Total, organic and extractable-P in humus and soil beneath Sitka spruce planted in pure stands and in mixture with Scots pine |
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Authors: | B L Williams |
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Institution: | (1) Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Craigiebuckler, AB15 8QH Aberdeen, Scotland, UK |
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Abstract: | Total, organic and extractable P were measured in the humus and underlying soil to 10 cm depth beneath Sitka spruce (SS) and mixed Sitka spruce and Scots pine (SS+SP) stands planted on upland heath. The humus beneath SS+SP contained significantly (p<0.01) greater amounts of total and organic-P than that in SS and the mixed stands had more effectively retained approximately 87 per cent of previously applied fertilizer-P, totalling 100 kg P ha–1, compared with 70 per cent in SS. Despite the larger amounts of total-P in the mixed plots 0.01 M CaCl2 extractable molybdate reactive phosphorus (MRP) was significantly (p<0.05) greater in SS+SP humus only during March and April. Greater concentrations of MRP were released from the humus and soil during July and August at a mean rate of 58 g P ha–1 day–1. This coincided with drying of the soil during the summer and the rate of release, attributed to death of fine roots and microorganisms, was 4 to 30 times greater than reported values for rates of net mineralization of P from forest soils. |
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Keywords: | heathland phosphate Scots pine Sitka spruce |
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