Optimal woodland development on sandy soils in The Netherlands

Vegetatio ◽  
1977 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 187-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Sissingh
Keyword(s):  
1965 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-47
Author(s):  
C.H. Menkens

Sodium content of grass was largely determined by Na content and K number of the soil. At a given Na content of soil, the Na content of grass decreased with increasing K number of the soil but the decrease was small where K number was >30. Na content of grass increased with increasing soil Na; the increase was higher at low- than at high soil-K status. K fertilizing lowered grass Na at low soil-K status. Soil-Na content can be used in the Netherlands as a basis for Na-fertilizer recommendations, since K number has generally reached a level at which it has an almost constant effect on Na content of grass. Influences of the K and Na status of the soil on the Na content of grass can be expressed as the ratios (15 X K number)/(Na2O+6) for sandy soils and (25X K number)/(Na2O + 14) for clay soils, the numerator at K numbers > 30 being the same as that at K number=30. With increasing ratios, the Na content of grass decreases. The influence on herbage -Na level of a given amount of Na in K fertilizers is correlated to these ratios. The influence of N fertilizers on Na content of grass was not clear and the influence of Mg fertilizers was negligible. Chile nitrate and Nad affected the Na of grass similarly, but Chile nitrate differed from NaCl in decreasing the Ca content; both fertilizers slightly lowered the Mg content of grass. Herbs and clovers contained more Na than grass does. (Abstract retrieved from CAB Abstracts by CABI’s permission)


1989 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 257-262
Author(s):  
R. Zandvoort

Fluridone and simazine were sprayed in field experiments on coarse and humic sandy soils in spring or in late autumn, and hexazinone on coarse sand in spring. After a spring application, over an eight-month period, fluridone and hexazinone were detected by bioassay in the profile of coarse sand from 0 to 60 cm, whereas simazine did not leach below 15 cm. Both fluridone and simazine were found to a depth of 60 cm in coarse sand after an application in late autumn. Thus, in winter conditions the transformation rate is not fast enough to prevent leaching of fluridone and simazine to deeper soil layers after autumn application. (Abstract retrieved from CAB Abstracts by CABI’s permission)


1996 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 517-541 ◽  
Author(s):  
JAN G. M. ROELOFS ◽  
ROLAND BOBBINK ◽  
EMIEL BROUWER ◽  
MAAIKE C. C. DE GRAAF

1990 ◽  
Vol 68 (10) ◽  
pp. 2127-2134 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. H. P. Arts ◽  
J. G. M. Roelofs ◽  
M. J. H. De Lyon

Twenty-six macrophyte species were studied for their degree of tolerance to extremely acid conditions. They are characteristic of soft water on sandy soils in The Netherlands. These species were divided into two groups based on their recent distribution by pH and alkalinity. The first group consists of the species that can (at least temporarily) survive under extremely acid conditions (pH < 5); the second group contains species that are limited by a distinct minimum pH of the water (pH 5–6). This sharp distinction between groups on.the basis of pH can be used for reconstruction of the development of acidification in waters using historical data on the macrophytes involved. The two groups of species can be used to discriminate between two types of soft water in The Netherlands. Key words: soft-water macrophytes, ecological groups of macrophytes, autecology, acidification, indicator species.


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