Interactions between deadwood and soil characteristics in a natural boreal trembling aspen - jack pine stand

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1456-1466

  Brais, Suzanne ^a   Drouin, Pascal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C/N RATIO; DECAY STAGES; DECAYING WOOD; FOREST COVER; FOREST FLOORS; FOREST SOILS; JACK PINE; MINERAL SOILS; NECROMASS; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; OVERLAYING MATERIALS; PINUS BANKSIANA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; QUEBEC , CANADA; SOIL CHARACTERISTICS; TREE BIOMASS; TREE SPECIES; TREMBLING ASPEN;

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; NUTRIENTS; SOILS;

FORESTRY;

ACIDITY; BOREAL FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; DEAD WOOD; DECIDUOUS TREE; FOREST COVER; FOREST FLOOR; FOREST SOIL; HETEROGENEITY; LITTER; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHYTOMASS; SNAG; SOIL CARBON; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROFILE; WOOD;

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; FOREST LITTER; FORESTS; LIGNINS; NUTRIENTS; PINUS BANKSIANA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; QUEBEC; SOIL; WOOD DECAY;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

PINUS BANKSIANA; POPULUS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 84864627607     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X2012-061     Document Type: Article

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