Soil oxygen within boreal forests across an age gradient

Canadian Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-9

  Fenton, N ^a   Legare S ^a   Bergeron, Y ^a   Pare D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Black spruce; Clay belt; Forest floor; Paludification; Sphagnum; Water table

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; FOREST FLOOR; OXYGEN; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL PROFILE; WATER DEPTH; WATER TABLE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; QUEBEC [CANADA];

BRYOPHYTA; PICEA MARIANA; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 33749318312     PISSN: 00084271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/S05-004     Document Type: Article

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