The contribution of plant root systems to slope stability and soil erosion control has received
a lot of attention in recent years. The plant root system is an intricate and adaptive object …

Forest declines are well-studied phenomena. However, recent patterns suggest that the
traditional sequence of events and factors involved in forest decline are changing. Several …

Rain recharges soil water storages and either percolates downward into aquifers and
streams or is returned to the atmosphere through evapotranspiration. Although it is …

Incidences of oak decline have occurred repeatedly during the past three centuries as well
as in the most recent decades. On the basis of historical records and dendrochronological …

A survey was made on the occurrence of soilborne Phytophthora species in 35 oak stands
on a range of geologically different sites in Bavaria. The most widespread species were P …

Hydraulic lift (HL) by tree roots in a young, broad-leaved, mixed temperate European forest
was investigated during the 2008 growing season by injecting 18 O-enriched soil water at a …

Root growth represents an important component of ecosystem carbon cycling because, in a
global perspective, belowground carbon storage is more important than aboveground …

Oak decline presenting symptoms of tracheomycosis have been observed globally over long
periods of time. Since the 1990s, oak decline has been considered to be a multifactorial …

It is hypothesised that major reductions in tree vitality are related to marked changes in soil
water content, extremely wet winters followed by dry summers, and the presence of …

In middle-European silviculture, oak species are largely used for restoration of wind-thrown
spruce stands on dense or badly aerated soils. However, vitality of mature oak stands have …