Assessing a new soil carbon model to simulate the effect of temperature increase on the soil carbon cycle in three eastern Canadian forest types characterized by different climatic conditions

Canadian Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 187-202

  Larocque, Guy R ^a   Boutin, Robert ^a   Paré, David ^a   Robitaille, Gilles ^a   Lacerte, Valérie ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Litter; Soil organic matter; Soil respiration

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; FOREST SOIL; LITTER; MINERALIZATION; MODELING; PREDICTION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 33845714688     PISSN: 00084271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/s05-080     Document Type: Article

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