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Establishment, survival and height growth of sown and naturally regenerated Picea abies (L.) Karst. seedlings were examined in a 6 yr period in eight stands on bilberry woodland in south- east Norway. Five harvesting treatments (shelterwoods of high, medium and low density, 253/25 m patch-cut, 503/50 m clear-cut) and three scarification alternatives (unscarified, patch scarification, inverting) were combined in a split-plot design. Establishment, survival and plant height after 6 yrs were positively affected by scarification. Significant differences between patch scarification and inverting were not observed, although mortality tended to be lower, and seedlings slightly taller, after patch scarification. Establishment after natural seedfall was least successful on the clear-cut, but more or less equal at the other stand treatments. Height growth increased with decreasing overstorey retention, while there was a tendency towards lower survival on the clear-cuts and patch-cuts. Natural regeneration in the unscarified plots was unsuccessful after 6 yrs, while the different combinations of harvesting and scarification treatments usually gave sufficient regeneration.

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Overvåkingen i 2002 viste at den stabile helsetilstanden som er registrert i norske skoger de siste 3-4 årene fortsatte, og kronefargen ble forbedret. På landsrepresentative flater økte kronetetthet svakt for gran mens det var uforandret for furu, sammenliknet med året før. Kronetetthet for bjørk gikk svakt opp. Kronefargen var gjennomgående mer grønn enn i tidligere år for gran og furu, mens for bjørk var det misfarging på 10% av trærne. På skogoppsynets overvåkingsflater i produksjonsskog med gran, var det samlet sett en ubetydelig nedgang siden året før. Kronefargen på disse flatene ble grønnere, og på granflatene har det ikke vært så lite omfang av misfarging noen gang siden overvåkingen startet i 1988. Trøndelag var den landsdelen som skilte seg ut i negativ retning med konstant lav, og fortsatt avtakende kronetetthet. Dødeligheten var omtrent som i tidligere år. Skogens helsetilstand, registrert ved kronetetthet, misfarging og avdøing, påvirkes i stor grad av klimatiske forhold, enten direkte som ved tørke, frost og vind, eller indirekte ved at det påvirker omfanget av soppsykdommer og insektangrep. Klimatisk styrte soppangrep har hatt usedvanlig stort omfang de siste årene. Det er ikke funnet tegn som tyder på at langtransporterte luftforurensninger har ført til skader på skog. Overvåkingsprogram for skogskader (OPS) har vært i drift siden 1986. Formålet er å overvåke skogens vitalitet, og vurdere betydningen av langtransporterte luftforurensninger. Overvåkingen omfatter registreringer på to omfattende og landsdekkende sett av overvåkingsflater, dvs ”landsrepresentative overvåkingsflater” og ”skogoppsynets overvåkingsflater”, på 14 intensivt overvåkede flater, samt deler av den nasjonale overvåkingen av langtransporterte luftforurensninger.

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Sulphur deposition is high at all IMPACTS sites and exceed maximum levels observed in Europe and North-America. Dry deposition equals or exceeds wet deposition. The IMPACTS data, in particular those from the remote Lei Gong Shan site clearly document long-range transport of air pollutants. Due to the actual and future energy combustion and emission strategy in China, the long-range transport of air pollutants may significantly increase with subsequent increased environmental damage in rural and remote areas in China. In addition to sulphur deposition, depositions of reactive nitrogen (nitric acid and ammonia) and calcium are also important and clearly demonstrate that pH alone is not a good indicator for acid deposition. High concentrations of ground level ozone, above critical levels for vegetation and forest, are observed at the Liu Xi He site in Guangdong province. Soil acidification gives rise to high concentrations of toxic aluminium in soil water at several sites. At the Tie Shan Ping site in Chongqing aluminium occurs at a level where long-term harmful effects on trees might be expected. Defoliation and mortality have been severe, however, fairly stable. Insect attacks are apparently a major cause, but enhanced insect attacks might be an indirect effect of health weakening due to acidification. Defoliation has been considerable also in Liu Chong Guan in Guiyang, while the three other catchments had minor defoliation only. High foliar nitrogen concentrations are seen in Lei Gong Shan in Guizhou and Cai Jia Tang in Hunan, accompanied by low P/N-ratios. Statistical tests of vegetation change, so far only implemented in Liu Chong Guan, revealed minor changes in number and abundances of vascular plants, but a significant decline in number of bryophytes. This decline is probably related to climatic year-to-year variations. Data from other catchments and longer time periods are needed to identify vegetation changes related to soil acidification or direct effects of air pollutants. Modelling results from Tie Shan Ping suggest that the currently planned 20% reduction in sulphur emissions is far from sufficient to avoid further acidification. As more data are generated, dose-response relationships, critical load estimates and model predictions will obviously be improved.

