Nutrient loaded seedlings reduce the need for field fertilization and vegetation management on boreal forest reclamation sites

New Forests

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 393-410

  Schott, Kaitlin M ^a,c   Snively, Alia E K ^a   Landhäusser, Simon M ^a   Pinno, Bradley D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c USDA NRCS   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Controlled release fertilizer; Forest land reclamation; Nutrient availability; Plant community development; Populus tremuloides; Seedling quality; Soil types

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; FERTILIZERS; FLOORS; FORESTRY; LAND RECLAMATION; MINERALS; OIL SANDS; PEAT; QUALITY CONTROL; RECLAMATION; SOILS; VEGETATION;

CONTROLLED-RELEASE FERTILIZERS; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PLANT COMMUNITIES; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; SEEDLING QUALITY; SOIL TYPES;

NUTRIENTS;

BOREAL FOREST; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DECIDUOUS TREE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOREST FLOOR; GRASS; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RESPONSE; LAND RECLAMATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEEDLING; SOIL TYPE;

POACEAE; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 84945153669     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: 15735095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11056-015-9522-4     Document Type: Article

References (47)

1. Alberta Government (1999) Conservation and reclamation information letter guidelines for reclamation to forest vegetation in the Athabasca oil sands region. C and R/IL/99–1.Gov. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
2. Andersen CP, Bussler BH, Chanley WR, Pope PE, Byrnes WR (1989) Concurrent establishment of ground cover and hardwood trees on reclaimed mined land and unmined reference sited. For Ecol Manage 28:81–99
3. Arnott JT, Burdett AN (1988) Early growth of planted western hemlock in relation to stock type and controlled-release fertilizer application. Can J For Res 18:710–717
4. Carter MR, Gregorich EG (2006) Soil sampling and methods of analysis, 2nd edn. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL, USA
5. Casselman CN, Fox TR, Burger JA, Jones AT, Johns AT, John GM (2006) Effects of silvicultrual treatments on survival and growth of trees planted on reclaimed mine lands in the Appalachians. For Ecol Manage 233:403–414
6. Chang SX, Preston CM (2000) Understorey competition affects tree growth and fate of fertilizer 15 N in a coastal British Columbia plantation forest. Can J For Res 30:1379–1388
7. Close DC, Bail I, Hunter S, Beadle CL (2005) Effects of exponential nutrient loading on morphological and nitrogen characteristics and on afterplanting performance of Eucalyptus globulus seedlings. For Ecol Manage 205:397–403
8. Cortina J, Vilagrosa A, Trubat R (2013) The role of nutrients for improving seedling quality in drylands. New For 44:719–732
9. Cuesta B, Villar-Salvador P, Puertolas J, Jacobs DF, Benayas JMR (2010) Why do large, nitrogen rich seedlings better resist stressful transplanting conditions? A physiological analysis in two functionally contrasting Mediterranean forest species. For Ecol Manage 260:71–78
10. DesRochers A, van den Driessche R, Thomas BR (2003) Nitrogen fertilization of trembling aspen seedlings grown on soils of different pH. Can J For Res 33:552–560
11. Dickson TL, Busby WH (2009) Forb species establishment increases with decreased grass seeding density and with increased forb seeding density in a northeast Kansas, USA, experimental prairie restoration. Rest Ecol 17:597–605
12. Fan Z, Moore JA, Shafii B, Osborne HL (2002) Three-year response of ponderosa pine seedlings to controlled-release fertilizer applied at planting. West J Appl For 3:154–164
13. Gilliam FS (2007) The ecological significance of the herbaceous layer in temperate forest ecosystems. Bioscience 57:845–858
14. Goertz HM (1993) Controlled release technology. In: Howe-Grant M (ed) Encyclopedia of chemical technology, 4th edn. Wiley, New York, pp 254–274
15. Grainger TN, Turkington R (2013) Mechanisms for success after long-tern nutrient enrichment in a Boreal forest understory. PLoS ONE 8:e61229
16. Grossnickle SC (2012) Why seedlings survive: influence of plant attributes. New For 43:711–738
17. Hedwall PO, Nordin A, Strengbom J, Brunet J, Olsson B (2013) Does background nitrogen deposition affect the response of boreal vegetation to fertilization? Oecologia 173:615–624
18. Jacobs DF, Salifu KF, Seifert JR (2005) Growth and nutritional response of hardwood seedlings to controlled-release fertilization at outplanting. For Ecol Manage 214:28–39
19. Jacobs DF, Oliet JA, Aronson J, Bolte A, Bullock JM, Donoso PJ, Landhäusser SM, Madsen P, Peng S, Rey Benayas JM, Weber JC (2015) Restoring forests: what constitutes success in the 21st century? New For 46:601–614
20. Kalra YP, Maynard DG (1991) Methods manual for forest soil and plant analysis. Info Rep NOR-X319. Forestry Canada, Northwest Region, Northern Forestry Centre
