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Sample: Flakaliden Soil warming exp. 2001

Details

Sample type

Leaves/Needles

Sampled

2001

Available

Yes

Description

Unground spruce needle samples (C+0) and remains of ground needle samples (C+1) collected 2001-10-18 in the soil warming experiment at Flakaliden. Needle samples were taken on the seventh branch whorl on five trees per plot. C+1-needles has been analysed and has sample no. Fla 2091-2130 from laboratory. Unground C+0-needle samples has running no. 111-150 and has not been analysed. A key list of sample numbers is available for download.

Background information

The soil warming experiment, which started in 1994 and ended in the autumn of 2012, was conducted on two treatments: irrigation with water (I) and irrigation with liquid fertiliser (IL), with two control plots and two heated plots on each treatment, a total of eight plots (size 10x10 m). The ground was heated by heating cables installed between humus and mineral soil. Heated plots were kept 5°C warmer than the control areas during the vegetation period. Soil warming started one month before normal spring thaw. In the autumn, when the control areas froze, the heating was reduced by 1°C per week, which means that the frost-free period was extended around two months per year.

Keywords

soil warming

Events

  • Analysis 2001: Nutrient analysis of sample no. 2091-2130.
  • Miscellaneous 2004: These samples were first stored at The Department of Forest Production Ecology, SLU Uppsala. In 2004 the samples were sent to SilvaBoreal-Archive for longtime storage.

Location and ownership

Organisation

SLU - ESF - Vindelns försöksparker

Location

Östvallen → Attic (Not temperature regulated)

Contact

Ulla Nylander
ulla.nylander@slu.se