Soil reclamation amendments affect long term growth of jack pine following oil sands mining

New Forests

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 799-810

  Farnden, Craig ^a   Vassov, Robert J ^b   Yarmuch, Marty ^c   Larson, Bruce C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Shell Canada Limited   (Canada)

^c SYNCRUDE CANADA LTD   (Canada)

Author keywords

Jack pine; Mine reclamation; Oil sands; Pinus banksiana; Soil organic matter; Tree growth

Indexed keywords

JACK PINE; MINE RECLAMATION; PINUS BANKSIANA; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; TREE GROWTH;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; NUTRITION; OIL SANDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RECLAMATION; SOILS;

FORESTRY;

CAPPING; GROWTH RATE; LIMITING FACTOR; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MINING; OIL SAND; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TAILINGS; TREE;

FORESTRY; NUTRITION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC MATTER; PINUS BANKSIANA; RECLAMATION; SOIL;

PINUS BANKSIANA;

EID: 84884813874     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11056-013-9375-7     Document Type: Article

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