The MELNHE study looks at patterns of resource limitation through
nutrient manipulations in three study sites in New Hampshire: Bartlett
Experimental Forest, Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, and Jeffers
Brook, located in the White Mountain National Forest. The
investigation is monitoring stem diameter, leaf area, sap flow, foliar
chemistry, leaf litter production and chemistry, foliar nutrient
resorption, root biomass and production, mycorrhizal associations,
soil respiration, heterotrophic respiration, N and P availability, N
mineralization, soil phosphatase activity, soil carbon and nitrogen,
nutrient uptake capacity of roots, and mineral weathering.
Applications of N and P began in June 2011 and continue at the rate of
30 kg N/ha/yr (as NH4NO3) and 10 kg P/ha/yr (as NaH2PO4).
This dataset was produced using thermal dissipation probes in hardwood
trees. We recorded temperature differences between the reference and
heated over multiple days in five hardwood species across 5 years.
Sites are located in Bartlett Experimental Forest and Hubbard Brook
Experimental Forest in NH. The number of trees in each plot and
species vary among years.
These data were gathered as part of the Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study
(HBES). The HBES is a collaborative effort at the Hubbard Brook
Experimental Forest, which is operated and maintained by the USDA
Forest Service, Northern Research Station.