Woody debris amendment enhances reclamation after oil sands mining in Alberta, Canada

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 40-48

  Brown, Robyn L ^a   Naeth, M Anne ^b  

^a Cardno ENTRIX   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

boreal forest; cover soil; LFH; microbial biomass carbon; mycorrhizae; nitrogen

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BOREAL FOREST; FLORA; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LAND RECLAMATION; MINING; MYCORRHIZA; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OIL SAND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL NUTRIENT; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION COVER; WOODY DEBRIS;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

EID: 84891590706     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rec.12029     Document Type: Article

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