Soil carbon release along a gradient of physical disturbance in a harvested northern hardwood forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 261, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1016-1026

  Zummo, Lynne M ^a,b   Friedland, Andrew J ^a  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

13C; Carbon; Forest harvest; Mineral soil; Northern hardwood

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; DERIVED MATERIALS; ELEVATED CO; ENERGY SOURCE; FOREST HARVEST; HARVEST VALUES; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; MINERAL HORIZON; MINERAL SOIL; MINERAL SOILS; NET LOSS; NORTHERN HARDWOOD FOREST; NORTHERN HARDWOODS; ORGANIC MATTER; PER UNIT; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL PITS; SOIL PROFILES; SOIL RESPIRATION; VERTICAL MIXING; WOOD BIOMASS;

ENERGY HARVESTING; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; HARVESTING; MINERALS; PHYSIOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HARVESTING; MINERAL; PH; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL RESPIRATION; STABILIZATION; WOOD;

CARBON; ENERGY; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; HARVESTING; MINERALS; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTION; SILICATES; SOIL;

EID: 79551532372     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.12.022     Document Type: Article

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