Height growth, needle mass and needle nutrient concentrations of N, P, K, Ca, Mg AND Cu in a 6-year-old black spruce peatland plantation in Newfoundland, Canada

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 138-148

  Wells, E Doyle ^a   Warren, William G ^b  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drainage; Fertilization; Growth; Needles; Nutrients; Peatlands; Tilling

Indexed keywords

PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 0030700283     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: 16511891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827589709355395     Document Type: Article

References (45)

1. Adams, S. N., Dickson, D. A., and Cornforth, I. S., 1972. Some effects of soil water tables on the growth of Sitka spruce in Northern Ireland. Forestry, 45:129-133.
2. Anon. 1976. Individual/simultaneous determination of nitrogen and/or phosphorus in BD acid digest, Technicon Industrial Method No. 329-74W/A Tarrytown, NY:Technicon Industrial Systems.
3. Anon. 1982. Canadian Climate Normals. 1951-1980, Ottawa:Publ. of Canadian Climate Program. Atmospheric Environment Service, Environment Canada.
4. Armson, K., 1996. The growth and absorption of nutrients by fertilized and unfertilized white spruce seedlings. For. Chron., 42:127-136.
5. Beaton, J. D., Moss, A., MacRae, I., Konkin, J. W., McGhee, W. J. T., and Kosick, R., 1965. Observations on foliage content of several coniferous tree species in British Columbia. For. Chron., June:222-236.
6. Binns, W. O., Mayhead, G. J., and Mackenzie, J. M., 1980. Nutrient deficiencies of conifers in British Forest. An illustrated guide, Forestry Commission Leaflet 76 23London:HMSO. ISBN 011710 227X.
7. Boggie, R., 1972. Effect of water-table height on root development of Pinus contorta on deep peat in Scotland. Oikos, 23:304-312.
8. Boggie, R., and Miller, H. G., 1976. Growth of Pinus contorta at different water-table levels in deep blanket peat. Forestry, 49:123-131.
9. Brække, F. H., The effect of fertilization and drainage intensity on height growth of Scots pine and Norway spruce in North Norway. Proc. Int. Symp. Forest Drainage, Jyväskylä-Oulu, Finland. September2-61974. pp. 207-218. Helsinki, Finland:IPS-IUFRO Working Party.
10. Brække, F. H., 1977. Fertilization for balanced mineral nutrition of forests on nutrient poor peatland. Suo, 28:53-61.
11. Brække, F. H., 1987. Nutrient relationships in forest stands:effects of drainage and fertilization on surface peat layers. For. Ecol. Manage., 21:269-284.
12. Carey, M. L., McCarthy, R. G., and Hendrick, E., Nutrient budgets in young Sitka spruce and lodgepole pine on a raised bog. Proc. 7th Int. Peat Congress. Dublin. pp. 207-218. ISSN 0254-4709.
13. Desjardins, J.-G., 1978. “ Determination of total major and minor elements ”. In Manual on Soil Sampling and Methods of Analysis, 140-141. Ottawa:Can. Soc. Soil Sci.
14. Holmen, H., 1964. Forest ecological studies on drained peatland in the province of Uppland, Sweden, Parts I—III. Stud. For. Suec., 16:236
15. Kaunisto, S., 1982. Development of pine plantations on drained bogs as affected by some peat properties, fertilization, soil preparation and liming. Comm. Inst. For. Fenn., 109:1-56.
16. Kaunisto, S., and Norlamo, M., 1976. On nitrogen mobilization in peat I. Effect of liming and rotavation in different incubation temperatures. Comm. Inst. For. Fenn., 88:1-27.
17. Keay, J., 1964. Nutrient deficiencies in conifers. R. Scott. For. Soc., 18:8
18. Laine, J., and Mannerkoski, H., 1980. Effect of fertilization on tree growth and elk damage in young Scots pine stands planted on drained, nutrient-poor open bogs. Acta For. Fenn., 166:1-45.
19. Lieffers, V. J., and Rothwell, R. L., 1987. Effects of drainage on substrate temperature and phenology of some trees and shrubs in an Alberta peatland. Can. J. For. Res., 17:97-104.
20. MacKenzie, J. M., Early effects of different types, rates and methods of application of phosphate rock on peatland. Proc. 4th Int. Peat Congress. June25-301972, Finland. Vol. 3, pp. 531-538. Otaniemi.
21. Mannerkoski, H., 1978. An experiment comparing different afforestation methods in peatlands. Suo, 29:25-31.
