A method is proposed for determining elemental S (So) in organic horizons of forest soils. Elemental sulfur is extracted from the soil with acetone and assayed by a colorimetric method. The procedure is a modification of several existing methods and allows for the extraction of all forms of So. It also reduces the interference of colored extracts from forest litter. The detection limit is 100 m...

This study evaluates the spatial heterogeneity of the soil chemical properties of surface soils across a 1 ha old-growth subtropical karst forest in southwest China.

In an effort to discover anaerobic bacteria capable of lignin degradation, we isolated "Enterobacter lignolyticus" SCF1 on minimal media with alkali lignin as the sole source of carbon. This organism was isolated anaerobically from tropical forest soils collected from the Short Cloud Forest site in the El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico, USA, part of the Luquillo Long-Term Ecological Rese...

A clear understanding of the impacts of forest practices on long-term soil productivity is required to maintain the productivity of forest soils while forests continue to be managed for timber production. Although current regulations governing soil conservation in British Columbia are partially based on historic and ongoing research, there are few clear and unambiguous long-term results. The ne...

Supplemental material available online. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 79:1470–1481. doi:10.2136/sssaj2015.03.0101 Received 13 Mar. 2015 Accepted 13 July 2015. *Corresponding author ([email protected]). © Soil Science Society of America, 5585 Guilford Rd., Madison WI 53711 USA. All Rights reserved. Influence of Forest Disturbance on Stable Nitrogen Isotope Ratios in Soil and Vegetation Profiles Forest, ...

Spreading wood ash on forest and agricultural lands has been used for years to correct pH in acid soils and as a source of plant nutrients. However, it is necessary to enhance the knowledge of potential hazards derived from such a practise. Surface runoff pollution is one of these possible hazards. In this work we studied the quality of runoff water collected in two sloped forest plots before a...

Soil samples were collected from four aquaculture ponds (yellow perch culture), a control pond (without aquaculture activities, fallow pond), crop land (under corn), and forest land to estimate the carbon (C) sequestration potential in the Piketon county, Ohio, USA. The averaged total of C was 6.5 ± 2, 8.8 ± 2, 8.53 ± 0.2 and 10.49 ± 1.1 Mg/ha (Mg=10(6)g) in < 0.25 mm fraction; 15.2 ± 2, 16.0 ±...

Research Officer, Forest Department, Research Station, Dwellingup W.A. 6213 Western Australia. Abstract: The jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata Sm.) forest of southwestern Australia extends over 21⁄2 million hectares. In addition to the climatic constraints on the formation of high, dense forest, the soils are impoverished and the vegetation is subject to frequent fire. As a consequence, the forest h...

Background: The presence of radionuclides in the soil, measures need to be taken to minimize the radiation dose to humans. It is mostly gamma-emitting radionuclides that contribute to the radiation dose in long term behavior of these radionuclides in soil may determine the extent to which such countermeasures need to be applied. Materials and Methods: The activity concentration of these radionu...

1. Organic matter decomposition is the main process by which carbon (C) is lost from terrestrial ecosystems, and mycorrhizal associations of plants (i.e. arbuscular mycorrhizas (AM) and ectomycorrhizas (ECM)) may have different indirect effects on this loss pathway. AM and ECM plants differ in the soil decomposers they promote and the quality of litter they produce, which may result in differen...