Correlations among indices of forest soil nutrient availability in fertilized and unfertilized loblolly pine plantations

Autor: S. C. Hart, Dan Binkley
Rok vydání: 1985
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Zdroj: Plant and Soil. 85:11-21
ISSN: 1573-5036
0032-079X
Popis: Various laboratory indices of N and P availability in forest soils correlated poorly among themselves and with on-site ion exchange resin (IER) estimates in both unfertilized and N+P fertilized loblolly pine plantations. IER nutrient availability estimates had greatest within-site variability than laboratory indices. Net nitrification was minimal in laboratory incubation of the mineral soil despite high rates of ammonification. In contrast, IER NO3−N values were usually of the same magnitude as IER NH4−N values. In both fertilized and unfertilized stands, at least one N availability index was negatively correlated with at least one P index. Soil N and P availabilities were generally higher on fertilized plots than on unfertilized plots 3.5 years after fertilization, and IER estimates showed the greatest number of plots with increased levels. The greater ability of the IER method to distinguish between fertilized and unfertilized plots indicated the method was affected by on-site factors that the laboratory methods do not assess.
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