Tamm Review: Nutrient cycling in forests: A historical look and newer developments

• Published in: Forest ecology and management Vol. 444; pp. 344 - 373
• Main Authors: Johnson, Dale W., Turner, John
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 15.07.2019
• Subjects: aboveground biomass; Atmospheric deposition; biogeochemical cycles; Biomass; burning; carbon dioxide enrichment; climatic zones; Foliar leaching; forests; harvesting; Harvesting, burning, elevated CO2; hurricanes; insects; Leaching; Litterfall; nitrogen; nitrogen fixation; Nutrient content; nutrients; plantations; prediction; Productivity; root growth; soil; soil nutrients; soil weathering; Soils; streams; trees; watersheds; wildfires; Productivity; Soils; Harvesting, burning, elevated CO2; Nutrient content; Biomass; Atmospheric deposition; Foliar leaching; Leaching; Litterfall

•Some components of forest nutrient cycles are measured others are calculated.•Reliable estimates of soil weathering, N fixation, and nutrient export remain elusive.•Nutrient cycling depictions do not include the effects of catastrophic events.•Predictions from these traditional models have had mixe...