Towards the application of soil organic matter as an indicator of forest ecosystem productivity: Deriving thresholds, developing monitoring systems, and evaluating practices

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 999-1008

  Seely, Brad ^a   Welham, Clive ^a   Blanco, Juan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecosystem productivity; FORECAST model; Model based monitoring; Soil indicator; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MANAGEMENT; AS-SOILS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COST-EFFICIENT; ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTIVITY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST FLOORS; FOREST GROWTH MODEL; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST TYPE; HIGH VARIABILITY; LAYER BOUNDARIES; LODGEPOLE PINE; LONG TERM SIMULATION; MINERAL SOILS; MODEL-BASED MONITORING; MONITORING PROGRAMS; MONITORING SYSTEM; PINUS CONTORTA; POWER ANALYSIS; SAMPLING ERRORS; SITE PRODUCTIVITY; SITE TYPES; SOIL CARBON; SOIL INDICATOR; SOIL LAYER; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; STATISTICAL POWER; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ECOSYSTEMS; ELECTRIC LOAD FORECASTING; GEOLOGIC MODELS; MONITORING; ORGANIC CARBON; PRODUCTIVITY; PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS; ROTATION; SAMPLING; SOILS;

FORESTRY;

BIOMONITORING; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST FLOOR; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH MODELING; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SUSTAINABILITY;

ECOSYSTEMS; ELECTRIC CURRENT; FORECASTS; FORESTRY; GROWTH; ORGANIC MATTER; PRODUCTIVITY; SAMPLING; SOIL;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 77951144566     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2010.02.008     Document Type: Article

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