Identification

Title

Long term effects of whole tree harvesting on soil carbon (Falstone 2009)

Alternative title(s)

Abstract

Kielder (Flastone 7) is the the oldest whole tree harvesting experiments in Europe. The site is currently a 34-year-old second rotation stand of Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis), in Kielder forest, UK. The stand treatments include Whole Tree Harvesting (WTH—of all above ground biomass), Conventional stem-only harvesting (CH) of the first rotation crop, OB - brash left on site (e.g. conventional harvesting), OO - brash removed from site (e.g. whole tree harvesting),,HB (fertilisation treatments) and repeated Fertilisation (FE) after the planting of the second rotation forest. SEM, mentioned in the data set is the standard error on the mean. Nutrient leaching from the litter layer after clear-felling of the first rotation Sitka spruce stands have been evaluated in the past (Malcolm and Titus 1983). The nutrient changes in the peaty gley soils after the clear-felling of the Sitka spruce stands were also assessed (Titus and Malcolm 1991). Growth reductions in Sitka spruce after 10 years following whole tree harvesting at these sites were reported by Proe and Dutch (1994) and tree nutrient status through foliar analysis was reported by Proe et al. (1996, 1999). Aboveground tree parameters such as height and diameter have been recorded every three years. Soil and roots survey were carried out in 2009. Long term effects of whole tree harvesting on soil carbon and nutrient sustainability have been evaluated in 2010 (Vanguelova et al., 2010). Long term impacts of WTH and fertilisation. Full above and below-ground carbon and nutrient balance and allocation are under evaluation (Vanguelova et al. in prep.). The soil survey will be repeated at the end of the rotation before clear fell. Vangeulova et al (2010) Long term effects of whole tree harvesting on soil carbon and nutrient sustainability in the UK. Biogeochemistry (2010) 101: 43-59 Attribution statement: If you use this data you must site Vanguelova et al., 2010 and also relevant references for the WTH experiment from the reference list

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/data.defra.gov.uk/Forestry/FC_OpenData/FR/WTH_Kielder.zip

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Unique resource identifier

code

57ebd6a8-08d0-46c6-9253-547c27854df6

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

environment

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

England

Scientific

Soils

environment

Keyword set

keyword value

biomass

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-01-13

Keyword set

keyword value

carbon

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-01-13

Keyword set

keyword value

research

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-01-13

Keyword set

keyword value

tree

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-01-13

Keyword set

keyword value

soil

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-01-13

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-2.591

East bounding longitude

-2.491

North bounding latitude

55.279

South bounding latitude

55.179

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2009-05-05

End position

2099-12-31

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2016-01-15

date type

revision

effective date

2016-04-11

Frequency of update

asNeeded

Quality and validity

Lineage

The data was processed using Excel and statistically analysed using GenStat.

Conformity

Data format

name of format

Proprietary format | MS Excel (XLS)

version of format

2003

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Contains Forestry Commission information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Forest Research must be acknowledged as the source of the data in any subsequent papers/products

Constraint set

Use constraints

Forest Research must be acknowledged as the source of the data in any subsequent papers/products

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Forest Research must be acknowledged as the source of the data in any subsequent papers/products

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Forestry Commission

email address

mapping.geodata@forestry.gov.uk

web address

http://www.forestry.gov.uk/

description: Forestry Commission England Website

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Forestry Commission

email address

mapping.geodata@forestry.gov.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2024-01-17

Metadata language