Harvesting and slash piling affect soil respiration, soil temperature, and soil moisture regimes in newfoundland boreal forests

Canadian Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 343-355

  Moroni, Martin T ^a   Carter, Paul Q ^a   Ryan, Daniel A J ^b  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abies balsamea; Carbon dioxide; Clearcut; Greenhouse gas; Picea marinara

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CONIFEROUS FOREST; HARVESTING; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; PICEA; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 68049144777     PISSN: 00084271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/CJSS08027     Document Type: Article

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