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Type: Conference Paper
Author(s): C. G. Wells
Editor(s): W. E. Balmer
Publication Date: 1977

Most of the N, P, and K from fertilizers moves quickly through the forest floor and is available for tree uptake. The N and P deposited back in the forest floor by litterfall are slowly mineralized, whereas, K is highly mobile to the soil and considerable amounts leach from living tissue and return for re-use. Even with immobilization of P in the forest floor, P and K applied as fertilizers are efficiently utilized by trees over an entire rotation or more. A nitrogen recovery of only 50 percent and subsequent immobilization of N in the forest floor after litterfall are two problems preventing the efficient utilization of N in sandy soils.

Citation: Wells, C. G. 1977. Nutrient cycling and its relationship to fertilization, in Balmer, W. E., Sixth Southern Forest Soils Workshop. Charleston, SC. [USDA Forest Service, Region 4],[s.l.]. p. 78-87,

Cataloging Information

Topics:
Fire Ecology    Fuels    Models
Regions:
Southern
Keywords:
  • dead fuels
  • fertilization
  • fertilizers
  • forest management
  • K - potassium
  • leaves
  • litter
  • live fuels
  • logging
  • mineral soils
  • nitrogen
  • nutrient cycling
  • nutrients
  • phosphorus
  • Pinus elliottii
  • Pinus taeda
  • plant growth
  • plantations
  • soil leaching
  • soil management
  • soils
  • trees
Tall Timbers Record Number: 14835 • Location Status: In-file • Call Number: Fire File-DDW • Abstract Status: Fair use, Okay, Reproduced by permission
Record Last Modified:
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FRAMES Record Number: 40092

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