Fertilization effects on forest carbon storage and exchange, and net primary production: A new hybrid process model for stand management

• Published in: Forest ecology and management Vol. 221; no. 1; pp. 91 - 109
• Main Authors: Sampson, D.A., Waring, R.H., Maier, C.A., Gough, C.M., Ducey, M.J., Johnsen, K.H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.01.2006; Elsevier
• Subjects: Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Biological and medical sciences; Fertilization; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; LAI; Loblolly pine; Net ecosystem productivity; Pinus taeda; Process models; Stand development; Synecology; Terrestrial ecosystems; North Carolina; United States; North America; America; Fertilization; LAI; Pinus taeda; Stand development; Net ecosystem productivity; Process models; Loblolly pine; Forests; Primary productivity; Growth; Carbon dioxide; Ecology; Plant leaf; Biomass; Leaf area; Soils; Transpiration; Gymnospermae; Softwood forest tree; Nutrient; Coniferales; Spermatophyta; Respiration; Canopy(vegetation)

A critical ecological question in plantation management is whether fertilization, which generally increases yield, results in enhanced C sequestration over short rotations. We present a rotation-length hybrid process model (SECRETS-3PG) that was calibrated (using control treatments; CW) and verified...