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Nick B. Comerford

Professor and Center Director of NFREC
Forest Soils

North Florida Research and Education Center
Forest Soils Lab

DEPARTMENTAL RESEARCH AREAS
Management of Nutrients, Pesticides, and Wastes
Soil Landscape Analysis
Soil Quality/Ecosystem Services

RESEARCH FOCUS
Modeling soil nutrient bioavailability with a focus on forest environments; soil/root interactions; inorganic and organic soil P chemistry as related to bioavailability; Soil management in a forestry context; tropical soils; forested wetlands

COURSES TAUGHT
SOS 6161 - Bioavailability of Soil Nutrients
SOS 4932/6932 - Forest & Soil Ecosystem Services

SELECT PUBLICATIONS
Sato, S. and N.B. Comerford. 2006. Organic anions and phosphorus desorption and bioavailability in a humid Brazilian Ultisol. Soil Sci 171: 663-674.

Barros Filho, N.F., N.B. Comerford, and N.F. Barros. 2005. Phosphorus sorption, desorption and resorption in Soils of the Brazilian Cerrado supporting eucalypt. J Biomass Bioenergy 28: 229-236.

Adegbidi, H.G., N.B. Comerford, E.J. Jokela, and N.F. Barros. 2004. Root development of young Loblolly pine in Spodosols in southeast Georgia. Soil Sci Soc Am J 68: 596-604.

Barros, N.F. and N.B. Comerford. 2002. Sustentabilidade da Produção de Florestas Plantadas na Região Tropical. pp. 487-592. In: Tópicos em Ciência do Solo (Topics in Soil Science)- Vol. II. Sociedade Brasileira de Ciência do Solo, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Escamilla, J.A. and N.B. Comerford. 1998. Phosphorus and potassium depletion by roots of field-grown slash pine: aerobic and hypoxic conditions. For Ecol Manage 110: 25-33.

Pre 2000 Publications
2000-2002 Publications
2003-2005 Publications

CONTACT INFORMATION
Soil and Water Science Department, 2169 McCarty Hall, PO Box 110290, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611
(352) 392.1951 x 248, (352) 392.3902 fax
email: nbc@ufl.edu
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