Effects of a spruce budworm outbreak on element export below the rooting zone: A case study for a balsam fir forest

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 707-707

  Houle, Daniel ^a,b   Duchesne, Louis ^a   Boutin, Robert ^c  

^a MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Defoliation; Leaching losses; Nutrient cycles; Soil solution

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DEFOLIATION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST FIRE; FOREST SOIL; LEACHING; MOTH; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PEST OUTBREAK; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL PROFILE; SUSTAINABILITY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ABIES BALSAMEA; CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; PICEA;

EID: 70449553295     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009057     Document Type: Article

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