Carbon and nitrogen storage in agroforests, tree plantations, and pastures in western Oregon, USA

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 123-130

  Sharrow, S H ^a   Ismail, Syed ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ACHARYA N G RANGA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Carbon sequestration; Douglas fir; Silvopasture

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SINK; NITROGEN CYCLE; PASTURE; PLANTATION;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

ABIES; CONIFEROPHYTA; LOLIUM; LOLIUM PERENNE; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM SUBTERRANEUM;

EID: 1242333066     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:AGFO.0000013267.87896.41     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Adger W.N., Brown K., Shiel R.S. and Whitby M.C. 1992. Carbon dynamics of land use in Great Britain. Journal of Environmental Management 36: 117-133.
2. Alban D.H. 1982. Effects of nutrient accumulation by aspen, spruce, and pine on soil properties. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 46: 853-861.
3. Cambardella C. and Elliott E. 1994. Carbon and nitrogen dynamics of soil organic matter fractions from cultivated grassland soils. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 58: 122-130.
4. Cathcart J.F. 2000. Carbon sequestration: A working example from Oregon. Journal of Forestry 98: 32-37.
5. Corre M.D., Schnabel R.R. and Shaffer J.A. 2000. Evaluation of soil organic carbon under forests, cool-season grasses and warm-season grasses in the northeastern U.S. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 31: 1531-1539.
6. Cropper W.P. and Ewel K.C. 1984. Carbon storage patterns in Douglas-fir ecosystems. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 14: 855-859.
7. Davidson E. and Ackerman I. 1993. Changes in soil carbon inventories following cultivation of previously unfilled soils. Biogeochemistry 20: 161-193.
8. Dear B.S., Cocks P.S., Peoples M.B., Swan A.D. and Smith A.B. 1999. Nitrogen fixation by subterranean clover (Trifolium subterraneum L.) Growing in pure culture and in mixtures with varying densities of lucern (Medicage sativa L.) or phalaris (Phalaris aquatica L.). Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 50: 1047-1058.
9. de Groot P. 1990. Are we missing the grass for the trees? New Scientist 125: 29-30.
10. Gholz H.L., Grier C.C., Campbell A.G. and Brown A.T. 1979. Equations for estimating biomass and leaf area of plants in the pacific northwest, Forest Research Lab Research Paper 41. Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA, 40 p.
11. Houghton R.A. and Hackler J.L. 2000. Changes in terrestrial carbon storage in the United States. 1. The roles of agriculture and forestry. Global Ecology and Biogeography 9: 125-144.
12. Johnson D.W. 1992. Effects of forest management on soil carbon storage. Water Air and Soil Pollution 64: 83-120.
13. Kaur B., Gupta S.R. and Singh G. 2000. Soil carbon, microbial activity and nitrogen availability in agroforestry systems on moderately alkaline soils in northern India. Applied Soil Ecology 15: 283-294.
14. Lugo A.E. and Brown S. 1993. Management of tropical soils as sinks or sources of atmospheric carbon. Plant and Soil 149: 27-41.
15. Maikhuri R.K., Semwal R.L., Rao K.S., Singh K., and Saxena K.G. 2000. Growth and ecological impacts of traditional agroforestry tree species in Central Himalaya, India. Agroforestry Systems 48: 257-272.
16. Motazedian I. 1984. Effects of defoliation treatments on forage quality, quantity, and species composition of a Lolium perenne (L.) - Trifolium subterraneum (L.) Pasture. M.S. Thesis, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA. 152p.
17. Potter K.N., Torbert H.A., Johnson H.B. and Tischler C.R. 1999. Carbon storage after long-term grass establishment on degraded soils. Soil Science 164: 718-725.
18. Sharrow S.H. 1992. Tree planting pattern effects on forage production in a Douglas-fir agroforest. Agroforestry Systems 16: 167-175.
19. Sharrow S.H. and Tober D.A. 1979. A simple lightweight point frame. Journal of Range Management 32: 75-76.
20. Sharrow S.H., Carlson D.H., Emmingham W.H. and Lavender D. 1996. Productivity of two Douglas-fir/subclover/sheep agroforests compared to pasture and forest monocultures. Agroforestry Systems 34: 305-313.
21. Smith K.A. and Frost J.P. 2000. Nitrogen excretion by farm livestock with respect to land spreading requirements and controlling nitrogen losses to ground and surface waters. Part 1: cattle and sheep. Bioresource Technology 71: 173-181.
22. Steel R.G.D. and Torrie J.H. 1980. Principles and procedures of statistics. McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, New York, USA, 633 pp.
23. Swisher J. and Masters G. 1992. A mechanism to reconcile equity and efficiency in global climate protection: international carbon emission offsets. Ambio 21: 154-159.
24. Taylor J.A. and Lloyd J. 1992. Sources and sinks of atmospheric CO2. Australian Journal of Botany 40: 407-418.
25. Thuille A., Buchmann N. and Schulze E.D. 2000. Carbon stocks and soil respiration rates during deforestation, grassland use and subsequent Norway spruce afforestation in the Southern Alps, Italy. Tree Physiology 20: 849-857.