Status and Dynamics of Forests in Germany: Results of the National Forest Monitoring

Chapter 1. Concept and Methodology of the National Forest Soil Inventory.- Chapter 2. Environmental Settings and TheirChanges in the Last Decades.- Chapter 3. Soil Water Budget and Drought Stress.- Chapter 4. Soil Acidification in German Forest Soils.- Chapter 5. Nitrogen status and dynamics in German forest soils.- Chapter 6. Carbon Stocks and Carbon Stock Changes in German Forest Soils.- Chapter 7. Heavy Metal Stocks and Concentrations in Forest Soils.- Chapter 8. Occurrence and Spatial Distribution of Selected Organic Substances in Germany's Forest Soils.- Chapter 9. Nutritional Status of Major Forest Tree Species in Germany.- Chapter 10. Plants as Indicators of Soil Chemical Properties.- Chapter 11. Spatial Response Patterns in Biotic Reactions of Forest Trees and Their Associations with Environmental Variables in Germany.- Chapter 12. Sustainable Use and Development of Forests and Forest Soils - A Resume.