Forest floor development and biochemical properties in reconstructed boreal forest soils

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 139-147

  Sorenson, P T ^a   Quideau, S A ^a   MacKenzie, M D ^a   Landhausser S M ^a   Oh, S W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Mokpo National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

13C nuclear magnetic resonance; Athabasca oil sands region; Land reclamation; Phospholipid fatty acid; Populus tremuloides Michx; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

PICEA GLAUCA; PINUS BANKSIANA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 80052178312     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2011.06.006     Document Type: Article

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