To determine factors controlling the carbon dynamics of an intensively managed landscape, we measured net CO2 exchange with the atmosphere using eddy covariance and soil CO2 fluxes using static chambers along a chronosequence of slash pine (Pinus elliottii var. elliottii) plantations consisting of a recent clearcut, a mid-rotation (10-yr-old) stand, and a rotation-aged (24-yr-old) stand…. More

We measured net atmospheric exchanges of energy and water vapor using eddy covariance along a chronosequence of Pinus elliottii plantations in north Florida: a recent clear-cut, a mid-rotation stand, and a 24-year-old, rotation-aged stand. Reflected energy averaged 0.26 of incoming solar radiation at the clear-cut and 0.18 at the closed-canopy stands. The sum of sensible… More

In this paper, the one-dimensional, process-based soil CO2 model (PATCIS) described in Part 1 is parameterized and validated with field data collected in a mature slash pine plantation in Florida. The results of a model sensitivity analysis show that CO2 efflux in the plantation is most sensitive to soil temperature and associated parameters and that… More

Phenological observations were used in conjunction with destructive sampling and measurements of plant cover to determine the aboveground seasonal dynamics, annual aboveground net primary production (ANPP), and responses to fertilizer applications of the rhizomatous, perennial, understory species, saw palmetto (Serenoa repens (Bartr.) Small), in a north-central Florida pine ecosystem. Phenology was not significantly affected by… More

We examined the effects of forest harvesting on the net exchange of methane (CH4) between the atmosphere and sandy soils in two mature slash pine (Pinus elliottii Engelm. var. elliottii) plantations in northern Florida. Before each of the stem-only harvests, soils in these plantations were net sinks for CH4 (-0.03 to -2.6 mg CH4·m-2·d-1) on… More