Soil parent material may control forest floor properties more than stand type or stand age in mixedwood boreal forests

Ecoscience

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 228-237

  Lamarche, Josyanne ^a   Bradley, Robert L ^a   Paré, David ^b   Légaré, Sonia ^c   Bergeron, Yves ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forest floor; Mineral parent material; Mixedwood boreal forest; Soil quality; Stand age; Stand type

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; FOREST FLOOR; FOREST SOIL; PARENT MATERIAL; SOIL PROPERTY; STAND DYNAMICS;

ABITIBI; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

ABIES; BETULA PAPYRIFERA; PICEA;

EID: 4043056766     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.2004.11682828     Document Type: Article

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