21. Lamhamedi MS, Bernier PY, Hebert C, Jobidon R (1998) Physiological and growth responses of three sizes of containerized Picea mariana seedlings outplanted with and without vegetation control. For Ecol Manage 110:13–23
22. Landhäusser SM, Lieffers VJ (1998) Growth of Populus tremuloides in association with Calamagrostis canadensis. Can J For Res 28:396–401
23. Landhäusser SM, Rodriguez-Alvarez J, Marenholtz EH, Lieffers VJ (2012a) Effect of stock type characteristics and time of planting on field performance of aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) seedlings on boreal reclamation sites. New For 43:679–693
24. Landhäusser SM, Pinno BD, Lieffers VJ, Chow PS (2012b) Partitioning of carbon allocation to reserves or growth determines future performance of aspen seedlings. For Ecol Manage 275:43–51
25. Macdonald SE, Quideau SA, Landhäusser SM (2012) Rebuilding boreal forest ecosystems after industrial disturbance. In: Dale Vitt D, Bhatti J (eds) Reclamation and restoration of boreal ecosystems: attaining sustainable development. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
26. Macdonald SE, Snively AEK, Fair JM, Landhäusser SM (2015a) Early trajectories of forest understory development on reclamation sites: influence of forest floor placement and a cover crop. Rest Ecol 23:698–706
27. Macdonald SE, Landhäusser SM, Skousen J, Franklin J, Frouz J, Hall S, Jacobs DF, Quideau S (2015b) Forest restoration following surface mining disturbance: challenges and solutions. New For 46:703–732
28. Mackenzie DD, Naeth MA (2010) The role of the forest soil propagule bank in assisted natural recovery after oil sands mining. Rest Ecol 18:418–427
29. Malik V, Timmer VR (1996) Growth, nutrient dynamics, and interspecific competition of nutrient-loaded black spruce seedlings on a boreal mixedwood site. Can J For Res 26:1651–1659
30. Natural Regions Committee (2006) Natural regions and subregions of Alberta. Compiled by Downing DJ, Pettapiece WW. Government of Alberta, Edmonton, AB. Publ
31. Nilsson MC, Wardle DA (2005) Understory vegetation as a forest ecosystem driver: evidence from the northern Swedish boreal forest. Front Ecol Environ 3:421–428
32. Oliet JA, Tejada M, Salifu KF, Collazos A, Jacobs DF (2009) Performance and nutrient dynamics of holm oak (Quercus ilex L.) seedlings in relation to nursery nutrient loading and post-transplant fertility. Eur J For Res 128:253–263
33. Oliet JA, Puertolas J, Planelles R, Jacobs DF (2013) Nutrient loading of forest tree seedlings to promote stress resistance and field performance: a Mediterranean perspective. New For 44:649–669
34. Pinno BD, Landhäusser SM, MacKenzie MD, Quideau SA, Chow PS (2012) Trembling aspen seedling establishment, growth and response to fertilization on contrasting soils used in oil sands reclamation. Can J Soil Sci 92:143–151
35. Salifu KF, Jacobs DF, Birge ZK (2009) Nursery nitrogen loading improves field performance of barefoot oak seedlings planted on abandoned mine lands. Rest Ecol 17:339–349
36. Schott KS, Pinno BD, Landhäusser SM (2013) Premature shoot growth termination allows nutrient loading of seedlings with an indeterminate growth strategy. New For 44:635–647
37. Sloan JL, Jacobs DF (2013) Fertilization at planting influences seedling growth and vegetative competition on a post-mining boreal reclamation site. New For 44:687–701
38. Sloan JL, Uscola M, Jacobs DF (2016) Nitrogen recovery in planted seedlings, competing vegetation, and soil in response to fertilization on a boreal mine reclamation site. Forest Ecol Manage 360:60–68
39. Sluis WJ (2002) Patterns of species richness and composition in re-created grassland. Rest Ecol 10:677–684
40. Snively AEK (2014) Competitive relationships in forest restoration: Impact of cover crops and fertilization on tree and understory development. M.Sc. thesis, Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
41. Soil Classification Working Group (1998) The Canadian system of soil classification, 3rd ed. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, NRC Research Press, Ottawa, ON. Publ. 1646 (rev.)
42. Tilman GD (1984) Plant dominance along an experimental nutrient gradient. Ecology 65:1445–1453
43. Timmer VR (1996) Exponential nutrient loading: a new fertilization technique to improve seedling performance on competitive sites. New For 13:279–299
44. Trubat R, Cortina J, Vilagrosa A (2011) Nutrient deprivation improves field performance of woody seedlings in a degraded semi-arid shrubland. Ecol Eng 37:1164–1173
45. Van Cleve K (1973) Short-term growth response to fertilization in young quaking aspen. J For 71:758–759
46. van den Driessche R, Rude W, Martens L (2003) Effect of fertilization and irrigation on growth of aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) seedlings over three seasons. For Ecol Manage 186:381–389
47. Xu X, Timmer VR (1999) Growth and nitrogen nutrition of Chinese fir seedlings expose to nutrient loading and fertilization. Plant Soil 216:83–91