Response of forest vegetation and foliar δ13C and δ15N to soil compaction and forest floor removal in a boreal aspen forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 222, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 450-458

  Tan, Xiao ^a   Kabzems, Richard ^b   Chang, Scott X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

13C; 15N; Forest floor removal; Height increment; Soil compaction; Trembling aspen; Understory community; Unit leaf area; White spruce

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY;

FOREST FLOOR REMOVAL; SOIL COMPACTION; TREMBLING ASPEN; UNDERSTORY COMMUNITY; UNIT LEAF AREA;

SOILS;

BOREAL FOREST; COMPACTION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FOREST FLOOR; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT COMMUNITY; TIMBER HARVESTING;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; PICEA ENGELMANNII; SOIL;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

BRYOPHYTA; PICEA GLAUCA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 31444452558     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.10.051     Document Type: Article

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