Topics: Forestry Management, Landscape Ecology, Environment, general

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