Root competition, not soil compaction, restricts access to soil resources for aspen on a reclaimed mine soil

Botany

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 685-695

  Bockstette, Simon W ^a   Pinno, Bradley D ^b   Dyck, Miles F ^a   Landhäusser, Simon M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Land reclamation; Reforestation; Root competition; Soil compaction; Soil resources

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; GRASS; MINING; RECLAIMED LAND; REFORESTATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; ROOT COMPETITION; ROOTING; SEEDLING; SOIL MOISTURE; SUBSOIL; TILLAGE;

BROMUS INERMIS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 85022094503     PISSN: 19162804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjb-2016-0301     Document Type: Article

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