Assessment of Nutrient Limitation in Floodplain Forests with Two Different Techniques

Neatrour, Matthew A.; Jones, Robert H.; Golladay, Stephen W.

Assessment of Nutrient Limitation in Floodplain Forests with Two Different Techniques

dc.contributor.author	Neatrour, Matthew A.	en
dc.contributor.author	Jones, Robert H.	en
dc.contributor.author	Golladay, Stephen W.	en
dc.contributor.department	Biological Sciences	en
dc.date.accessioned	2017-09-18T10:03:28Z	en
dc.date.available	2017-09-18T10:03:28Z	en
dc.date.issued	2008-05-15	en
dc.date.updated	2017-09-18T10:03:28Z	en
dc.description.abstract	We assessed nitrogen and phosphorus limitation in a floodplain forest in southern Georgia in USA using two commonly used methods: nitrogen to phosphorus (N:P) ratios in litterfall and fertilized ingrowth cores. We measured nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) concentrations in litterfall to determine N:P mass ratios. We also installed ingrowth cores within each site containing native soil amended with nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), or nitrogen and phosphorus (N + P) fertilizers or without added fertilizer (C). Litter N:P ratios ranged from 16 to 22, suggesting P limitation. However, fertilized ingrowth cores indicated N limitation because fine-root length density was greater in cores fertilized with N or N + P than in those fertilized with P or without added fertilizer. We feel that these two methods of assessing nutrient limitation should be corroborated with fertilization trials prior to use on a wider basis.	en
dc.description.version	Published version	en
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dc.identifier.citation	Matthew A. Neatrour, Robert H. Jones, and Stephen W. Golladay, “Assessment of Nutrient Limitation in Floodplain Forests with Two Different Techniques,” Research Letters in Ecology, vol. 2008, Article ID 260754, 4 pages, 2008. doi:10.1155/2008/260754	en
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1155/2008/260754	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10919/79065	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Hindawi	en
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International	en
dc.rights.holder	Copyright © 2008 Matthew A. Neatrour et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.	en
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dc.title	Assessment of Nutrient Limitation in Floodplain Forests with Two Different Techniques	en
dc.title.serial	Research Letters in Ecology	en
dc.type	Article - Refereed	en
dc.type.dcmitype	Text	en