Root production of hybrid poplars and nitrogen mineralization improve following mounding of boreal Podzols

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1092-1103

  Bilodeau Gauthier, Simon ^a   Paré, David ^b   Messier, Christian ^a,c   Bélanger, Nicolas ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN OUTAOUAIS   (Canada)

^d Tel e University of Quebec   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN MINERALIZATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYSICAL CONDITIONS; ROOT DEVELOPMENT; ROOT DISTRIBUTION; SOIL PREPARATION; SURFACE ORGANIC LAYERS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

FORESTRY; MINERALOGY; NUTRIENTS;

SOILS;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BOREAL FOREST; DICOTYLEDON; HYBRID; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PODZOL; ROOT; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL NUTRIENT; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

FORESTRY; NUTRIENTS; SOIL;

EID: 84889066625     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2013-0338     Document Type: Article

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