The contrasting response to soil disturbance between lodgepole pine and hybrid white spruce in subboreal forests

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1591-1599

  Kranabetter, J M ^a   Sanborn, P ^b   Chapman, B K ^a   Dube, S ^a  

^a RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FORESTRY; FUNGI; POROSITY;

FOLIAR NITROGEN; LODGEPOLE PINE; MINERALIZATION; SOIL COMPACTION;

SOIL SURVEYS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FORESTRY; FUNGI; POROSITY; SOIL SURVEYS;

EVERGREEN TREE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SUBBOREAL;

CONCENTRATION; FORESTRY; FUNGI; POROSITY; SOIL; SURVEYS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

FUNGI; PICEA GLAUCA; PINUS CONTORTA; SUILLUS;

EID: 33748554497     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2006.0081     Document Type: Article

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