Soil respiration following site preparation treatments in boreal mixedwood forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 265-275

  Mallik, A U ^a   Hu, D ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clearcut; CO2 evolution; Decomposition; Organic matter; Screefing; Site preparation; Soil mixing; Soil moisture; Soil respiration; Soil temperature

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; ORGANIC MATTER; SITE PREPARATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL REPSIRATION;

EID: 0030783630     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(97)00067-4     Document Type: Article

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