Sampling throughfall and stemflow in young loblolly pine plantations

S.J. Zarnoch; D.A. Abrahamson; P.M. Dougherty

doi:10.2737/SRS-RP-27

Sampling throughfall and stemflow in young loblolly pine plantations

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Authors:

S.J. Zarnoch, D.A. Abrahamson, P.M. Dougherty

Year:

2002

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Southern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/SRS-RP-27

Source:

Res. Pap. SRS-27. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 6 p.

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Abstract

Throughfall and stemflow estimates were obtained on a rain-event basis for small (0.09-hectare) plots established in a young loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) plantation in North Carolina. The plots were exposed to specific fertilization and irrigation treatments, which resulted in a wide range of basal areas and leaf area indices. Coefficients of variation were also determined, which revealed a negative exponential relationship with rain-event magnitude. Throughfall was substantially less variable than stemflow. Recommended sample-size curves were developed for throughfall and stemflow to achieve 5 percent accuracy at the 0.80, 0.90, and 0.95 probability levels.

Citation

Zarnoch, S.J.; Abrahamson, D.A.; Dougherty, P.M. 2002. Sampling throughfall and stemflow in young loblolly pine plantations. Res. Pap. SRS-27. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 6 p.