Black spruce soils accumulate more uncomplexed organic matter than aspen soils

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1125-1132

  Laganière, Jérôme ^a,b,c   Angers, Denis A ^d   Paré, David ^a   Bergeron, Yves ^b,c   Chen, Han Y H ^e  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

^d AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^e LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-DENSITY; AGGREGATE SIZE; BLACK SPRUCE; BOREAL FORESTS; CLAY FRACTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS; FOREST COMPOSITIONS; FOREST TYPE; GLASS BEAD; LIGHT FRACTION; LOW QUALITIES; MINERAL SOILS; MIXEDWOOD; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTERS; SITE TYPES; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; TREMBLING ASPEN; WET SIEVING;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); FLOTATION; FORESTRY; ORGANIC CARBON; SOILS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AGGREGATION; BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DISPERSION; FRACTIONATION; LIGHT EFFECT; LINEARITY; MINERAL; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL TYPE;

COMPUTER PROGRAMING; FLOTATION; FORESTRY; ORGANIC MATTER; PICEA MARIANA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL;

CANADA;

EID: 83055178408     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2010.0275     Document Type: Article

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