Tree species versus regional controls on ecosystem properties and processes: An example using introduced Pinus contorta in Swedish boreal forests

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1228-1238

  McIntosh, Anne C S ^a   MacDonald, S Ellen ^a   Gundale, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FORESTS; BULK DENSITY; C:N RATIO; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; CONTORTA; DOUGLAS; FOREST FLOORS; FOREST TYPE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; N MINERALIZATION RATE; PHOSPHOLIPID FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; PHOSPHOLIPID FATTY ACIDS; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SUBSTRATE-INDUCED RESPIRATIONS; TREE SPECIES;

ECOSYSTEMS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS;

FORESTRY;

AMMONIUM; BOREAL FOREST; CARBON; CONIFEROUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOREST FLOOR; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LIPIDS; PINUS CONTORTA; SWEDEN;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84864793338     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X2012-049     Document Type: Article

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