Greenhouse gas fluxes from boreal forest soils during the snow-free period in Quebec, Canada

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 666-680

  Ullah, Sami ^a   Frasier, Rebeccah ^a   Pelletier, Luc ^b   Moore, Tim R ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK SPRUCE FORESTS; BLACK SPRUCES; BOREAL FORESTS; C/N RATIOS; CH4 FLUXES; CLOSED CHAMBERS; CO2 EMISSIONS; DECIDUOUS FORESTS; FOREST SOILS; FOREST TYPES; GREEN HOUSE GAS; JACK PINES; N MINERALIZATIONS; NITRIFICATION RATES; NITROUS OXIDES; PICEA MARIANA; PINUS BANKSIANA; POPULUS SPP; QUEBEC , CANADA; SOIL FLUXES; WETLAND SOILS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; GROUNDWATER; METHANE; MINERALOGY; NITROGEN OXIDES; SNOW; SOIL MOISTURE; WETLANDS;

FORESTRY;

BOREAL FOREST; CARBON DIOXIDE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; EVERGREEN TREE; FOREST SOIL; GREENHOUSE GAS; METHANE; MINERALIZATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROUS OXIDE; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; WETLAND;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CURL; FORESTRY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GASES; GROUND WATER; METHANE; MOISTURE; NITROGEN OXIDES; SNOW; SOIL ANALYSIS; WETLANDS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

ALNUS; PICEA MARIANA; PINUS BANKSIANA; POPULUS;

EID: 64849105308     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X08-209     Document Type: Article

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