S07 Forest, Range & Wildland Soils

Monday, October 17, 2011: 1:25 PM-4:00 PM

Henry Gonzalez Convention Center, Room 211

Organizer:

Kathryn B. Piatek

Presider:

Soni Pradhanang

1:25 PM

Introductory Remarks

1:30 PM

141-1

Soil Nitrogen and Carbon Responses to Salvage Harvesting Alternatives In Pine Beetle-Infested, Colorado Forests.

Charles Rhoades, USDA Forest Service (FS); Robert Hubbard, USDA Forest Service (FS); Kevin Elder, USDA Forest Service (FS); Derek Pierson, USDA Forest Service (FS); Byron Collins, USDA Forest Service (FS)

1:45 PM

141-2

Fire Effects On Temperate Forest Soil C and N Storage.

Lucas Nave, University of Michigan; Eric Vance, National Council-Air & Steam Imprv.; Christopher Swanston, USDA-Forest Service; Peter Curtis, Ohio State University

Recorded Presentation Audio File

2:00 PM

141-3

The Effect of Variable Organic Matter On Soil Organic Carbon Composition In Southern Loblolly Pine Plantation.

Jason Mack, Mississippi State University; Jeff Hatten, Mississippi State University; Eric B. Sucre, Weyerhaeuser Co.

2:15 PM

141-4

Soil C and Nutrient Pools Five Years After Manipulating Biomass and Competing Vegetation At Two Contrasting Sites In the Pacific Northwest.

Robert A. Slesak, MN Forest Resources Council; Stephen H. Schoenholtz, Virginia Tech; Timothy B. Harrington, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station

Recorded Presentation Audio File

2:30 PM

Discussion

2:45 PM

Break

3:00 PM

141-5

Mineral Soil Properties Influencing Nitrogen and Phosphorus Retention In a Georgia Coastal Plain Loblolly Pine and Sweetgum Plantation.

L. Chris Kiser, Virginia Tech; Thomas Fox, Virginia Tech

3:15 PM

141-6

Monitoring Soil Carbon Stock Change Following Harvesting In a Pinus Radiata Plantation Forest In New Zealand.