Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Concept and Methodology of the National Forest Soil Inventory -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The National Forest Soils Inventory as a Part of the Forest Monitoring in Germany -- 1.3 Legal Framework -- 1.4 Objectives and Key Questions -- 1.5 Survey Parameters and Data Harmonization -- 1.6 Inventory Design -- 1.7 Soil Sampling -- 1.7.1 National Forest Soils Inventory -- 1.7.2 Level II -- 1.8 Laboratory Analytics Quality Management -- 1.9 Sample Preparation Methods -- 1.10 Soil Physical Parameters -- 1.11 Chemical Analysis of Soil and Humus -- 1.12 Sampling of Leaves and Needles -- 1.13 Chemical Analysis of Leaves and Needles -- 1.14 Tree Crown Condition -- 1.15 Critical Loads -- 1.15.1 Critical Loads of Acidity -- 1.15.2 Critical Loads of Nutrient Nitrogen for Soils -- 1.15.3 Derivation of Input Data -- 1.16 Atmospheric Deposition -- 1.17 Statistics -- 1.17.1 Weighting -- 1.17.2 Basic Evaluations -- 1.17.3 Challenges and Solutions -- References -- Chapter 2: Environmental Settings and Their Changes in the Last Decades -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Changes of Atmospheric Deposition on NFSI Plots -- 2.3 Climate -- 2.4 Soil Parent Material Groups -- 2.5 Soil Classes -- 2.6 Humus Forms -- 2.7 Types of Depth Profiles of Base Saturation -- 2.8 Acid-Sensitive Sites -- 2.9 Forest Stands -- 2.10 Classification of Forests Based on the Atmospheric Deposition -- 2.11 Critical Loads for Eutrophication and Acidification and Their Exceedance -- 2.11.1 Parameters for Critical Loads Calculation Derived from NFSI II Data -- 2.11.2 Critical Limits and Critical Loads -- 2.11.3 Exceedance of Critical Loads -- 2.12 Summary and Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3: Soil Water Budget and Drought Stress -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Soil Properties as Input for Water Budget Modelling.
