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Long-Term Soil Productivity Study:

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Objectives of this Study

Tour a Study Site

  1. Site Selection
  2. Treatments
  3. Plot Set-up
  4. Measurements

Study Details

Results to Date

Forest Locations

Cooperating Investigators

LTSP Related Publications


Microbial Processes Project Leader:
Debbie Page-Dumroese
email Debbie

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Microbial Processes > Long-Term Soil Productivity (LTSP) Study > Tour: 3 - Plot Set-up

Nine plots (0.8 ha each) are set-up at each site for the standard treatments. Two additional plots of the same size may also be created for optional treatments.

Looking down on Priest River Experimental Forest from a nearby mountainPriest River Experimental Forest site from a nearby mountain
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Aerial photo of an experimental forest in North CarolinaAerial photo of an experimental forest in North Carolina
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