Aspen and white spruce productivity is reduced by organic matter removal and soil compaction

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 306-316

  Kabzems, Richard ^a  

^a RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Calamagrostis; Long term site productivity; Site index

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FORESTS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; BULK DENSITY; CALAMAGROSTIS; COMPACTION TREATMENT; COMPLETELY RANDOMIZED DESIGNS; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; FOREST FLOORS; FOREST PRODUCTIVITY; MINERAL SOILS; ORGANIC MATTER REMOVAL; PICEA GLAUCA; PLANT COMMUNITIES; POPULUS; POST TREATMENT; PRE-TREATMENT; REDUCED HEIGHT; SITE INDEX; SITE PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL COMPACTION; SOIL CONDITIONS; SOIL POROSITY; SOIL PROPERTY; TREE GROWTH; TREE STEMS; TREMBLING ASPEN; WHITE SPRUCE;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ECOSYSTEMS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS;

REFORESTATION;

BOREAL FOREST; BULK DENSITY; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMPACTION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; FOREST FLOOR; FOREST SOIL; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; HEIGHT; ORGANIC MATTER; PLANT COMMUNITY; POROSITY; REGENERATION; SITE INDEX; SOIL PROFILE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

CALAMAGROSTIS; PICEA GLAUCA; POPULUS;

EID: 84866101668     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc2012-058     Document Type: Article

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