Element content, bulk density, and pH in living and dead wood of 8 tree species in a mesic broad-leaved forest in the East European Plain

Larisa G. Khanina; Maxim V. Bobrovsky; Natalya V. Ivanova

doi:10.15468/epgqxk

Element content, bulk density, and pH in living and dead wood of 8 tree species in a mesic broad-leaved forest in the East European Plain

Citation

Khanina L G, Bobrovsky M V, Ivanova N V (2023). Element content, bulk density, and pH in living and dead wood of 8 tree species in a mesic broad-leaved forest in the East European Plain. Version 1.10. Institute of Mathematical Problems of Biology RAS – the Branch of Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics of Russian Academy of Sciences. Sampling event dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/epgqxk accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-11.

Description

The dataset includes results of laboratory analyses of 247 wood samples collected without bark from 24 live trees and 52 fallen logs of eight tree species: Acer platanoides, Betula pendula, Fraxinus excelsior, Picea abies, Populus tremula, Quercus robur, Tilia cordata, and Ulmus glabra. The dataset contains the following characteristics of wood samples: (1) bulk density (kg m-3) calculated by dividing the dry mass (at 60ºC for 96 h) by the fresh volume of a sample; (2) pH value measured with an electrode in the aqueous supernatant (0.5 g milled wood sample mixed with demineralized water 1:25); (3) concentrations of C and N (%) determined with a CHN analyser, and (4) concentration of Al, Ca, K, Cu, Mg, Mn, P, and Zn (mg kg-1) defined with ICP-OES. For each wood sample, the stage of decomposition is indicated; it varies from the initial class 0 (living trees) and then from the least decomposed class 1 to the most decomposed class 5. For fallen logs and standing trees, diameter at 1.3 m from the trunk base is given. For logs, the total length and mean stage of decomposition, weighted by the length of longitudinal fragments at different decay stages, are also presented. The logs were formed as a result of a mass windthrow occurred in a mesic broad-leaved forest in the strict Nature Reserve "Kaluzhskie Zaseki" in June 2006. The samples were collected in 2020-2022. The data are published as part of the RSF Project No. 22-24-01063 (https://rscf.ru/en/project/22-24-01063/) and analyzed in the articles Khanina et al., 2023 (DOI: 10.31857/S0024114823040034, 10.1016/j.foreco.2023.121275, 10.17223/19988591/62/2).

Taxonomic Coverages

Betula pendula Roth
rank: species
Acer platanoides L.
rank: species
Fraxinus excelsior L.
rank: species
Picea abies (L.) H.Karst.
rank: species
Populus tremula L.
rank: species
Quercus robur L.
rank: species
Tilia cordata Mill.
rank: species
Ulmus glabra Huds.
rank: species

Geographic Coverages

Kaluzhskie Zaseki Nature Reserve, Kaluga Oblast, Russian Federation

Bibliographic Citations

Khanina L., Bobrovsky M., Smirnov V., Romanov M. Wood decomposition, carbon, nitrogen, and pH values in logs of 8 tree species 14 and 15 years after a catastrophic windthrow in a mesic broad-leaved forest in the East European plain // Forest Ecology and Management. 2023. Vol. 545. ID 121275. - DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2023.121275
Khanina, L.G., Smirnov, V.E., Bobrovsky, M.V., Romanov, M.S., 2023. Vliyanie drevesnoj porody i stadii razlozheniya na elementnyj sostav valezha v shirokolistvennom lesu na Vostochno-Evropejskoj ravnine. Lesovedenie [Russian Journal of Forest Science] No. 4. P. 353-368. – Influence of tree species and stage of decomposition on the elements composition of deadwood in a broad-leaved forest on the East European Plain (in Russian). https://www.elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=54045450 - DOI: 10.31857/S0024114823040034
Khanina LG, Bobrovsky MV, Smirnov VE. Dynamics of Element Stocks in Deadwood and Soil After a Mass Windthrow in a Broad-Leaved Forest on Sandy Soils. Vestnik Tomskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta. Biologiya = Tomsk State University Journal of Biology. 2023;62:29-52. https://journals.tsu.ru/biology/&journal_page=archive&id=2381 - doi: 10.17223/19988591/62/2

Contacts

Larisa G. Khanina
originator
position: Leading Researcher
Institute of Mathematical Problems of Biology RAS
1, Vitkevicha str.
Pushchino
142290
RU
email: khanina.larisa@gmail.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8937-5938

Maxim V. Bobrovsky
originator
position: Leading researcher
Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems in Soil Science of the Russian Academy of Sciences
2, Institutskaya str.
Pushchino
142290
RU
email: maxim.bobrovsky@gmail.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3379-368X

Natalya V. Ivanova
originator
position: Senior Researcher
Institute of Mathematical Problems of Biology RAS
1, Vitkevicha str.
Pushchino
142290
RU
email: natalya.dryomys@gmail.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4199-5924

Larisa G. Khanina
metadata author
position: Leading Researcher
Institute of Mathematical Problems of Biology RAS
1, Vitkevicha str.
Pushchino
142290
RU
email: khanina.larisa@gmail.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8937-5938

Ivan Zhmaylov
content provider
position: Leading specialist
Russian Forest Museum
Moscow
RU
email: ulmus@yandex.ru

Larisa G. Khanina
administrative point of contact
position: Leading Researcher
Institute of Mathematical Problems of Biology RAS
1, Vitkevicha str.
Pushchino
142290
RU
email: khanina.larisa@gmail.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8937-5938