Soil Characteristics and Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta var. latifolia) Performance Two Decades after Disk Trenching of Unburned and Broadcast-Burned Plots in Subboreal British Columbia
We examined the effects of low-impact broadcast-burning and disk-trenching planting position (control, hinge, trench) on soil characteristics and lodgepole pine foliar nutrition and growth over two decades at a subboreal site in British Columbia, Canada. Broadcast burning had virtually no effect on...
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| author | Jacob O. Boateng Jean L. Heineman Lorne Bedford Amanda F. Linnell Nemec |
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| description | We examined the effects of low-impact broadcast-burning and disk-trenching planting position (control, hinge, trench) on soil characteristics and lodgepole pine foliar nutrition and growth over two decades at a subboreal site in British Columbia, Canada. Broadcast burning had virtually no effect on either the bulk density or chemical properties of soil. In contrast, significant reductions in soil bulk density and increases in soil nutrient availability persisted for 20 years in hinge position soils relative to undisturbed (control) soil between trenches. These effects on bulk density and nutrient availability are associated with significant differences in pine size by year 6. Burning and planting positions interacted significantly in their effect on pine height, diameter, and stem volume for at least 19 years. Pine survival was high regardless of burning or planting position. Neither broadcast burning nor planting position significantly affected lodgepole pine foliar nutrient status in this study. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0fac12d95b9e4a49bf9f7fb7e302d9c32025-02-03T01:09:53ZengWileyInternational Journal of Forestry Research1687-93681687-93762011-01-01201110.1155/2011/752359752359Soil Characteristics and Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta var. latifolia) Performance Two Decades after Disk Trenching of Unburned and Broadcast-Burned Plots in Subboreal British ColumbiaJacob O. Boateng0Jean L. Heineman1Lorne Bedford2Amanda F. Linnell Nemec3Resource Practices Branch, B.C. Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations, P.O. Box 9513 Station Provincial Government, Victoria, BC, V8W 9C2, CanadaJ. Heineman Forestry Consulting, 2125 E. 5th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5N 1M5, CanadaResource Practices Branch, B.C. Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations, P.O. Box 9513 Station Provincial Government, Victoria, BC, V8W 9C2, CanadaInternational Statistics and Research Corp., P.O. Box 39, Brentwood Bay, BC, V8M 1R3, CanadaWe examined the effects of low-impact broadcast-burning and disk-trenching planting position (control, hinge, trench) on soil characteristics and lodgepole pine foliar nutrition and growth over two decades at a subboreal site in British Columbia, Canada. Broadcast burning had virtually no effect on either the bulk density or chemical properties of soil. In contrast, significant reductions in soil bulk density and increases in soil nutrient availability persisted for 20 years in hinge position soils relative to undisturbed (control) soil between trenches. These effects on bulk density and nutrient availability are associated with significant differences in pine size by year 6. Burning and planting positions interacted significantly in their effect on pine height, diameter, and stem volume for at least 19 years. Pine survival was high regardless of burning or planting position. Neither broadcast burning nor planting position significantly affected lodgepole pine foliar nutrient status in this study.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/752359 |
| spellingShingle | Jacob O. Boateng Jean L. Heineman Lorne Bedford Amanda F. Linnell Nemec Soil Characteristics and Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta var. latifolia) Performance Two Decades after Disk Trenching of Unburned and Broadcast-Burned Plots in Subboreal British Columbia International Journal of Forestry Research |
| title | Soil Characteristics and Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta var. latifolia) Performance Two Decades after Disk Trenching of Unburned and Broadcast-Burned Plots in Subboreal British Columbia |
| title_full | Soil Characteristics and Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta var. latifolia) Performance Two Decades after Disk Trenching of Unburned and Broadcast-Burned Plots in Subboreal British Columbia |
| title_fullStr | Soil Characteristics and Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta var. latifolia) Performance Two Decades after Disk Trenching of Unburned and Broadcast-Burned Plots in Subboreal British Columbia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Soil Characteristics and Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta var. latifolia) Performance Two Decades after Disk Trenching of Unburned and Broadcast-Burned Plots in Subboreal British Columbia |
| title_short | Soil Characteristics and Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta var. latifolia) Performance Two Decades after Disk Trenching of Unburned and Broadcast-Burned Plots in Subboreal British Columbia |
| title_sort | soil characteristics and lodgepole pine pinus contorta var latifolia performance two decades after disk trenching of unburned and broadcast burned plots in subboreal british columbia |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/752359 |
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