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Mortality, injury and height growth of planted Picea abies (L.) Karst. were examined in a six-year period in eight stands in southeast Norway. There were four residual stand densities (shelterwoods of high, medium and low density, 25 x 25 m patch cut) combined with three scarification treatments (unscarified, patch scarification, inverting) in a split-plot design. Mortality was generally low during the experimental period, and did not differ significantly between the residual density treatments (mean=11.1%). Both survival and plant height after 6 years were improved by inverting, while patch scarification was intermediate but not significantly different from the unscarified alternative. The patch-cutting resulted in the tallest plants, while only minor differences in height growth were found between the shelterwood treatments. The frequency of injured plants after six years was not significantly affected by the treatments (mean=10.6%). The improved plant establishment with inverting in this study is in agreement with previous studies on clear-cuts.

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Det ble lagt ut ni forsøksfelter i sjiktet granskog på Østlandet, i 400-600 meters høyde. Åtte av feltene lå på vegetasjonstypen blåbærgranskog. Effekten av hogstmetode (flate, gruppehogst, og skjermstillinger av forskjellig tetthet) og markberedningsmetode (flekkmarkberedning, inversmarkberedning og ingen markberedning) på etablering og vekst av naturlig foryngelse samt kulturplanter ble undersøkt. Begge markberedningsmetodene ga i hovedsak et godt resultat når det gjalt naturlig foryngelse. Det ble noen flere planter med flekk- enn med inversmarkberedning. Et godt frøår rett etter markberedningen bidro til den gode etableringen. Uten markberedning var planteetableringen imidlertid dårlig. Det var noe færre planter på hogstflata enn i de andre hogstbehandlingene. Plantenes vekst ble bedre med økende hogstintensitet. Etter seks vekstsesonger var kulturplantene 30-40 cm høyere enn naturforyngelsen.

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The rationale for stand growth modelling is often either grounded in a search for improved scientific understanding or in support for management decisions. The ultimate goal under the first task is seen in mechanistic models, i.e. models that represent the stand structure realistically and predict future growth as a function of the current status of the stand. Such mechanistic models tend to be over-parameterized with respect to the data actually available for a given stand. Calibration of these models may lead to non-unique representations and unreliable predictions. Empirical models, the second major line of growth modelling, typically match available data sets as well as do process-based models. They have less degrees of freedom, hence mitigate the problem of non-unique calibration results, but they employ often parameters without physiological or physical meaning. That is why empirical models cannot be extrapolated beyond the existing conditions of observations. Here we argue that this widespread dilemma can be overcome by using interactive models as an alternative approach to mechanistic (algorithmic) models. Interactive models can be used at two levels: a) the interactions among trees of a species or ecosystem and b) the interactions between forest management and a stand structure, e.g. in thinning trials. In such a model data from a range of sources (scientific, administrative, empirical) can be incorporated into consistent growth reconstructions. Interactive selection among such growth reconstructions may be theoretically more powerful than algorithmic automatic selection. We suggest a modelling approach in which this theoretical conjecture can be put to a practical test. To this end growth models need to be equipped with interactive visualization interfaces in order to be utilized as input devices for silvicultural expertise. Interactive models will not affect the difficulties of predicting forest growth, but may be at their best in documenting and disseminating silvicultural competence in forestry.