On the Ecology of Mountainous Forests in a Changing Climate: A ...
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The forest model FORCLIM 71<br />
Tab. 3.5: Symbols used for calculat<strong>in</strong>g litter production <strong>in</strong> FORCLIM-P.<br />
Factor Symbol Unit Explanation Eq.<br />
General kAshFree %/100 organic matter content <strong>of</strong> dry weight<br />
nAlive c – number <strong>of</strong> liv<strong>in</strong>g trees per cohort<br />
nDead c – number <strong>of</strong> dead trees per cohort<br />
nTC – number <strong>of</strong> tree cohorts present on a patch<br />
Leaf litter production uFLL kLQ,c kg foliage litter from liv<strong>in</strong>g trees (kLQ = 1,2,3) 3.35<br />
uFLD kLQ,c kg foliage litter from dead trees (kLQ = 1,2,3) 3.38<br />
gFolW c kg foliage weight 3.21<br />
sType s – group<strong>in</strong>g parameter (cf. Tab. 3.10)<br />
kFRT s yr average time <strong>of</strong> foliage retention<br />
kLQ s [1..3] leaf litter quality (1 = fast, 3 = slowly decay<strong>in</strong>g)<br />
Twig litter production uTLL c kg twig litter from liv<strong>in</strong>g trees 3.36<br />
uTLD c kg twig litter from dead trees 3.39<br />
kConv kg·cm -2 conversion factor basal area → twig litter<br />
Root litter production uRLL c kg root litter from liv<strong>in</strong>g trees 3.37<br />
uRLD c kg root litter from dead trees 3.40<br />
kRSR – root:shoot ratio <strong>of</strong> litter production<br />
Wood litter production uWLD c kg wood litter from dead trees 3.41<br />
gSBio c kg dry stemwood biomass 3.42<br />
The data base for European tree species was found to be too small to allow for speciesspecific<br />
root:shoot ratios (kRSR). Hence a common root:shoot ratio was assumed to be<br />
valid for all species (War<strong>in</strong>g & Schles<strong>in</strong>ger 1985).<br />
Litter from dead trees<br />
The same rationale as above is applied to calculate foliage litter (uFLD), twig litter<br />
(uTLD), and root litter (uRLD) <strong>of</strong> dead trees (Eq. 3.38-3.40):<br />
uFLD kLQ, c = gFolW c · nDead c · kAshFree (3.38)<br />
uTLD c = π 4 · D c 2 · kConv · nDead c · kAshFree (3.39)<br />
uRLD c = kRSR · uFLD kLQ,c (3.40)<br />
where nDead c is <strong>the</strong> number <strong>of</strong> dead trees <strong>in</strong> cohort c. The amount <strong>of</strong> woody litter<br />
(uWLD) produced by <strong>the</strong> dead trees <strong>of</strong> a cohort is calculated from stemwood biomass<br />
(gSBio c ) based on allometric relationships from Burger (1945-53), Soll<strong>in</strong>s et al. (1973),<br />
and Woods et al. (1991):