Nitrogen cycling in a northern hardwood forest: Do species matter?

By G. Lovett, Kathleen C. Weathers, M. Arthur, J. Schultz. 2004

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Subfields: Environmental Chemistry, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Soil Science

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NEIGHBORHOOD MODELS OF THE EFFECTS OF INVASIVE TREE SPECIES ON ECOSYSTEM PROCESSES (2008, background): “Both invaders had high quality leaf litter (low C:N ratios and high N percentage, particularly for tree of heaven) relative to typical leaf litter chemistry for native tree species in temperate forests of northeast United States (Scott and Binkley 1997, Bohlen et al. 2001, Lovett et al. 2004).”
Forest Ecosystem Responses to Exotic Pests and Pathogens in Eastern North America (2006, background): “Replacement of beech by hemlock would most likely produce the opposite effects, with increased forest floor mass and decreased rates of nitrogen cycling and nitrogen loss (Finzi et al. 1998a, Lovett et al. 2004).”
FEEDBACK IN THE PLANT-SOIL SYSTEM (2005, background): “Nitrogen mineralized from SOM may not be affected by differences in the input leaf litter (189).”
The mycorrhizal-associated nutrient economy: a new framework for predicting carbon-nutrient couplings in temperate forests. (2013, background): “…biogeochemical variation that occurs within and among forests can be attributed to tree species differences in growth rates, nutrient acquisition strategies and interactions with soil microbes (Pastor et al., 1984; Finzi et al. 1998a; Finzi et al., 1998b; Lovett et al., 2004; Reich et al., 2005).”
Multi-year ecosystem response to hemlock woolly adelgid infestation in southern New England forests (2008, background): “Acidic litter, low nutrient availability, and slow rates of de- composition contribute to slow N cycling in hemlock-dominated forests (Lovett et al. 2004).”
Root carbon inputs to the rhizosphere stimulate extracellular enzyme activity and increase nitrogen availability in temperate forest soils (2011, methodology): “By contrast, hemlock soils are typically characterized by slow rates of N mineralization and nitrification (e.g., Finzi and Canham 1998; Lovett et al. 2004).”
Understory vegetation in old-growth and second-growth Tsuga canadensis forests in western Massachusetts (2009, neutral): “1994, Lovett et al. 2004).”
Estimating foliar biochemistry from hyperspectral data in mixed forest canopy (2008, background): “The differences among species suggest that nitrogen cycling in forests is likely to be patchy and dependent on the dominant trees in the patch (Lovett et al., 2004).”
The roles of environmental filtering and colonization in the fine‐scale spatial patterning of ground‐layer plant communities in north temperate deciduous forests (2011, background): “Similarly, the paths from O-horizon properties to plant communities likely indicate the important effects of litter quality on the rates at which nutrients become available to plants for uptake (Ferrari 1999; Lovett et al. 2004).”
Wetland plant decomposition under different nutrient conditions: what is more important, litter quality or site quality? (2006, background): “These shifts then have a potential to affect decomposition and nutrient dynamics (Hobbie and Gough 2004; Lovett et al. 2004 ).”
Regional growth decline of sugar maple (Acer saccharum) and its potential causes (2015, background): “Ecologically, sugar maple provides nutrient-rich litter to forest soils (Long et al. 2009, Lucash et al. 2012), promotes N mineralization and reduces leaching of nitrate into groundwater (Lovett et al. 2004), and shapes the diversity of plant and animal communities (Beier et al. 2012a).”