Contrasting total carbon stocks between ecological site series in a subboreal spruce research forest in central British Columbia

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 897-907

  Bois, Claudette H ^a   Janzen, Darren T ^a   Sanborn, Paul T ^a,b   Fredeen, Arthur L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITISH COLUMBIA; C SEQUESTRATION; ECOLOGICAL SITES; FOREST FLOORS; FOREST HARVESTING SYSTEMS; MINERAL SOILS; RESEARCH FOREST; STAND AGE; STUDY AREAS; TOTAL CARBON; TOTAL ECOSYSTEM C; UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA;

ECOSYSTEMS; MINERALS; MINING; RESEARCH; SILICATE MINERALS; SOILS;

FORESTRY;

BOREAL FOREST; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST FLOOR; SOIL CARBON;

ECOSYSTEMS; HARVESTING; MINERALS; PICEA; SILICATES; SITE CLASS; SOIL;

ALEZA LAKE RESEARCH FOREST; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

PICEA;

EID: 66249133922     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X09-018     Document Type: Article

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