Session: Interactions Between Soil Nutrients and Forest Management Practices: I (2009 Annual Meeting (November 1-5, 2009))

343 Interactions Between Soil Nutrients and Forest Management Practices: I

Oral Session

S07 Forest, Range & Wildland Soils

This thematic topic will focus on forest management effects on soil nutrient cycling.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009: 9:55 AM-12:15 PM

Convention Center, Room 414-415, Fourth Floor

Presiding:

Kathryn Piatek

9:55 AM

Introductory Remarks

10:00 AM

Carryover Effects On Above and below Ground Carbon and Nitrogen Pools in Douglas-Fir Forests in the Pacific Northwest.
Paul Footen, Univ. of Washington; Robert Harrison, Univ. of Washington

Audio File Recorded presentation

10:15 AM

Difficulties in Using the Nutrient Budget Approach to Rate Site Sensitivity to Residue Harvesting at the Landscape Level.
David Pare, Natural Resources Canada; Evelyne Thiffault, Canadian Forest Service

10:30 AM

The "Base Cation Pump" Idea Revisited: On What Type of Forest Soils Can European Beech Improve Forest Floor Chemistry and Nutrient Cycling Compared to Norway Spruce?.
Marie-Cecile Gruselle, Univ. of Freiburg; Juergen Bauhus, Univ. of Freiburg

10:45 AM

Biomass Removal in a Black Spruce Ecosystem: Temporal Dynamics of Carbon Loss and Nutrient Fluxes of Coarse Woody Debris.
Scott Wiebe, Lakehead Univ.; David Morris, Gov. of Ontario; Nancy Luckai, Lakehead Univ.

Audio File Recorded presentation

11:00 AM

Are Dead Riparian Buffers Effective at Reducing Nutrients Generated by Harvesting in Forests Killed by Mountain Pine Beetle?.
Charles Rhoades, USDA-Forest Service; Kelly Elder, USDA-Forest Service; Derek Pierson, USDA-Forest Service

11:15 AM

Break

11:30 AM

Identifying Colluvial Deposits in the Ridge and Valley Using Changes in Topography and Species Composition to Improve Estimates of Forest Site Quality.
Claudia Cotton, Virginia Polytechnic Inst. & State Univ. (Virginia Tech); Thomas Fox, Virginia Polytechnic Inst. & State Univ. (Virginia Tech); Steve Prisley, Virginia Polytechnic Inst. & State Univ. (Virginia Tech)

Audio File Recorded presentation

11:45 AM

Annual Straw Harvesting and Fertilizer Source Modify Nitrogen and Carbon Dynamics in a Loblolly Pine Plantation in the Mid-South USA.
Michael Blazier, Louisiana State Univ.; Hal Liechty, Univ. of Arkansas; Keith, A. Ellum, Univ. of Arkansas, Monticello

Audio File Recorded presentation

12:00 PM

Discussion

12:15 PM

Adjourn

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