Soil Nitrogen Transformations Under Alternative Management Strategies in Appalachian Forests

• Published in: Soil Science Society of America journal Vol. 72; no. 2; pp. 558 - 565
• Main Authors: Coates, T.A, Boerner, R.E.J, Waldrop, T.A, Yaussy, D.A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Madison Soil Science Society 01.03.2008; Soil Science Society of America; American Society of Agronomy
• Subjects: Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; Appalachian region; Biological and medical sciences; deciduous forests; Detritus; Earth sciences; Earth, ocean, space; ecological restoration; Ecosystem restoration; Ecosystems; Environmental restoration; Exact sciences and technology; fire hazard reduction; Fire hazards; fires; Forest & brush fires; Forest soils; forest thinning; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Growing season; hardwood; Land surveys; mechanical treatments; Mineralization; Mountain regions; Nitrification; Nitrogen; North Carolina; Ohio; Plant species; prescribed burning; Prescribed fire; soil nutrient dynamics; soil organic carbon; Soil science; Soils; Species composition; Surficial geology; Understory; Wildfires; North Carolina; Appalachian region; Ohio; USA, North Carolina; USA, Ohio; Soil science; Earth science
• ISSN: 0361-5995; 1435-0661
• DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2006.0313

Once subject to frequent fire and strongly N limited, the forests of the Appalachian Mountain region of eastern North America have experienced almost a century of fire suppression, and changes in tree species composition, understory density and composition, and accumulations of detritus have paralle...