Soil and microbial respiration in a loblolly pine plantation in response to seven years of irrigation and fertilization

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2431-2438

  Samuelson, Lisa ^a   Mathew, Reji ^a   Stokes, Tom ^a   Feng, Yucheng ^a   Aubrey, Doug ^b   Coleman, Mark ^c  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Intensive forest management; Microbial biomass; Microbial respiration; Pinus taeda; Soil CO2 efflux

Indexed keywords

INTENSIVE FOREST MANAGEMENT; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; PINUS TAEDA; SOIL CO2 EFFLUX;

BIOMASS; DEBRIS; GROUNDWATER; IRRIGATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SOIL MOISTURE;

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SINK; CONIFEROUS TREE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; IRRIGATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; ROOT; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STAND STRUCTURE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

BIOMASS; FIBER DEBRIS; GROUND WATER; IRRIGATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PINUS TAEDA; RESPIRATION; SOIL;

AIKEN; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 70349829206     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.08.020     Document Type: Article

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