Investigation of mineral nutrient cycling in Uplant Piedmont Forest

Journal Article · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1972 · J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5579089

Wells, C; Whigham, D; Helmut, L

Nutrient cycling was investigated in a mixed hardwood and a natural loblolly pine stand. Measurements were made of the mineral element content of precipitation alone, throughfall, stemflow, and litterfall. Total litterfall was 25 per cent greater in the hardwood than in the pine. Nitrogen and Ca in the litterfall were respectively 70 to 250 per cent greater in the hardwood than in the pine. Hardwood litter contained about twice as much K, Mg, Mn, Cu, Na, and Al as did the pine stand. More N, K, Ca, and Mg was washed from the hardwood canopy trees than from the pine. A greater amount of K was contributed by throughfall than by litterfall.

• OSTI ID: 5579089
• Journal Information: J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc.; (United States) Vol. 88:2; ISSN JEMSA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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