Effect of Robinia pseudoacacia, Populus x. euramericana, and Quercus robur plantations on groundwater and iontransport at the northern hungarian plain

Szabó András; Gribovszki Zoltán; Bolla Bence; Balog Kitti; Csáfordi Péter; Tóth Tibor

Bulletin of Forestry Science / Volume 9 / Issue 2 / Pages 87-97
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Effect of Robinia pseudoacacia, Populus x. euramericana, and Quercus robur plantations on groundwater and iontransport at the northern hungarian plain

András Szabó, Zoltán Gribovszki, Bence Bolla, Kitti Balog, Péter Csáfordi & Tibor Tóth

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Correspondence: Szabó András

Postal address: H-1277 Budapest, Pf: 17.

e-mail: szabo.andras[at]erti.naik.hu

Abstract

The role of forests in hydrological processes on the Great Hungarian Plain is still a subject of debate. Among the causes there are numerous and highly variable local factors taking part in the processes.
This research investigated the impact of forests on groundwater levels and ion transport of the soil since 2012 on 108 study sites, using one-time soil sampling, forest stand measurements and groundwater monitoring.
Results in general supported the assumptions of the hypothesis in correlation with groundwater depression and ionaccumulation under forest stands. Meanwhile the same results highlighted that different water-uptake strategies of different tree species and other local factors (topography, soil texture) highly influenced the processes.
Consequently it is not correct to evaluate the impact of forest stands exclusively by their increased evapotranspiration. For this purpose complex approach is necessary in which groundwater monitoring and investigation of ion transport also could be used as useful instruments.

Keywords: hydrological regime of forests, watertable depression, ionaccumulation

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Balog K., Gribovszki Z., Szabó A., Jobbágy E.G., Nosetto M., Kuti L., et al. 2014: Alföldi telepített erdők hatása a felszín alatti sófelhalmozódásra sekély talajvizű területeken. Agrokémia és Talajtan 63: 249–268.

Csáfordi P., Szabó A., Balog K., Gribovszki Z., Bidló A. & Tóth T. 2017: Factors controlling the daily change of water table during the growing season on the Great Hungarian Plain: a statistical approach. Environmental Earth Sciences 76(20): 675. DOI: 10.1007/s12665-017-7002-1

Gőbölös A. 2002: A „vízhiányos” erdőgazdálkodás kérdései a Duna-Tisza közi homokháton. Hidrológiai Közlöny 82(6): 324–326.

Gribovszki Z., Kalicz P., Szilágyi J. & Kucsara M. 2008: Riparian zone evapotranspiration estimation from diurnal groundwater level fluctuations. Journal of Hydrology 349(1-2): 6–17. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.10.049

Gribovszki Z., Kalicz P., Balog K., Szabó A. & Tóth T. 2014: Comparison of groundwater uptake and salt dynamics of an oak forest and of a pasture on the Hungarian Great Plain. Acta Silvatica et Lignaria Hungarica 10(1): 103–114. DOI: 10.2478/aslh-2014-0008

Ijjász E. 1938: Az erdő szerepe a természet vízháztartásában. Hidrológiai Közlöny 18: 416–445.

Járó Z. 1981: A hazai erdők vízfogyasztása. Agrártudományi közlemények 40(2-4): 353–356.

Jobbágy E.G. & Jackson R.B. 2007: Groundwater and soil chemical changes under phreatophytic tree plantations. Journal of Geophysical Research 112: G02013. DOI: 10.1029/2006JG000246

Keresztesi B. 1968: Morphological characteristics of the Robinia root system on different sites of the Great Hungarian Plain. In: International Symposium Methods of Productivity Studies in Root Systems and Rhizosphere Organisms, Moscow, 28 August – 12 Sept. Nauka, Leningrad, 86–95.

Major P. 2002: Síkvidéki erdők hatása a vízháztartásra. Hidrológiai Közlöny 82(6): 319–324.

Móricz N., Tóth T., Balog K., Szabó A., Rasztovits E. & Gribovszki Z. 2016: Groundwater uptake of forest and agricultural land covers in regions of recharge and discharge. iForest 9: 696–701. DOI: 10.3832/ifor1864-009

Szabó A., Gribovszki Z., Jobbágy E.G., Balog K., Bidló A. & Tóth T. 2018: Subsurface accumulation of CaCO₃ and Cl^– from groundwater under black locust and poplar plantations. Journal of Forestry Research 30: 1353-1361. DOI: 10.1007/s11676-018-0700-z

Szodfridt I. 1993: Az erdő és a talajvizek kapcsolata Duna-Tisza közi hátságon. Hidrológiai Közlöny 73(1): 44–45.

Tóth T., Balog K., Szabó A., Pásztor L., Jobbagy E.G., Nosetto M.D. et al. 2014: Influence of lowland forests on subsurface salt accumulation in shallow groundwater areas. AoB Plants 6: plu054. DOI: 10.1093/aobpla/plu054

White W.N. 1932: A method of estimating ground-water supplies based on discharge by plants and evaporation from soil: Results of investigations in Escalante Valley, Utah. (report) US. Geological Survey, Water Supply Paper 659-A: 1–105. DOI: 10.3133/wsp659a

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Szabó, A., Gribovszki, Z., Bolla, B., Balog, K., Csáfordi, P. & Tóth, T. (2019): Effect of Robinia pseudoacacia, Populus x. euramericana, and Quercus robur plantations on groundwater and iontransport at the northern hungarian plain. Bulletin of Forestry Science, 9(2): 87-97. (in Hungarian) DOI: 10.17164/EK.2019.006

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Volume 9, Issue 2
Pages: 87-97

DOI: 10.17164/EK.2019.006

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