Soil organic matter stability in intensively managed ponderosa pine stands in California

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 979-992

  McFarlane, Karis J ^a,b   Schoenholtz, Stephen H ^a,c   Powers, Robert F ^d   Perakis, Steven S ^e  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^e FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C MINERALIZATION; C/N RATIO; CALIFORNIA; FOREST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; FOREST PRODUCTIVITY; FOREST SOILS; LIGHT FRACTION; N AVAILABILITY; N MINERALIZATION; NUTRIENT LIMITATIONS; PARENT MATERIALS; PINUS PONDEROSA; PONDEROSA PINES; SITE CHARACTERISTICS; SITE PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL FUNCTION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SOIL TYPES; STABILITY CHARACTERISTICS; STABILITY OF SURFACES; SURFACE SOIL; TREATMENT EFFECTS; UNDERSTORY VEGETATION; VEGETATION CONTROL;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; HERBICIDES; LAKES; MINERALOGY; MOISTURE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PRODUCTIVITY; SOILS; SURFACES; VEGETATION; WEED CONTROL;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST SOIL; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; HERBICIDE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MINERALIZATION; MOISTURE CONTENT; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SOIL CARBON; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TYPE; UNDERSTORY;

FERTILIZATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HERBICIDES; LAKES; MOISTURE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PLANTS; PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL; SURFACES; WEED CONTROL;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 77956860578     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2009.0062     Document Type: Article

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