Organic matter accumulation in reclaimed soils under spruce, poplar and grass in the Alberta Oil Sands

New Forests

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2019, Pages 307-322

  Anderson, Jeff ^a   Prescott, Cindy E ^a   Grayston, Sue J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Picea; Populus; Restoration; Roots; Soil fauna

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CONSERVATION; FORESTRY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; OIL SANDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RECLAMATION; RESTORATION; SOILS; VEGETATION;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; PICEA; POPULUS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; ROOTS; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SURFACE ORGANIC LAYERS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

BOREAL FOREST; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; FOREST SOIL; GRASSLAND SOIL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OIL SAND; RECLAIMED LAND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION; FORESTRY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RECLAMATION; RESTORATION;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

BROMUS INERMIS; FESTUCA; PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA; POACEAE; POPULUS; POPULUS BALSAMIFERA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 85046890879     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: 15735095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11056-018-9646-4     Document Type: Article

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