A tree species effect on soil that is consistent across the species' range: The case of aspen and soil carbon in North America

Forests

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Laganière, Jérôme ^a   Boča, Antra ^b   Van Miegroet, Helga ^b   Paré, David ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon stability; Coniferous tree species; North America; Soil carbon reservoirs; Soil organic matter; Trembling aspen

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; ORGANIC CARBON; RESERVOIRS (WATER);

CARBON STABILITY; CONIFEROUS TREES; NORTH AMERICA; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; TREMBLING ASPEN;

SOILS;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; FOREST SOIL; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROPERTY;

CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; POPULUS; RESERVOIRS; SOIL; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TREES;

NORTH AMERICA;

CONIFERALES; CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 85017356099     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/f8040113     Document Type: Article

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