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Nitrogen Mineralization Following Vegetation Control and Fertilization in a 14-Year-Old Loblolly Pine Plantation

^a Suleyman Demirel Univ., Faculty of Forestry, 32260 Isparta, Turkey
^b Adirondack Watershed Institute, Paul Smith's College, Routes 86 & 30, P.O. Box 265, Paul Smiths, NY 12970
^c Dep. of Forestry, 3108 Jordan Hall, College of Natural Resources, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC 27695

View larger version (37K): [in a new window]   Fig. 1. Average monthly (a) temperature and (b) moisture content for the surface 0- to 10-cm layer of mineral soil by treatment in a mid-rotation loblolly pine plantation (vertical bar represents two standard errors).

View larger version (30K): [in a new window]   Fig. 2. Average monthly KCl extractable (a) mineral N (NH+4–N plus NO–3–N), (b) NH+4–N, and (c) NO–3–N pools in the fine-earth fraction (<2 mm) of the surface 0- to 10-cm layer of mineral soil by treatment in a mid rotation loblolly pine plantation (vertical bar represents two standard errors).

View larger version (37K): [in a new window]   Fig. 3. Average monthly field estimates of (a) net N mineralization (NH+4–N + NO–3–N), (b) ammonification, and (c) nitrification in the fine-earth fraction (<2 mm) of the surface 0- to 10-cm layer of mineral soil by treatment in a mid rotation loblolly pine plantation (vertical bar represents two standard errors).

View larger version (33K): [in a new window]   Fig. 4. Average monthly laboratory estimates of (a) net N mineralization (NH+4–N + NO–3–N), (b) ammonification, and (c) nitrification from aerobic incubations on the fine-earth fraction (<2 mm) of the surface 0- to 10-cm layer of mineral soil by treatment from a midrotation loblolly pine plantation (vertical bar represents two standard errors).

View larger version (29K): [in a new window]   Fig. 5. Relationship between field and laboratory net (a) N mineralization and (b) nitrification in a mid rotation loblolly pine plantation (each point represents a monthly estimate for one plot).