Spatial heterogeneity of soil organic carbon in tree-based intercropping systems in Quebec and Ontario, Canada

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 343-353

  Bambrick, Amanda D ^a   Whalen, Joann K ^a   Bradley, Robert L ^b   Cogliastro, Alain ^c   Gordon, Andrew M ^e   Olivier, Alain ^d   Thevathasan, Naresh V ^e  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Path analysis; Soil carbon content; Soil fertility; Spatial variation; Tree based intercropping

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONIFEROUS TREE; HERB; HETEROGENEITY; HYBRID; INTERCROPPING; LAND USE CHANGE; LITTER; LITTERFALL; PATH ANALYSIS; PLANTATION; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SPATIAL VARIATION;

CANADA; GUELPH; ONTARIO [CANADA]; QUEBEC [CANADA];

PICEA ABIES; POPULUS DELTOIDES;

EID: 77953869680     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-010-9305-z     Document Type: Article

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