Pyrogenic carbon stocks and storage mechanisms in podzolic soils of fire-affected Quebec black spruce forests

Geoderma

Volumn 217-218, Issue , 2014, Pages 118-128

  Soucémarianadin, Laure N ^a,b   Quideau, Sylvie A ^a   MacKenzie, M Derek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Black spruce forests; Boreal; Carbon storage; Podzols; Pyrogenic carbon; Quebec, Canada

Indexed keywords

BLACK SPRUCE FORESTS; BOREAL; CARBON STORAGE; PODZOLS; QUEBEC , CANADA;

CARBON; FLOORS; FORESTRY; MINERALS; SOILS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

BOREAL FOREST; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DISTURBANCE; FOREST FLOOR; FOREST SOIL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PODZOL; PODZOLIZATION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL PROFILE; SUBSOIL; WILDFIRE;

CANADA; CARBON; FLOORS; FORESTRY; MINERALS; PICEA MARIANA; POLLUTION; SOIL;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84890851466     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2013.11.010     Document Type: Article

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