Effects of forest harvest on soil carbon and related variables in Canadian spodosols

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1816-1827

  Grand, Stephanie ^a   Lavkulich, Les M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITIES; CONIFER STANDS; CONTROL LEVEL; DOUGLAS FIR; FOREST FLOORS; FOREST HARVEST; IN-CONTROL; LOSS-ON-IGNITION; MATURE FOREST; MINERAL HORIZON; MINERAL SOILS; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; RELATED VARIABLES; SIZE FRACTION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SOIL SAMPLE; SPODOSOLS; TREATMENT EFFECTS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; HARVESTING; MINERALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOILS;

REFORESTATION;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST SOIL; ION EXCHANGE; OXIDATION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SPODOSOL; STAND DYNAMICS;

HARVESTING; MINERALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; REFORESTATION; SOIL;

CANADA;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 84866414251     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: 14350661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2012.0103     Document Type: Article

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