788 Soil Dynamics in Forest Plantations

Oral Session
S07 Forest, Range & Wildland Soils
Well focused session on soil in managed plantations.
Thursday, 9 October 2008: 8:25 AM-10:40 AM
George R. Brown Convention Center, 371D

Presiding:
Evelyne Thiffault
8:25 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:30 AM
Four Years of Hardwood Tree Growth on Mountaintop Surface Mines in West Virginia.
Jeffrey Skousen, West Virginia Univ.; Curtis DeLong, West Virginia Univ.; Paul Emerson, West Virginia Univ
8:45 AM
Biosolid Effects on Soil Carbon and Nutrient Content at Depth on a Loblolly Pine Plantation.
Eduardo C. Arellano, Virginia Tech; Thomas Fox, Virginia Tech
9:00 AM
Short-Term Photosynthesis, Root Exudate, and Fine Root Growth Responses to Fertilization and Drought in Clonal Pinus taeda.
Jeremy Stovall, Virginia Tech; Thomas Fox, Virginia Polytechnic Inst. & State Univ. (Virginia Tech); John R. Seiler, Virginia Tech
9:15 AM
Break
9:30 AM
Soil-Site Specific Response of E. Grandis to Repeated Fertilization in Colombia.
Rafael Rubilar, Universidad de Concepción; John Byron Urrego, Smurfit Cartón de Colombia; Howard Allen, North Carolina State Univ.; Thomas Fox, Virginia Polytechnic Inst. & State Univ. (Virginia Tech)
9:45 AM
Postharvest Organic Matter Retention as a Potential Mechanism for Soil Carbon Sequestration.
Brian Strahm, Cornell Univ.; Robert Harrison, University of Washington
10:00 AM
Post-harvest Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics in a Loblolly Pine Plantation.
Jose Zerpa, North Carolina State University; Howard Allen, North Carolina State Univ.; Jennifer Phelan, North Carolina State University; Robert Campbell, Weyerhaeuser Co.
10:15 AM
Discussion
10:25 AM
Adjourn