Effectiveness of soil N availability indices in predicting site productivity in the oil sands region of Alberta

Plant and Soil

Volumn 359, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 215-231

  Yan, En Rong ^a,b   Hu, Ya Lin ^b,c   Salifu, Francis ^d,g   Tan, Xiao ^e   Chen, Z Chi ^f   Chang, Scott X ^b  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^d SUNCOR ENERGY INC   (Canada)

^e Shell Canada Energy   (Canada)

^f ALBERTA ENVIRONMENT AND PARKS   (Canada)

^g TOTAL   (France)

Author keywords

Aerobic and anaerobic incubation; Plant Root Simulator (PRS) probes; Site productivity; Soil N availability; Soil N mineralization; Tree ring width

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CONIFEROUS FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; FOREST FLOOR; FOREST SOIL; GROWTH RESPONSE; LAND RECLAMATION; MINERALIZATION; OIL SAND; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; STAND STRUCTURE; TREE RING;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

PINUS BANKSIANA;

EID: 84866506408     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-012-1202-y     Document Type: Article

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