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Nick B. Comerford
Professor
Forest Soils


Forest Soils Lab

Full Curriculum Vitae

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


DEPARTMENTAL RESEARCH AREAS
Management of Nutrients, Pesticides, and Wastes
Soil Landscape Analysis
Soil Quality/Ecological Indicators

COURSES TAUGHT
SOS 6161 - Bioavailability of Soil Nutrients
SOS 6xxx - 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, Box 110290, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, Telephone: (352) 392-1951 ext 248, Fax: (352) 392-3902
email: nbc@mail.ifas.ufl.edu
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  106 Newell Hall, P.O. Box 110510, Gainesville, FL 32611
  Phone: 352.392.1803, Fax: 352.392.3399  soils@ifas.ufl.edu