Modeling water, carbon, and nitrogen dynamics for two drained pine plantations under intensive management practices

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 264, Issue , 2012, Pages 20-36

  Tian, Shiying ^a   Youssef, Mohamed A ^a   Skaggs, R Wayne ^a   Amatya, Devendra M ^b   Chescheir, George M ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

C and N dynamics; DRAINMOD FOREST; Forest ecosystem modeling; Forest hydrology; Silvicultural practices

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL RESPONSE; C AND N DYNAMICS; COASTAL PLAIN; CONTROLLED DRAINAGE; DRAINAGE WATER MANAGEMENT; DRAINMOD-FOREST; FERTILIZER APPLICATIONS; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST FLOORS; FOREST HARVESTING; FOREST SOILS; INTENSIVE MANAGEMENT; INTENSIVELY MANAGED FORESTS; LOBLOLLY PINE; LOBLOLLY PINE PLANTATIONS; LONG TERM DYNAMICS; MODEL EVALUATION; NASH-SUTCLIFFE COEFFICIENT; NITROGEN DYNAMICS; NITROGEN TRANSFORMATIONS; NORTH CAROLINA , USA; PINE FOREST; PINE PLANTATIONS; PINUS TAEDA; PLANT UPTAKE; RAINFALL INTERCEPTION; SILVICULTURAL PRACTICES; SOIL CARBON; STANDARD DEVIATION; STUDY SITES; SUBSURFACE DRAINAGES; WATER QUALITY DATA; WATER TABLE FLUCTUATIONS; WATER TABLES; WATER YIELD;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DENITRIFICATION; DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORECASTING; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; NATURAL WATER GEOCHEMISTRY; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; QUALITY CONTROL; SOILS; STATISTICS; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

FORESTRY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DENITRIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST FLOOR; FOREST SOIL; HARVESTING; INTERCEPTION; MINERALIZATION; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SILVICULTURE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; THINNING; TRANSFORMATION; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER QUALITY; WATER TABLE; WATER YIELD;

BIOCHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEMS; FERTILIZERS; FORESTS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUND WATER; HYDROLOGY; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; QUALITY CONTROL; SILVICULTURE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 80055009052     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.09.041     Document Type: Article

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