Stand age, fire and clearcutting affect soil organic carbon and aggregation of mineral soils in boreal forests

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 50, Issue , 2012, Pages 149-157

  Chen, Han Y H ^a   Shrestha, Bharat M ^a,b  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggregate stability; Aggregate associated soil organic carbon; Boreal forest; Forest fire; Logging; Soil organic carbon pool; Time since disturbance

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE STABILITY; BOREAL FORESTS; FOREST FIRES; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON POOLS; TIME SINCE DISTURBANCE;

DEFORESTATION; FIRES; LAKES; LOGGING (FORESTRY); MINERALS; SOILS; STABILITY;

AGGREGATES;

AGE CLASS; AGGREGATE STABILITY; AGGREGATION; BOREAL FOREST; CARBON SINK; CLEARCUTTING; DISTURBANCE; FOREST FIRE; LOGGING (TIMBER); ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL STABILIZATION; STAND DYNAMICS;

DEFORESTATION; FOREST FIRES; LAKES; LOGGING; MINERALS; SOIL; STABILITY;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 84859899853     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2012.03.014     Document Type: Article

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