Conversion of Norway spruce forests will reduce organic carbon pools in the mountain soils of SW Poland

Geoderma

Volumn 213, Issue , 2014, Pages 287-295

  Galka, Bernard ^a   Labaz, Beata ^a   Bogacz, Adam ^a   Bojko, Oskar ^a   Kabala, Cezary ^a  

^a WROC AW UNIVERSITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Common beech; Forest litter; Forest management; Norway spruce; Organic carbon stocks

Indexed keywords

COMMON BEECH; FOREST LITTER; FOREST STRUCTURE; MOUNTAIN SOILS; NORWAY SPRUCE; ORGANIC CARBON POOLS; SOIL CARBON STOCK; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON;

LAKES; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS;

FORESTRY;

ALTITUDE; BEDROCK; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST SOIL; LITTER; MIXED FOREST; MONOCULTURE; MONTANE FOREST; NATIONAL PARK; ORGANIC CARBON; RECONSTRUCTION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL TYPE;

FAGUS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; LAKES; PICEA ABIES; PLANTS; SOIL;

DOLNOSLASKIE; POLAND; STOLOWE MOUNTAINS; SUDETES;

EID: 84884235030     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2013.08.029     Document Type: Article

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