Soil and plant legacies associated with harvest trails in boreal black spruce forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 269, Issue , 2012, Pages 168-176

  Lorente, Miren ^a   Parsons, William F J ^b   Bradley, Robert L ^b   Munson, Alison D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Ericaceous shrubs; Picea mariana (Mill.) BSP; Scarification; Soil microorganisms; Soil physico chemical properties

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FORESTS; ERICACEOUS SHRUBS; PICEA MARIANA; SCARIFICATION; SOIL MICROORGANISMS;

BIOMASS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; ECOLOGY; HARVESTING; MACHINERY; REFORESTATION;

SOILS;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BOREAL FOREST; COMPACTION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; FOREST SOIL; HARVESTING; LOGGING (TIMBER); MACHINERY; MIXED FOREST; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SCARIFICATION; SHRUB; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL PROFILE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; UNDERSTORY;

CANADA;

KALMIA; KALMIA ANGUSTIFOLIA; PICEA MARIANA; VACCINIUM;

EID: 84856434434     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.12.029     Document Type: Article

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