Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition to Global Forests. Spatial Variation, Impacts, and Management Implications

Table of Contents

Foreword Mark Sutton Preface Enzai Du and Wim de Vries Chapter 1 Nitrogen deposition and its impacts on forest ecosystems: A global perspective Wim de Vries and Enzai Du Part I Monitoring and modeling spatial variation in nitrogen deposition Chapter 2 Monitoring nitrogen deposition in global forests Gregory M. Beachley, Mark E. Fenn, Enzai Du, Wim deVries, Marijn Bauters, Michael D. Bell, Umesh Kulshrestha, Andreas Schmitz,and John T. Walker Chapter 3 Modelling nitrogen deposition in global forests Donna B. Schwede, David Simpson, Frank Dentener, Enzai Du, and Wim de Vries Part II Ecological and biogeochemical impacts of enhanced nitrogen deposition Chapter 4 Impacts of nitrogen deposition on forest productivity and carbon sequestration Enzai Du and Wim de Vries Chapter 5 Context dependent effects of nitrogen deposition on forest understory plant communities Michael P. Perring, Enzai Du, Binghe Li, Kris Verheyen, Felicity Hayes, and Wim de Vries Chapter 6 Impacts of nitrogen deposition on forest mycorrhizal communities Erik A Lilleskov, Thomas W Kuyper, Martin I Bidartondo, and Erik A Hobbie Chapter 7 Effects of nitrogen deposition on soil nitrogen transformations in forest ecosystems Jinbo Zhang, Frank S. Gilliam, Lei Meng, and Yi Cheng Chapter 8 Impacts of nitrogen deposition on litter and soil carbon dynamics in forests Thomas W. Kuyper, Ivan A. Janssens, and Sara Vicca Chapter 9 Impacts of nitrogen deposition on soil methane uptake in global forests Nan Xia, Enzai Du, and Wim de Vries Chapter 10 Impacts of nitrogen deposition on soil nitrous oxide emissions in global forests Enzai Du, Nan Xia, Runting Cai, Wenrui Bai, and Wim de Vries Part III Responses of forest ecosystems to decreasing nitrogen deposition Chapter 11 Responses of forest ecosystems to nitrogen deposition in the United Kingdom Elena Vanguelova, Rona Pitman, and Sue Benham Chapter 12 Responses of forest ecosystems to decreasing nitrogen deposition in eastern North America Frank S. Gilliam, Douglas A. Burns , Charles T. Driscoll, Serita D. Frey, Gary M. Lovett , and Shaun A. Watmough Chapter 13 Responses of forest ecosystems in Europe to decreasing nitrogen deposition Andreas Schmitz, Tanja G. M. Sanders, Andreas Bolte, Filippo Bussotti, Thomas Dirnb�ck, Josep Pe�uelas, Martina Pollastrini, Anne-Katrin Prescher, Jordi Sardans, Arne Verstraeten, and Wim de Vries Part IV Management implications, uncertainties and future research needs Chapter 14 Indicators and thresholds for nitrogen saturation in forest ecosystems Danni Xie, Lei Duan, Enzai Du, and Wim de Vries Chapter 15 Forest remediation options in the face of excess nitrogen deposition Enzai Du, Christopher M. Clark, and Wim de Vries Chapter 16 Assessing nitrogen deposition and its impact on forest ecosystems: methodology, uncertainties and future research needs Enzai Du and Wim de Vrie

Authors

Enzai Du Professor, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, China. Enzai Du is a professor at Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University. His research interests focus on biogeochemical processes in forest ecosystems and their responses to multiple global change factors, especially nitrogen deposition, climate change, air pollution and urbanization. He has authored and co-authored 50 papers in peer-reviewed journals, including Nature Geoscience, Nature Climate Change and PNAS. Many of these papers focus on the pattern of atmospheric nitrogen deposition and its impacts on forest ecosystems. He also serves as the coordinator of IUFRO (International Union of Forest Research Organizations) research unit (8.04.03) on atmospheric deposition, soils and nutrient cycles. He has co-edited two special issues on forest ecosystems in response to global environmental change in Science of the Total Environment and Environmental Pollution. He has also coedited a book entitled "Atmospheric Reactive Nitrogen in China: Emission, Deposition and Environmental Impacts� (Springer). Wim de Vries Professor, Environmental Systems Analysis Group, Wageningen University, The Netherlands. Wim de Vries is a professor at the Environmental Systems Analysis Group of Wageningen University where he holds the chair "Integrated nitrogen impact assessment�. His research is currently organized around impacts of the elevated use of nutrients (especially nitrogen and phosphorus) in agriculture on air-, soil - and water quality and related impacts on crop and forest productivity and plant species diversity. His special research interest is in the field of soil chemistry with special reference to soil acidification, nutrient cycling, greenhouse gas emissions and heavy metal pollution. He has authored and co-authored about 600 publications on the above-mentioned topics, including ca 200 publications in international peer reviewed journals. He has co-edited three special issues on Nitrogen Fluxes to Air and Water in Environmental Pollution, on Nitrogen related Greenhouse Gases in Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability and on impacts of nitrogen deposition on forests at global scale in Environmental Pollution.