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Amount and Mineral Nutrient Content of Freshly Fallen Needle Litter of Some Northeastern Conifers
Author(s) -
Chandler Robert F.
Publication year - 1944
Publication title -
soil science society of america journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1435-0661
pISSN - 0361-5995
DOI - 10.2136/sssaj1944.036159950008000c0083x
Subject(s) - litter , citation , soil nutrients , soil water , nutrient , history , library science , environmental science , agronomy , ecology , biology , soil science , computer science
Data on the annual production of coniferous litter are not plentiful in the literature. Jenny (11) quotes a figure for Scotch pine, as given by Kbermayer, of 1.42 tons per acre. Lunt gives a figure for white pine in Connecticut of 1.78 tons per acre. Alway and. Zon (2) have shown that the Jack, Norway, and white pine forests of Minnesota deposit about 0.87 ton of needle litter per acre annually. These data show considerable variability and as will be pointed out later, a definite figure cannot be arrived at which will apply to all conditions.