Soil carbon stabilization in jack pine stands along the Boreal Forest Transect Case Study

Global Change Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 480-494

  Norris, C E ^a   Quideau, S A ^a   Bhatti, J S ^b   Wasylishen, R E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NORTHERN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal soils; Carbon stabilization; CPMAS 13C NMR; Jack pine; Soil fractionation; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; GLOBAL WARMING; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROFILE; STAND DYNAMICS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

CANADA;

PINUS BANKSIANA;

EID: 78649819717     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02236.x     Document Type: Article

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