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Plant Ecology | 2007

Effects of prescribed burning on plant available nutrients in dry heathland ecosystems

Abdelmenam Mohamed; Werner Härdtle; Bettina Jirjahn; Thomas Niemeyer; Goddert von Oheimb

Heathland management is an important tool with which to modify ecosystem impacts caused by atmospheric nutrient deposition. Since changes in nutrient availability as a result of management measures affect the outcomes of heathland succession and species competition, studies on this issue are important from both a nature conservation and management point of view. This study reports the effects of prescribed burning on nutrient availability in dry heathland soils and the nutrient content of the two competing heathland species Calluna vulgaris and Deschampsia flexuosa, with particular reference to N and P. We hypothesise that winter prescribed burning leads to additional N availability, which enhances the importance of P in the context of nutrient limitation in heathland ecosystems. In the nature reserve “Lueneburg Heath” (NW Germany) we examined the availability of nutrients in the humus horizons and in the leachate as well as the relevant C:element ratios in Calluna and Deschampsia before and after a burning experiment. Our results show that prescribed burning resulted in drastically increased NH4+ availability in the O-horizon. We observed only short-term effects (for NO3−, PO43−, Mg) and insignificant effects on the availability of other nutrients (K, Ca). As a consequence of an increased nutrient availability in the humus horizons and a limited nutrient uptake by plants after burning, leaching increased significantly for N, Ca, K, and Mg after burning treatment. No significant changes were found in the foliar C:N ratios for either species after prescribed burning, although Deschampsia showed an increased deficiency for all the other nutrients, particularly for P, as expressed by increased foliar C:P and N:P ratios. By contrast, the nutrient content of Calluna did not change significantly, suggesting that prescribed burning favours the competitive capacity of Calluna as against Deschampsia. We assume that water shortage as a result of changes in the microclimate was mainly responsible for the deterioration of the nutrient content of Deschampsia. This gives Calluna a competitive advantage, enabling it to out-compete Deschampsia on burned heathlands, with respect to the key factor P-limitation.


Reader Faszination Feuer: Vortragsreihe der Akademie-Vorlesungen 2015 der Braunschweigischen Wissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft | 2017

Zur Wirkung von Feuer und anderen Pflegemaßnahmen auf den Nährstoffhaushalt von Heidelandschaften

Werner Härdtle; Thomas Niemeyer

Heiden gehoren zu den altesten Kulturlandschaften NW-Europas und gelten unter okologischen wie sozio-okonomischen Gesichtspunkten als besonders schutzwurdig. Dennoch haben sich Heiden wahrend der vergangenen Jahrzehnte deutlich verandert, vor allem infolge von atmogenen Nahrstoffeintragen aus der Landwirtschaft oder dem Strasenverkehr. In der vorliegenden Studie wurde untersucht, wie Feuermanagement und andere Verfahren der Heidepflege zu einer gewissen Kompensation solcher Eintrage und damit zu einer Stabilisierung des Nahrstoffhaushaltes von Heideokosystemen beitragen konnen. Hierzu wurden die Stickstoff- und Phosphor-Vorrate in verschiedenen Okosystemkompartimenten sowie Ein- und Austrage durch Auswaschung (Leaching) und Management-Masnahmen (Feuer, Beweidung, Mahd, Plaggen) quantifiziert. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass im Gebiet der Luneburger Heide nur Beweidung und Plaggen gegenwartig bestehende Stickstoff-Eintrage kompensieren konnen. Feuermanagement hat den Vorteil, die Phosphor-Vorrate von Heiden wenig zu beeintrachtigen, da durch die Deposition von Asche im Zuge der Brandmasnahme der in der Biomasse enthaltene Phosphor in die Heideflachen zuruckgefuhrt wird. Beweidung und Mahd fuhren demgegenuber zu hohen Phosphor-Verlusten. Um in Heiden eine diverse Struktur sowie ausgeglichene Nahrstoffbilanzen langfristig zu erhalten, mussen intensive Management-Masnahmen wie Plaggen mit extensiven Masnahmen wie Mahd und Brand kombiniert werden. Im Hinblick auf eine ausgeglichene Phosphor-Bilanz hat sich das Heidebrennen als beste Masnahme erwiesen.


Applied Vegetation Science | 2005

Impact of prescribed burning on the nutrient balance of heathlands with particular reference to nitrogen and phosphorus

Thomas Niemeyer; Marion Niemeyer; Abdelmenam Mohamed; S. Fottner; Werner Härdtle


Journal of Applied Ecology | 2006

Can management compensate for atmospheric nutrient deposition in heathland ecosystems

Werner Härdtle; Marion Niemeyer; Thomas Niemeyer; Thorsten Assmann; S. Fottner


Biological Conservation | 2007

Impact of sod-cutting and choppering on nutrient budgets of dry heathlands

Marion Niemeyer; Thomas Niemeyer; S. Fottner; Werner Härdtle; Abdelmenam Mohamed


Ecosystems | 2009

Shifts in N and P Budgets of Heathland Ecosystems: Effects of Management and Atmospheric Inputs

Werner Härdtle; Goddert von Oheimb; Anna-Katharina Gerke; Marion Niemeyer; Thomas Niemeyer; Thorsten Assmann; Claudia Drees; Andrea Matern; Hartmut Meyer


Ecosystems | 2013

Long-Term Trends in Tree-Ring Width and Isotope Signatures (δ13C, δ15N) of Fagus sylvatica L. on Soils with Contrasting Water Supply

Werner Härdtle; Thomas Niemeyer; Thorsten Assmann; Saskia Baiboks; Andreas Fichtner; Uta Friedrich; Anne C. Lang; Burkhard Neuwirth; Laurent Pfister; Christian Ries; Andreas Schuldt; Natalie Simon; Goddert von Oheimb


Biogeochemistry | 2007

Nutrient leaching in dry heathland ecosystems: effects of atmospheric deposition and management

Werner Härdtle; Goddert von Oheimb; Marion Niemeyer; Thomas Niemeyer; Thorsten Assmann; Hartmut Meyer


Global Change Biology | 2011

Fate of airborne nitrogen in heathland ecosystems: a 15N tracer study

Uta Friedrich; Kirsten Falk; Enno Bahlmann; Thorben Marquardt; Hartmut Meyer; Thomas Niemeyer; Siegfried Schemmel; Goddert von Oheimb; Werner Härdtle


Applied Vegetation Science | 2007

Impact of sheep grazing on nutrient budgets of dry heathlands

S. Fottner; Werner Härdtle; Marion Niemeyer; Thomas Niemeyer; G. von Oheimb; Hartmut Meyer; M. Mockenhaupt

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Abdelmenam Mohamed

United Nations Development Programme

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David Walmsley

University College Dublin

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Matthias Kunz

Dresden University of Technology

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