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 Cascade Head cation concentrations conifer cost of fertilization crop trees decomposition decrease denitrification Douglas-fir ecosystem effects electron energy example fertilization fertilization response Figure foliage FORCYTE forest ecosystems forest floor forest nutrition management forest soils forestry FORNUTS growth response immobilization important increase inputs investment ion exchange resin kg N/ha kg/ha annually leaf area levels 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 plantations plots pool predictions production red alder reduced release response to fertilization roots rotations sample Scots pine seedlings Sitka alder slash slash pine sludge soil pH soil solution species spruce stand stem growth sulfate sulfur tion treatments vegetation whole-tree harvesting windrows yield