scholarly journals Interactive effects of phosphorus and light availability on early growth of maritime pine seedlings

2005 ◽  
Vol 62 (6) ◽  
pp. 575-583 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alissar Cheaïb ◽  
Alain Mollier ◽  
Stéphane Thunot ◽  
Catherine Lambrot ◽  
Sylvain Pellerin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Light Availability ◽  
Early Growth ◽  
Maritime Pine ◽  
Interactive Effects ◽  
Pine Seedlings

Early growth of lodgepole pine after establishment of alsike clover–Rhizobium nitrogen-fixing symbiosis

1992 ◽  
Vol 22 (8) ◽  
pp. 1089-1093 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Trowbridge ◽  
F.B. Holl
Keyword(s):  
Forest Floor ◽  
Lodgepole Pine ◽  
Nitrogen Concentration ◽  
Growing Season ◽  
Early Growth ◽  
Percent Cover ◽  
Foliar Nitrogen ◽  
Growing Seasons ◽  
Pine Seedlings ◽  
Needle Mass

An overdense lodgepole pine (Pinuscontorta Dougl. ex Loud.) stand was knocked down and the site was prepared by broadcast burn, windrow burn, or mechanical forest floor removal. Inoculated alsike clover (Trifoliumhybridum L.) was seeded at 0, 10, 20, and 30 kg/ha for the three different site preparation treatments to determine the effects of (i) site preparation on infection and effectiveness of the clover–Rhizobium symbiosis and clover percent cover and (ii) the clover–Rhizobium N2-fixing symbiosis on survival, early growth, and foliar nitrogen concentration of lodgepole pine seedlings. The N2-fixing symbiosis established well in all treatments. Clover percent cover increased with increasing rate of seeding, although by relatively few percent in the clover seeded plots. Broadcast burning, windrow burning, and mechanical forest floor removal did not affect the establishment of the N2-fixing symbiosis or clover percent cover. Lodgepole pine survival was not affected by the seeding treatments in any year, nor were height measurements during the first three growing seasons. Seedling height was slightly less in clover-seeded plots compared with controls in the fourth growing season. Lodgepole pine seedlings on clover-seeded plots had decreased diameter growth compared with controls during the first three growing seasons, but incremental diameter growth no longer showed this effect by the fourth growing season. Needle mass (g/100 needles) was less in clover-seeded plots at the end of the second growing season, but this effect was reversed by the fourth growing season, when both needle mass and foliar nitrogen concentration in lodgepole pine foliage were greater in clover-seeded plots.

Gaps in a gappy forest: plant resources, longleaf pine regeneration, and understory response to tree removal in longleaf pine savannas

2001 ◽  
Vol 31 (5) ◽  
pp. 765-778 ◽  
Author(s):  
John P McGuire ◽  
Robert J Mitchell ◽  
E Barry Moser ◽  
Stephen D Pecot ◽  
Dean H Gjerstad ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Seedling Survival ◽  
Longleaf Pine ◽  
Light Availability ◽  
Pinus Palustris ◽  
Understory Vegetation ◽  
Net N Mineralization ◽  
Plant Resources ◽  
Pine Seedlings ◽  
Pine Regeneration ◽  
Tree Removal

Resource availability and planted longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) seedling and understory vegetation response within and among three sizes of experimentally created canopy gaps (0.11, 0.41, 1.63 ha) in a mature longleaf pine savanna were investigated for 2 years. Longleaf pine seedlings and understory vegetation showed increased growth in gaps created by tree removal. Longleaf pine seedling growth within gaps was maximized approximately 18 m from the uncut savanna. Increased longleaf pine seedling survival under the uncut savanna canopy observed after the first year suggests that the overstory may facilitate establishment of longleaf pine seedlings rather than reduce survival through competition. Despite the relative openness of the uncut longleaf pine forest, light quantity was increased by tree removal. Light was also the resource most strongly correlated with seedling and understory vegetation growth. Although net N mineralization was correlated to seedling response, the amount of variation explained was low relative to light. Belowground (root) gaps were not strong, in part because of non-pine understory roots increasing in biomass following tree removal. These results suggest that regeneration of longleaf pine may be maximized within gap sizes as small as approximately 0.10 ha, due largely to increases in light availability.

Effects of shelterwood method and plant stock type on the early growth and survival of pine seedlings in regeneration stands under hemiboreal conditions

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 85-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Tishler ◽  
Tea Tullus ◽  
Arvo Tullus ◽  
Andres Jäärats ◽  
Reimo Lutter ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Early Growth ◽  
Growth And Survival ◽  
Pine Seedlings ◽  
Stock Type

Effects of CO2 enrichment and water stress on growth of Liquidambar styraciflua and Pinus taeda seedlings

1984 ◽  
Vol 62 (10) ◽  
pp. 2135-2139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leslie C. Tolley ◽  
B. R. Strain
Keyword(s):  
Water Stress ◽  
Pinus Taeda ◽  
Loblolly Pine ◽  
Recovery Period ◽  
Co2 Enrichment ◽  
Interactive Effects ◽  
Liquidambar Styraciflua ◽  
Photon Flux ◽  
Photon Flux Density ◽  
Pine Seedlings

Mathematical growth analysis techniques were used to assess the possible interactive effects of atmospheric carbon dioxide enrichment and water stress on growth and biomass partitioning of Liquidambar styraciflua L. (sweetgum) and Pinus taeda L. (loblolly pine) seedlings. Plants were grown from seed under 1000 μmol∙m−2∙s−1 photosynthetic photon flux density at CO2 concentrations of 350, 675, and 1000 μL∙L−1 for 56 days. At this time, half the seedlings in each CO2 treatment had water withheld until plant water potentials reached about −2.5 MPa in the most stressed plants, while the remaining plants were well watered. At the end of the drying cycle, stressed plants were returned to well-watered conditions for a 14-day recovery period. The greatest effects of water stress on growth were seen following the recovery period and were most severe for sweetgum seedlings grown at the lowest CO2 concentration. For sweetgum seedlings in particular, the reduction of early seedling growth following exposure to a period of drought under normal atmospheric CO2 concentration was ameliorated by growing plants under elevated CO2, primarily because of maintenance of greater net assimilation rates following a period of stress. The data presented here suggest that a doubling of atmospheric CO2 concentration would enable sweetgum seedlings to become established in drier sites which are currently dominated by loblolly pine seedlings.

scholarly journals Effects of phosphorus and ectomycorrhiza on maritime pine seedlings (Pinus pinaster )

1996 ◽  
Vol 133 (2) ◽  
pp. 345-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. CONJEAUD ◽  
P. SCHEROMM ◽  
D. MOUSAIN
Keyword(s):  
Pinus Pinaster ◽  
Maritime Pine ◽  
Pine Seedlings

scholarly journals Interactive effects of temperature and precipitation on soil respiration in a temperate maritime pine forest

2003 ◽  
Vol 23 (18) ◽  
pp. 1263-1270 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. C. Yuste ◽  
I. A. Janssens ◽  
A. Carrara ◽  
L. Meiresonne ◽  
R. Ceulemans
Keyword(s):  
Soil Respiration ◽  
Pine Forest ◽  
Maritime Pine ◽  
Interactive Effects ◽  
Temperature And Precipitation ◽  
Effects Of Temperature
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