Author:
Balster Nick J,Marshall John D
Abstract
Data from 72 Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca (Beissn.) Franco) plots across the Interior Northwest were used to determine whether (i) increased intercepted photosynthetically active radiation (%IPAR), effective leaf area index (LAIe), and stemwood volume production (cubic metres stemwood per hectare per year) could still be detected 7 or 8 years after nitrogen fertilization and (ii) fertilization would increase the efficiency by which light is converted into stemwood volume. Projected LAIe varied from 1.82 to 6.07 m2·m-2 on the control plots. The fertilized plots intercepted 9-11% more light than the control plots (P < 0.001); they also had 22-25% higher LAIe than the control plots (P < 0.001). Stemwood volume production increased by 25-29% relative to the control (P < 0.001) and increased exponentially with %IPAR across all study plots (R2 = 0.57). Stemwood growth efficiency averaged 12.0 ± 0.4 (mean ± SE), 13.5 ± 0.4, and 13.7 ± 0.4 m3·ha-1·a-1 per IPAR for the control, low fertilization, and high fertilization plots, respectively (P < 0.01). Fertilization thus induced increases in both light interception and the efficiency with which intercepted light was converted to stemwood across the region.
Publisher
Canadian Science Publishing
Subject
Ecology,Forestry,Global and Planetary Change
Cited by
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