Author:
Barg Amy K,Edmonds Robert L
Abstract
Partial cutting as an alternative to clear-cutting is being practiced in many Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco) stands in the Pacific Northwest United States. The objectives of this study were to determine the influence of (i) partial cutting (dispersed green-tree retention) and clear-cutting on air and soil temperatures and soil moisture, on surface mineral soil net ammonification, nitrification, and total N mineralization rates, and on soil microbial biomass and (ii) the proximity to trees in the green-tree retention areas on these factors. The study was conducted in 60- to 70-year-old stands in the Cedar River Watershed, about 70 km southeast of Seattle, Wash., between July 1994 and August 1995. Air and soil temperatures and soil moisture in the green-tree retention treatments were generally intermediate between the uncut forest and the clearcut treatments. There were no significant differences in net ammonification, nitrification, and total N mineralization rates and in soil microbial biomass among treatments. Soil moisture influenced net ammonification and total N mineralization rates and microbial biomass. Nitrogen dynamics were generally not influenced by nearness to trees in the green-tree retention treatment. Average microbial biomass, however, was higher near to green trees (1 m) than far (6 m).
Publisher
Canadian Science Publishing
Subject
Ecology,Forestry,Global and Planetary Change
Cited by
65 articles.
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