22. Mannerkoski, H., and Seppälä, K., 1970. On the influence of fertilization on the initial development of plantations in open low-sedge bogs. Suo, 21:12-17.
23. Nilsson, I., 1972. Accumulation of metals in spruce needles and needle litter. Oikos, 23:132-136.
24. Paavilainen, E., 1966. On the effect of drainage on the root systems of Scots pine on peat soils. Comm. Inst. For. Fenn., 61(1):1-110.
25. Paavilainen, E., 1970. Experimental results of the afforestation of swampy fields. Fol. For., 77:1-24.
26. Päivänen, J., 1974. The effect of ditch spacing and furrowing on the depth of the ground water table and on the development of a Scots pine plantation on a small-sedge bog. Silva Fenn., 8:215-224.
27. Pollett, F. C., Nutrient contents of peat soils in Newfoundland. Proc. 4th Int. Peat Congress. June25-301972, Finland. Vol. 3, pp. 461-468. Otaniemi.
28. Pollett, F. C., and Bridgewater, P. B., 1973. A phytosociologi-cal classification of peatlands in central Newfoundland. Can. J. For. Res., 3:433-442.
29. Sabo, E., 1963. “ Some results of projects to increase productivity of swamped forests by means of drainage ”. In The Increase of Productivity of Swamped Forest. (Translated from Russian.), IPST Cat. No. 660 57-69. Jerusalem
30. Salonius, P. O., 1972. Microbial response to fertilizer treatments in organic soils. Soil sci., 114:12-19.
31. Savill, P. S., Dickson, D. A., and Wilson, W. T., Effects of ploughing and drainage on growth and root development of Sitka spruce on deep peat in Northern Ireland. Proc. Int. Symp. Forest Drainage, Jyväskylä-Oulu. September2-61974, Finland. pp. 241-252. IPS-IUFRO Working Party. Helsinki, Finland
32. Seppälä, K., 1969. Kuusen ja männyn kasvun kehitys ojite-tuilla turvemailla. (Post-drainage growth rate of Norway spruce and scots pine on peat). Acta For. Fenn., 93:88
33. Sundström, E., 1995. The impact of climate, drainage and fertilization on the survival and growth of Pinus sylvestris L. in afforestation of open low-production peat-lands. Scand. J. For. Res., 10:190-203.
34. Swan, H. S. D., 1970. Relationships between nutrient supply, growth and nutrient concentrations in the foliage of black spruce and jack pine, 46Quebec, Woodlands:Pulp & Paper Res. Inst. Canada, Point Claire. Papers No. 19
35. Taylor, C. M. A., Forest fertilization in Great Britain. Paper read before The Fertilizer Society of London. Dec.111986. pp. 23
36. Timmer, V. R., 1979. Effect of fertilization on nutrient concentrations of white spruce foliage and bark. For. sci., 25:115-119.
37. Wells, E. D., 1991. The establishment and early growth of trees planted on drained peatlands in Newfoundland, Canada, 299Aberdeen, Scotland:University of Aberdeen. PhD Thesis
38. Wells, E. D., 1994. Effects of planting, spacing and refertil-ization on growth and nutrition of black spruce (Picea mariana (Mill.) B. S. P.) planted on a minerotrophic peatland in Newfoundland, Canada. Can. J. For. Res., 24:1302-1311.
39. Wells, E. D., 1996. Classification of peatland vegetation in Atlantic Canada. J. Veg. sci., in press
40. Wells, E. D., and Hirvonen, H. E., 1988. “ Wetlands of Atlantic Canada ”. In National Wetlands Working Group (eds), Wetlands of Canada, Ecological Land Classification Series No. 24 251-303. Montreal:Polyscience Publ. Inc. ISBN 0921317131.
41. Wells, E. D., and Miller, H. G., 1994. Effects of refertilization on growth and nutrition of lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta Dougl.) planted on a minerotrophic peatland in central Newfoundland, Canada. Forestry, 67:150-164.
42. Wells, E. D., and Pollett, F. C., 1983. “ Peatlands ”. In Biogeography and Ecology of the Island of Newfoundland, Edited by:South, R., 207-266. The Hague:W. Junk Publ. ISBN 9061931010.
43. Wells, E. D., and Williams, B. L., 1996. Effects of drainage, tilling and PK-fertilization on bulk density, total N, P, K, Ca and Fe, and net N-mineralization in two peatland forestry sites in Newfoundland, Canada. J. For. Ecol. Manage., 84:97-108.
44. Williams, B. L., and Wheatley, R. E., 1988. Nitrogen mineralization and water-table height in oligotrophic deep peat. Biol. Fertil. Soils, 6:141-147.
45. Wright, T. W., 1959. Use of fertilisers in the afforestation of deep peat. J. Sci. Fd. Agric., 12:645-650.