Short-term impacts of harvesting and burning disturbances on physical and chemical characteristics of forest soils in western Newfoundland, Canada

European Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 321-330

  Scheuner, E T ^a   Makeschin, F ^b   Wells, E D ^c   Carter, Paul Q ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF VEGETABLE AND ORNAMENTAL CROPS   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon; Nitrogen; Prescribed burning; Total and extractable calcium; Total and extractable magnesium

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FOREST SOIL; HARVESTING; NITROGEN; PH; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SOIL CHEMISTRY;

CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 15344347021     PISSN: 16124669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-004-0038-2     Document Type: Article

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