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On the Evaluation of Nutrient Pools of Forest Soils

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2024

Graham R. Thompson ,
Mark Behan ,
John Mandzak  and
Chris Bowen
Graham R. Thompson
Affiliation:
Departments of Geology, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA
Mark Behan
Affiliation:
Department of Botany, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA
John Mandzak
Affiliation:
Department of Botany, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA
Chris Bowen
Affiliation:
Department of Botany, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA
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Abstract

The standard method of assessing the available portion of the nutrient reservoir of a forest soil is to use a neutral salt solution, such as NH4OAc, to extract the exchangeable plus dissolved ions, which are analyzed and considered available. This approach, designed for evaluating nutrients available for the short growth term of agricultural crops, is inadequate for assessing the nutrient pool of forests where tree growth term may reach 100 yr or more.

Soil nutrient reservoirs were evaluated in two forest soils for K, Na, Ca, Mg and Fe, using an approach based on continuous extraction of the elements and kinetic analyses of the extraction rate curves. The analyses of the curves indicate that K, Na, Ca and Fe are each released at four separateconstant rates, and Mg is released at three separate constant rates. By analogy with similar kinetic studies done on monomineralic layer silicate samples, each separate extraction rate is thought to correspond to a single type of bond site in the soil. Higher extraction rates indicate greater ease of removal and are interpreted as indicating a higher degree of availability relative to the extractant.

The available K reserves of the Everett soil evaluated by standard methods, compared with annual net K uptake rates of its forest system, indicates growth limiting K deficiency in 12–17 yr. K availability assessed by kinetic analyses indicates about 100 yr supply of K is available.

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Clays and Clay Minerals , Volume 25 , Issue 6 , December 1977 , pp. 411 - 416
Copyright
Copyright © Clay Minerals Society 1977

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