Effects of forest harvest on soil nutrients and labile ions in Podzols of southwestern Canada: Mean and dispersion effects

Catena

Volumn 122, Issue , 2014, Pages 18-26

  Grand, Stephanie ^a   Hudson, Robert ^b   Lavkulich, Les M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Exchangeable ions; Forest harvest; Inorganic nitrogen; Soil nutrients; Soil pH

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLEARCUTTING; DISPERSION; FOREST FLOOR; FOREST SOIL; HARVESTING; ION; ION EXCHANGE; MINERAL; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PH; PODZOL; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL NUTRIENT;

CANADA; PACIFIC COAST [CANADA]; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84903201141     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2014.06.004     Document Type: Article

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