Tree seedling growth and mortality responses to manipulations of calcium and aluminum in a northern hardwood forest

Richard K. Kobe; Gene E. Likens; Chris Eagar

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Tree seedling growth and mortality responses to manipulations of calcium and aluminum in a northern hardwood forest

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Authors:

Richard K. Kobe, Gene E. Likens, Chris Eagar

Year:

2002

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 32: 954-966.

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Abstract

To assess potential forest compositional responses to exchangeable soil calcium (Ca_exch) and aluminum (Al_exch), we characterized light-dependent growth and mortality of tree seedlings under amendments of CaCl₂ and AlCl₃ at Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest (HBEF), New Hampshire, U.S.A. Seedlings of Acer saccharum Marsh., Fagus grandifolia Ehrh., Betula alleghaniensis Britton, Abies balsamea (L.) Mill., and Picea rubens Sarg. were transplanted into field plots, which were randomly assigned to control, CaCl₂, or AlCl₃ treatments and stratified across

Citation

Kobe, Richard K.; Likens, Gene E.; Eagar, Christopher. 2002. Tree seedling growth and mortality responses to manipulations of calcium and aluminum in a northern hardwood forest. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 32: 954-966.