Evaluation of forest management effects on the mineral soil carbon pool of a lowland, mixed-species forest in Maine, USA

Canadian Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 207-218

  Puhlick, Joshua J ^a   Fernandez, Ivan J ^a   Weiskittel, Aaron R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coarse fragments; Silviculture; Soil carbon variability

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MIXED FOREST; SILVICULTURE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL HORIZON;

MAINE; PENOBSCOT EXPERIMENTAL FOREST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84973632649     PISSN: 00084271     EISSN: 19181841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjss-2015-0136     Document Type: Article

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