Assessment of variability and uncertainty of soil organic carbon in a mountainous boreal forest (Canadian Rocky Mountains, Alberta)

Catena

Volumn 113, Issue , 2014, Pages 107-121

  Hoffmann, Ulrike ^a   Hoffmann, Thomas ^b,c   Johnson, E A ^c   Kuhn, Nikolaus J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian Rocky Mountains; Mountain environments; SOC inventory; Soil organic carbon; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOREST SOIL; LAND USE CHANGE; MONTANE FOREST; ORGANIC CARBON; PRECISION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SPATIAL VARIATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ALBERTA; CANADA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 84886035451     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2013.09.009     Document Type: Article

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