Forest Nutrition ManagementAn integrated treatment of forest nutrition management that draws on the fields of silviculture, soil studies, ecology, and economics to provide broad-based information on how to enhance the nutritional status of forest soils in order to increase their long-term stand productivity. Covers the use of fertilizers to enhance biological nitrogen fixation and how the nutrition status of forests is affected by other operations, such as harvesting and site preparation. Includes methods for assessing nutrient status, the economics of nutrition management, and models to aid in decision making. Written for the non-specialist needing a clear conceptual base for applying forest nutrition science to management. Numerous examples of successful forest management illustrate concepts. |
Contents
The Context of Forest Nutrition | 1 |
History of Forest Nutrition Management | 8 |
General References | 14 |
The Major Nutrient Cycles | 50 |
Forest Nutrition Assessment | 74 |
Fertilization | 108 |
Biological Nitrogen Fixation | 133 |
Harvesting Site Preparation | 161 |
Site Preparation and Regeneration | 172 |
General References | 186 |
Christmas Trees and Seed Orchards | 195 |
Economics Energetics and Decisions | 212 |
Models in Forest Nutrition Management | 238 |
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Common terms and phrases
acid ammonium anion assessment Binkley biomass calcium canopy cation concentrations conifer cost of fertilization crop trees decomposition decrease denitrification Douglas-fir Ecology ecosystem effects electron energy fertilization fertilization response Figure foliage FORCYTE forest ecosystems forest floor forest nutrition management Forest Research forest soils forestry FORNUTS growth response immobilization increase inputs kg N/ha kg/ha annually leaf area litter litterfall loblolly pine m³/ha method Mg/ha microbes mineralization mycorrhizae N-fixing nitrate nitrification nitrogen fixation Norway spruce nutrient availability nutrient content nutrient cycling nutrient limitation nutrient losses nutrient supply rate oxidation patterns phosphate Phosphorus plots pool predictions productivity red alder reduced release response to fertilization roots rotations sample Scots pine seedlings Sitka alder slash pine sludge Society of America soil organic matter soil pH Soil Science Society soil solution species spruce stand stem growth sulfate sulfur tion treatments vegetation whole-tree harvesting windrows yield