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Research article
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21 Jul 2017
Research article |
| 21 Jul 2017
Boreal coniferous forest density leads to significant variations in soil physical and geochemical properties
Carole Bastianelli
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
AgroParisTech, 16 Rue Claude Bernard, 75005 Paris, France
Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Laurentian Forestry
Centre, 1055 du P.E.P.S., P.O. Box 10380, Stn. Sainte-Foy, Québec, QC,
G1V 4C7, Canada
EPHE, PSL Research University, 4-14 Rue Ferrus, 75014 Paris, France
NSERC–UQAT–UQAM Industrial Chair in Sustainable Forest Management, Forest
Research Institute, Université du Québec en
Abitibi-Témiscamingue, 445 Boulevard de l'Université, Rouyn-Noranda, QC,
J9X 5E4, Canada
Adam A. Ali
NSERC–UQAT–UQAM Industrial Chair in Sustainable Forest Management, Forest
Research Institute, Université du Québec en
Abitibi-Témiscamingue, 445 Boulevard de l'Université, Rouyn-Noranda, QC,
J9X 5E4, Canada
Université de Montpellier, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095
Montpellier, France
Julien Beguin
Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Laurentian Forestry
Centre, 1055 du P.E.P.S., P.O. Box 10380, Stn. Sainte-Foy, Québec, QC,
G1V 4C7, Canada
Yves Bergeron
NSERC–UQAT–UQAM Industrial Chair in Sustainable Forest Management, Forest
Research Institute, Université du Québec en
Abitibi-Témiscamingue, 445 Boulevard de l'Université, Rouyn-Noranda, QC,
J9X 5E4, Canada
Pierre Grondin
Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs, Direction de la
recherche forestière, 2700 Rue Einstein, Québec, QC, G1P 3W8, Canada
Christelle Hély
EPHE, PSL Research University, 4-14 Rue Ferrus, 75014 Paris, France
NSERC–UQAT–UQAM Industrial Chair in Sustainable Forest Management, Forest
Research Institute, Université du Québec en
Abitibi-Témiscamingue, 445 Boulevard de l'Université, Rouyn-Noranda, QC,
J9X 5E4, Canada
Université de Montpellier, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095
Montpellier, France
David Paré
Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Laurentian Forestry
Centre, 1055 du P.E.P.S., P.O. Box 10380, Stn. Sainte-Foy, Québec, QC,
G1V 4C7, Canada
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- Spatial variability of forest floor and topsoil thicknesses and their relation to topography and forest stand characteristics in managed forests of Norway spruce and European beech K. Zajícová & T. Chuman 10.1007/s10342-020-01316-1
- Adaptive variation in natural Alpine populations of Norway spruce (Picea abies [L.] Karst) at regional scale: Landscape features and altitudinal gradient effects E. Di Pierro et al. 10.1016/j.foreco.2017.09.045
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- Comparing soil profiles of adjacent forest stands with contrasting tree densities: lichen woodlands vs. black spruce–feathermoss stands in the continuous boreal forest R. Ouimet et al. 10.1139/cjss-2018-0017
- Temperate forest soil pH accurately Quantified with image spectroscopy H. Abdullah et al. 10.1016/j.rsase.2024.101161
- Forest composition and density shaped long-term fire regimes and catchment-lake interactions in the temperate-mixed mountain forests of Central Europe G. Florescu et al. 10.1016/j.foreco.2024.122267
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- Drivers of Boreal Tree Growth and Stand Opening: The Case of Jack Pine on Sandy Soils M. Pacé et al. 10.1007/s10021-019-00425-2
- Histoire postglaciaire de la végétation de la forêt boréale du Québec et du Labrador P. Richard et al. 10.7202/1070086ar
- Initiating the transition from open-canopy lichen woodland to productive forest by transplanting moss, results from a 10-year experiment L. Gao et al. 10.1007/s11104-023-05977-w
- Assessing the impacts of log extraction by typical small shovel logging system on soil physical and hydrological properties in the Republic of Korea E. Lee et al. 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e03544
- The role of soil in regulation of climate R. Lal et al. 10.1098/rstb.2021.0084
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Our analyses showed that soil biogeochemistry could distinguish two forest ecosystems that coexist in Quebec: open lichen woodlands and closed-canopy black spruce–moss forests. Variations in carbon stocks, base cation concentrations and crystallinity of aluminium and iron were related to the different vegetation covers. This research was carried out as a first step to identify geochemical indicators of canopy cover types that could be useful in further palaeoecological studies.
Our analyses showed that soil biogeochemistry could distinguish two forest ecosystems that...
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